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Emmy Rossum

American actress

b. 1986age 40Living

Emmy Rossum trained as a child performer at the Metropolitan Opera before moving into film, and broke through at eighteen playing Christine Daaé in the 2004 adaptation of The Phantom of the Opera, singing the role herself. She spent nine seasons as Fiona Gallagher on Shameless, the family's reluctant caretaker, then moved behind the camera to direct and produce, including the Peacock series Angelyne, in which she also starred as the billboard celebrity. She has also released two studio albums as a singer.

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