Working with Eastwood was exciting, but every career has a moment, a crack in time when an actor goes from unknown to known and for Emmy it was yet to come. He’s a very quiet man who doesn’t say much, but you better listen, because, if he says something, it’ll be damned important.” “But before the day ended, he was yelling at me for calling him Mister Eastwood. “When I arrived on the set the first day, was incredibly warm,” she says. The low budget film-just 2 million dollars total-led to more work, including playing title character from ages 12 to 16 in the television movie The Audrey Hepburn Story and the small, but crucial part of Katie Markum, Sean Penn’s daughter murdered daughter, in her first major studio film, Mystic River. “Having a chance to record with Dolly Parton was something I’ll never forget,” she says of When Love Is New, a country duet that appears on the soundtrack. The movie showcased the preteen’s acting ability-she was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Debut Performance-and gave her the chance to show off her singing skills, performing five tunes on the soundtrack, including a song with one of her idols. But it was a role as gap-toothed Appalachian orphan in the film Songcatcher that made people stand up and notice her. Her early resume looks like a lot of New York City based actor’s. “Those are the ideas I’ve taken to every set with me.” It’s a privilege to perform for a living. She took with her a work ethic: Be prepared, be on time. Rossum, the New York City raised star of Shameless (which airs on TMN and Movie Central this month), left the opera at age twelve, frustrated that solos were only handed out to the boys. “You really realize you’re there because you love it,” she says. “There was a horse on stage in a Zeffirelli production that got one hundred and fifty a night,” she laughs, before adding that the experience taught her to never take a job for the money. She made $5 a night singing with the children’s choir. To Emmy (that’s short for Emmanuelle) Rossum it was just another day at work. For many performers playing the Metropolitan Opera alongside Plácido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti would be a career crowning achievement.
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