Emmy Rossum

Emmy Rossum is an American actress and singer, born in New York City in 1986, whose public career began in childhood with the Metropolitan Opera children chorus. She moved into acting with Songcatcher, then appeared in Mystic River and The Day After Tomorrow, and played Christine Daae in the 2004 film of The Phantom of the Opera, a part that brought her a Golden Globe nomination and young performer awards. On television she is best known as Fiona Gallagher in the Showtime series Shameless, and from the middle of the 2010s she has also directed and produced television, including the Peacock series Angelyne. She has acted on and off Broadway and released two albums of her own singing.