Emmy Rossum

 It is likely that 2004 that year, which marked her 18th birthday was significant for Emmy Rossum due to her appearance in two different films, The Day After Tomorrow (2004) and The Phantom of the Opera (2004). Emmy's performance in the latter film gained her a Golden Globe nomination.Emmanuelle Grey Rossum was born in New York City, where she was raised by her single mother, Cheryl Rossum, a corporate photographer (she has only met her father a few times). Her mother is Russian Jewish and her father is Dutch. Rossum was seven years old at the time she took her first audition at the Metropolitan Opera, performed more than 20 operas at Lincoln Center in six languages along with Luciano Pavarotti and Placido Domingo. She was directed by Franco Zeffirelli in "Carmen." She left the stage as she reached her teens, since she was too tall to be able to sing as an infant. Emmy was also a part of a Carnegie Hall production of "The Damnation of Faust." She graduated from the Spence School, a private institution located in Manhattan in 1996. She then earned a high school diploma at 15 years old by taking online extensions provided by Stanford University (Education Program for Gifted Y