Emmy Rossum’s net worth
Emmy Rossum is an American actress and singer-songwriter who has a net worth of $12 million. Emmy Rossum found mainstream recognition for her parts as a teenager in the films Song Catcher and Mystic River. She subsequently had major roles in The Day After Tomorrow and The Phantom of the Opera, and was part of the ensemble of the American television series Shameless. As a singer, her albums include Inside Out and Sentimental Journey.
Emmy Rossum’s early life and successful career
Emmy Rossum was born Emmanuelle Grey Rossum in 1986, in Brooklyn’s Sunset Park neighborhood. She is the only child of a single mother, as her parents had separated before she was born. Rossum is of Russian-Jewish descent on her mother’s side and of English and Dutch descent on her father’s. At only seven years of age, the Metropolitan Opera Children’s Chorus invited Rossum to join. She sang onstage for five years, often in operas such as La Bohème and Turandot. As she became increasingly interested in acting, she took classes with Flo Salant Greenberg, from The New Actors Workshop, and acting coach Terry Knickerbocker.
For many years, Rossum went to Manhattan’s Spence School but dropped out to pursue her career. Later, she received her high school diploma via online courses and went on to obtain a BA from Columbia University.
In 1996, she made her professional acting debut in the television film Grace & Glorie. The next year, she played the original Abigail Williams on the daytime CBS soap opera As the World Turns and appeared in an episode of Law & Order. Subsequent credits in the late 90s included the miniseries A Will of Their Own, the television film Only Love, the ABC series Snoops, and the Disney television film Genius. Rossum was in the biographical drama An American Rhapsody and the British thriller Happy Now?
In 2002, she starred in Passionada, and in 2003, she played the titular role in the romantic comedy Nola. Rossum played the leading female role of Christine Daaé. For her performance, she received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy. Subsequent film credits have included Poseidon, a remake of the classic disaster film The Poseidon Adventure; the romantic drama Dare; the social media thriller Inside; the gothic fantasy Beautiful Creatures, based on the young adult novel of the same name the romantic comedy Comet.
In 2011, Rossum began starring on the Showtime series Shameless, based on the eponymous British series. From seasons one to nine, she played the character of Fiona Gallagher. After her success in The Phantom of the Opera, Rossum received many offers to record classical albums. However, she turned them down, instead deciding to produce something more mainstream and contemporary.
In 2007, she released her debut album, Inside Out, which peaked at 199 on the US Billboard charts. Later that year, Rossum released a trio of Christmas songs on her EP Carol of the Bells.
