Emmy Rossum

From 2004 to 2005, she was in a relationship with French heir and art dealer David Wildenstein.

In 2008, she went into the nuptials with music executive Justin Siegel. However, the two filed for divorce the following year.

She was in a romantic relationship with Adam Duritz but the unison did not last long. In 2010, she got legally separated from Siegel.

Emmy Rossum was born as Emmanuelle Grey Rossum to single mother Cherly Rossum in New York. Her parents had separated when her mother was pregnant. Her mother worked as a corporate photographer.

Raised as a Jewish, she turned to singing at a young age. By seven, she became a member of the Metropolitan Opera Children’s Chorus. Within a span of five years, the exposure turned out to be immensely helpful for her as she got the chance to perform on stage and even shared the mic with renowned and notable opera singers.

Interestingly, she sang in six different languages in 20 different operas. What’s more, she also worked under the direction of Franco Zeffirelli in Carmen. By the time she turned twelve, she started developing interest in acting.

To pursue a career in acting, she enrolled for classes with Flo Salant Greenberg at The New Actors Workshop in New York City. Meanwhile, she continued her mainstream studies at Spence School in Manhattan. She dropped out of the same later on.

When she was fifteen, she obtained her high school diploma from Stanford’s University’s Education Program for Gifted Youth through online extension courses and later went on to attend Columbia University.

She made her acting debut in a guest role in the television program, Law & Order, as Alison Martin, in 1997. Following this, she bagged a recurring role in the long running daytime soap opera ‘As the World Turns’ as Abigail Williams.

Meanwhile, she played the guest role of Caroline Beels in ‘Snoops’. The same year, her work in the made-for-TV movie ‘Genius’, earned her a Young Artist Award nomination for Best Performance in a TV Movie.

In 2000, she was seen portraying the role of young Audrey Hepburn in the ABC TV movie, ‘The Audrey Hepburn Story’. The same year, she made her debut on big screen with the movie, ‘Songcatcher’. In it, she played the role of Deladis Slocumb, an Appalachian orphan.

Her acting skills in the film, ‘Songcatcher’ were much appreciated as she received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Debut Performance. She even had the opportunity to display her vocal talent in the movie as she sung a duet with Dolly Parton.

Following this, she was cast in the film Nola in 2003 where she played the lead character. Her major break in films came with Clint Eastwood's ‘Mystic River’, where she played the character of Katie Rossum.

Her role in the film, ‘The Phantom of the Opera’ won her a couple of awards including the Saturn Award for Best Performer, National Board of Review’s Best breakthrough Performance, BFCA’s Best Young Actress and Young Artist Award’s Best Performance in Feature Film.

In 2009, the Savannah Film Festival bestowed upon her the Young Hollywood Awards for the film, ‘Dare’.