Biography of Emmy Rossum
She studied Degas’s paintings of ballerinas in the Musée d’Orsay to learn how to stand like one.

Emmy attended the private Spence School in Manhattan through the seventh grade, then finished high school using tutors and the Internet (through Stanford University). Emmy’s performance in the latter film gained her a Golden Globe nomination, and should assure that she will be a memorable presence in many films to come.

Being born and raised in New York City provided Emmy with the perfect place to start her professional career. She stood on the roof of the Opéra Garnier, where Christine sings “All I Ask of You,” and went underneath the opera house, where there is actually a gloomy, dark lake. Emmy has commented that, in her approach to acting, she draws heavily upon her own experiences, so she visited locations in Paris and conjured up what she terms “past memories” to draw upon in making her performance emotionally realistic. Her film career is not over, however, she has been signed on to do four films in 2008..


Emmy Rossum trivia

  • Chosen by “People” magazine as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world. [1997]
  • Her legal name since February 24, 1992 has been Courtney Michelle Cobain, though she uses the name Courtney Love professionally.
  • She is a former model.
  • She was “discovered” at the age of eighteen while vacationing in Aspen, Colorado, and was promptly signed to the Click modeling agency.
  • Has two dogs Lily and Isabelle.

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