Angel Emmy

The Basics
Name: Emmanuelle Grey Rossum
Nicknames: Em, Emmy Grey
Birthday: September 12, 1986
Birthplace: New York, New York, USA
Age: 22
Height: 5' 8"
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Star Sign: Virgo
Chinese sign: Tiger

Random facts
Has Celiac Disease, an auto-immune disease where the body has an
intolerance to all foods containing gluten and any wheat.

Hobbies include reading, horseback riding, and ballet

Her favorite book is John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men."

Is Dutch and Scotch-Irish.

Attended the Spence School in Manhattan, an elite private girls
school that was also attended by Gwyneth Paltrow.

Has appeared in 20 different operas singing in five languages.

Had never seen the stage version of The Phantom of the Opera
(2004) prior to filming it.

First appeared on stage at age seven when she was chosen to join
the New York Metropolitan's opera.

At seven years old, Emmy Rossum made $5 a night at the
Metropolitan Opera singing with the children's choir. According
to her, "There were horses onstage that were getting $150."

For her audition for the Metropolitan Opera, she was asked to
sing Happy Birthday. She was only seven years old.

Shares the same date of birth as Ming Yao, Linda Gray and Edgar
L. Davis.

Her father is a banker and her mother is a corporate
photographer.

Took cooking classes at Le Cordon Bleu in London.

In preparation for her role in The Phantom of the Opera (2004),
she attended a seance at the Spiritualist Association of Great
Britian where a medium talked to her about her late grandmother.

Won Best Young Actress in 2004 Critic's Choice Awards

She obtained her high school diploma online via a Stanford
University program.

Her favorite actors are Sean Penn (her Mystic River (2003)
co-star) and Miranda Richardson (her The Phantom of the Opera
(2004) co-star).