How Old Was Emmy Rossum Phantom of the Opera: Who is Emmy Rossum?

Emmy Rossum has been cast as Christine in Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber. In the upcoming film, Christine will be played by a 16-year-old from New York. This article answers the question, How Old Was Emmy Rossum in Phantom of the Opera?

How Old Was Emmy Rossum Phantom of the Opera?

Emma Rossum is far more attractive as a young woman than the two male characters she kisses in the film. Gerard Butler played the Phantom, while Emmy was 17. Gerard Butler (The Phantom) and Patrick Wilson (Raoul) were also in their mid-30s.

Who is Emmy Rossum?

Emmanuelle Grey Rossum is an actress, director, and singer from the United States. She is recognized for her role as Fiona Gallagher in the television series Shameless (2011–2019).

How Old Was Emmy Rossum Phantom of the Opera

She has also directed and produced television since the middle of the 2010s, including the 2022 Peacock series Angelyne in which she also stars.

Emmanuelle Grey Rossum was born in New York City on September 12, 1986. She is the only child of Cheryl Rossum, a corporate photographer and single mother.

Her parents divorced while her mother was pregnant, and she had only met her father twice by 2007. Her mother is Jewish (of Russian Jewish descent), while her father is Christian (of English and Dutch ancestry).

According to Rossum, her mother instilled in her the “Jewish code of ethics and morals.” Using the feminine spelling of her great-first grandfather’s name, Emanuel, she was named after him.

At age seven, after singing “Happy Birthday” in all 12 keys, chorus director Elena Doria invited Rossum to join the Metropolitan Opera Children’s Chorus.

Over the course of five years, she performed with the chorus and had the opportunity to share the stage with artists such as Plácido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti.

Rossum sang in six languages in 20 operas for $5 to $10 per night, including La bohème, Turandot, a Carnegie Hall performance of La damnation de Faust, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

In Carmen, she also worked under Franco Zeffirelli’s direction. Flo Salant Greenberg of The New Actors Workshop in New York City was chosen as a result of a growing desire to pursue a career in acting.

She has also worked with Terry Knickerbocker, an acting coach. Rossum attended Manhattan’s private Spence School before dropping out to pursue career opportunities.

She earned her high school diploma at the age of fifteen through online-extension courses provided by the Education Program for Gifted Youth at Stanford University (EPGY).

She was also enrolled in French, art history, and philosophy programmes at Columbia University.

What Happened to the Original Phantom of the Opera?

PHANTOM OF THE OPERA had its world premiere on October 9, 1986, at Her Majesty’s Theatre in London, where it won every major British theatre award, including the Olivier Award and the Evening Standard Award. The production made its New York debut on January 26, 1988, with a then-record advance of $18 million.

How Old Was Emmy Rossum Phantom of the Opera

What Was Christine’s Age in Phantom?

Christine Daaé’s age is not specified in the stage production of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, whereas she is 26 in the 2004 film adaptation. She becomes the object of the Phantom of the Opera’s obsession, ardour, and love.

Private Life of Emmy Rossum

Rossum and Sam Esmail in September 2018, Rossum married Justin Siegel on February 17, 2008, despite the fact that they had previously been seen as being in a relationship but not engaged.

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The divorce was finalized on December 28, 2010, 19 months after he filed for divorce in Los Angeles, citing irreconcilable differences. After two years of dating, Rossum and writer/director Sam Esmail got engaged in August 2015.

They later married on May 29, 2017, at a Reform synagogue in New York City.  Following a media-free pregnancy, Rossum gave birth to their daughter on May 23, 2021.

She is related to Vera Wang, a fashion designer, through her marriage to Arthur P. Becker, a businessman and Rossum’s cousin. According to Rossum, she is “a spiritual person, but not particularly religious.”

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