Emmy Rossum

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You could put horns on her head, put a trident in her hand and make her growl like a deranged beast. Besides from you being arrested for class-A kidnapping, harassment and enslavement, Emmy Rossum would still look utterly sexy, those big brown doleful eyes gazing back out at you, wondering what could be so kinky about her in tight leather.

Emmy Rossum was born on September 12, 1986 and grew up in New York City. Raised by her mother she is also the niece of one Vera Wang, who happens to be a dab hand at fashion. At the age of 7, she sang 'Happy Birthday' in 12 different keys in order to join the Metropolitan Opera Children's Chorus. There followed a string of operas and plays, with Rossum singing with many greats of the opera world, including Pavarotti.

By the age of 12 she was too big for children's costumes so she moved to acting in films. With a face that screams girl-next-door its little wonder she had a string of movie appearances under her belt before her 18th Birthday. Genius (1999), Songcatcher (2000), An American Rhapsody (2001) and Mystic River (2003) are just some of the movies.

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In 2004 her big break came, featuring in both The Day After Tomorrow and The Phantom of the Opera. In The Day After Tomorrow she played Laura Chapman, the love interest of Sam, (Jake Gyllenhaal) spending much of the film locked in a room burning library books waiting to be rescued by Sam's super smart climatologist Dad. The reason we're telling you this is because we'll flat out admit we never watched The Phantom of the Opera. It sounds so....well...Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Emmy Rossum does a Q & A session - video

After singing her heart out for Phantom of the Opera, she was offered several deals to record a classical album. She refused, opting instead to plunge for something modern/soulful/Britney-spears-with-a-thinking-hat-on. She shoulda gone the classical route, the album, Inside Out, peaking at 199 in the U.S. charts. Bummer.