Emmy rossum

“The light came on when I saw Emmy Rossum.” This is how Joel Schumacher remembers the moment of respite he experienced when he met this petite actress, still almost a child, with an innocent look and a wide smile. He had found the protagonist of The Phantom of the Opera (2004) , the film version of the Frank Lloyd Weber musical, an adaptation of Gaston Leroux ‘s classic , which Schumacher was preparing to shoot. It was not easy to find the right actress, and celebrities like Keira Knightley , Katie Holmes or Anne Hathawaythey had been ruled out. It is seen that gathering extraordinary youth, beauty and voice was not within the reach of the majority of the applicants. Until a seventeen-year-old girl named Emmy Rossum showed up. That’s where it all ended.

And it is that this little girl is not normal. Born in New York on September 12, 1986, Emmanuelle Gray Rossum soon fell prey to show business. At the age of seven, she became part of the Metropolitan Opera Children’s Choir, something that very few could achieve. But the girl had wood, because during the following years she joined the cast of different performances and operas, while she was also trained in theatrical art and classical vocal technique. It is said soon, but until she was twelve years old she participated in works such as “La Bohème”, “Turandot” or “Carmen”, the latter under the production of Franco Zeffirelli, and also shared the bill with stage aces, such as Plácido Domingo or Angela Gheorghui. And on top of that she sang in six different languages! Come on, Rossum was some kind of super prodigy girl, and it seems that not only to give the note (in a good way, of course). Until 1996 he studied at the Spence School, but then he began taking lessons at home with a private tutor and using courses from Stanford University’s Educational Program for Gifted Youth (EPGY) and Northwestern University’s Center for Talent Development. (CTD). Do not think, however, that Emmy is a strange girl, all day locked between four walls. Nothing of that. She enjoys horseback riding, ice skating, swimming and listening to music by Jewel or Sarah McLachlan like no other. In other words, just like any neighbor’s son.

And besides, not everything was singing. “I started with music and opera, which I still love, but today I am first and foremost an actress,” she says. Emmy She began her acting career at the age of twelve, with slight appearances in series like A Will of Their Own and As the World Turns or telefilms like Grace & Glorie and, above all, The Life of Audrey Hepburn . For this film, where she gave life to a very young Audrey, she received enthusiastic reviews. Her participation in the television world ended there, because in 2000 she jumped to the movies with the independent Songcatcher. Her role as orphan Deladis Slocum earned her an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Debut. Good start, yes sir, and in later years she would establish herself with other roles in small productions. And it is that she likes small things well done: her favorite performers are Brenda Blethyn and Philip Seymour Hoffman (who do not fill covers, precisely) and her favorite film is Secrets and Lies (1996), Mike ‘s masterpiece Leigh . Thus, before jumping to stardom, she worked in not very well-known films, such as Susi’s Nightmare (2001), alongside Scarlett Johansson , the strange Happy Now (2001), the romantic comedy Passionate(2002), which is among her favourites, and Nola (2003), where she was the protagonist for the first time. And then she got Mystic River (2003), the hyper-award-winning film by Clint Eastwood . Her brief role opened the doors of what would be her great presentation in Hollywood: El día de mañana (2004). Roland Emmerich ‘s frozen blockbuster made her a star in the making and her face became familiar and beloved. She then signed her to Schumacher to be the young soprano Christine Daae in The Phantom of the Opera (2004).. In view of all is how she took advantage of the opportunity: she was nominated for a Golden Globe among many other awards. She is currently studying at Columbia University and has no projects in sight. For a short time, we wait.