Emmy Rossum
Biography
Emmy Rossum is an American actress and singer who started out with the Metropolitan Opera as a child before moving into film. Born and raised in New York City, she took early screen roles in Songcatcher (2000) and Nola (2003), then appeared in Mystic River (2003) and The Day After Tomorrow (2004). She earned critical acclaim as Christine Daaé in The Phantom of the Opera (2004), earning a Golden Globe nomination, a Critics' Choice Award, and a Saturn Award. Her later films include Poseidon (2006), Dragonball: Evolution (2009), Beautiful Creatures (2013), Comet (2014), You're Not You (2014), and Cold Pursuit (2019). On television she played Fiona Gallagher in Shameless from 2011 to 2019, and since the mid-2010s has also directed and produced, including the 2022 Peacock series Angelyne, which she starred in as well. She debuted on stage as Juliet in Romeo and Juliet in 2006 and has released two albums, Inside Out (2007) and Sentimental Journey (2013).
40years old
Turns 41 on September 12in 306 days
- Born New York City
- Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
- Emmanuelle Grey Rossum (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 16
- Career span
- 20 years1999 to 2019
Genres
First and latest
Photos
Share
Did you know?!
First role
Emmy Rossum was welcomed into the Metropolitan Opera Children's Chorus at age seven after singing "Happy Birthday" in all 12 keys for chorus director Elena Doria, and over five years she sang in six languages in 20 operas.
Big break
Rossum was the last to audition for Christine Daaé in The Phantom of the Opera, arriving in full costume and make-up and nearly missing the audition because of a family engagement, then auditioning in person for Andrew Lloyd Webber at his New York home.
First role
Rossum's first film role came at 13, playing Deladis Slocumb, an Appalachian orphan, in 2000's Songcatcher. She also sang a duet with Dolly Parton on the soundtrack.
Emmy Rossum movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- The Day After Tomorrow2004 Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thrilleras Laura Chapman
IMDb rating 6.5518K votes
Most often with
Four actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Ernie Hudson's page
Marcia Gay Harden's page
Frances Fisher's page
John Doman's page
Box office
What Emmy Rossum's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$1.2 billion
11 of the 16 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 16 films: 11 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 2 never in cinemas; 1 figure not found.
- 11Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 2Never in cinemas
- 1Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$553M44.5% of the total
- 2$182M14.6% of the total
- 3$157M12.6% of the total
- 4$155M12.5% of the total
- 5$76M6.2% of the total
- 6$60M4.8% of the total
- 7$58M4.7% of the total
- 8$895K0.1% of the total
$36,889from the other 3 films with a worldwide figure, 0% of the total