EXCLUSIVE: Actress, singer, producer and director Emmy Rossum has signed with WME for representation.
Rossum’s performance in the indie musical feature Songcatcher (2000) earned her an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Debut Performance. For her portrayal of ‘Christine’ in the Joel Schumacher-directed feature The Phantom of the Opera (2004) she received a Golden Globe Award nomination, as well as the National Board of Review’s Best Female Breakthrough Performance award and the Broadcast Film Critics Association’s “Best Young Actress” award.
She is best known for portraying ‘Fiona Gallagher’ in Showtime’s dark comedy Shameless alongside William H. Macy and Jeremy Allen White for nine seasons. In Season 7, Rossum made her directorial debut in the episode “I Am The Storm.” Subsequently, she directed episodes of TNT’s crime drama Animal Kingdom and Amazon’s Modern Love.
Last year, Rossum executive produced the series Three Women for Starz, based on the non-fiction book by Lisa Taddeo and starring Shailene Woodley. In 2023, she worked alongside Tom Holland and Amanda Seyfried in the Apple TV+ original series The Crowded Room. She also starred in the Peacock original series Angelyne, which she executive produced through her Composition 8 production banner.
Her film credits include working opposite Will Forte and Domhnall Gleeson in the Netflix original film A Futile and Stupid Gesture (2018); Comet from writer and director Sam Esmail; Shawn Christensen’s Before I Disappear; Warner Bros.’ Beautiful Creatures, DARE, Poseidon, The Day After Tomorrow and Mystic River.
On stage most recently, Rossum could be seen starring in the off-Broadway production of Amy Berryman’s Walden directed by Whitney White.
Rossum recorded her first album for Geffen Records, Inside Out” in 2007. Her second album, Sentimental Journey, followed in 2013.
She continues to be represented by MGMT Entertainment and attorney Patti Felker.
