


“This is the music that I was exposed to when I was a kid,” she explains.ĭespite Rossum’s solid acting career (she also appeared in the film Beautiful Creatures and just wrapped a movie with Hilary Swank), her first love is music. It’s a role that Rossum inhabits so fully that it’s disarming to hear her recently released album, A Sentimental Journey, which is filled with sweetly fluid covers of standards. A few years ago, she was known primarily for her role in the film version of the musical The Phantom of the Opera now she has blossomed as Fiona Gallagher, the scrappy, resilient eldest daughter on Showtime’s raucous Shameless. “For me, it’s always been about playing pretend and finding a part of yourself and exploiting that side of yourself in the most positive way,” Rossum tells Rolling Stone.Īs an actress, she has certainly broadened her range recently. Emmy Rossum has no problem getting into character, whether it’s for a movie or an album.
