Emma Roberts

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Emma Roberts

Roberts at the Denim Habit Store Opening 2011.
Born Emma Rose Roberts
February 10, 1991 (1991-02-10) (age 20)
Rhinebeck, New York, U.S.
Occupation Actress, voice actress, singer, model
Years active 2001–present
Parents Eric Roberts, Kelly Cunningham
Website
www.emmaroberts.net

Emma Rose Roberts (born February 10, 1991) is an American actress, model and singer. She is the daughter of actor Eric Roberts and niece of Julia Roberts. Roberts became known for her role as Addie Singer in the Nickelodeon television series Unfabulous. She released her debut album, which also served as the show's soundtrack Unfabulous and More. Roberts then pursued a solo singing career by recording two songs for the soundtracks of Ice Princess and Aquamarine (in which Roberts starred as one of the leads). Roberts then began to focus on her acting career, the title character in the 2007 film Nancy Drew, and her voice-over debut in The Flight Before Christmas.

In 2008 and 2009, Roberts was cast in the coming-of-age movies Wild Child, Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac and Lymelife. Roberts appeared in the 2009 family film Hotel for Dogs and The Winning Season. In 2010, she appeared in Valentine's Day, which also starred Julia Roberts. Later the same year, she had a leading role in It's Kind of a Funny Story. In 2010, she played the role of Molly in the Joel Schumacher film Twelve. In 2011, she starred as one of the leads, Jill Roberts, in the horror film Scream 4.

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[edit] Early life

Roberts was born in Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, New York.[1] She is the daughter of actor Eric Roberts and Kelly Cunningham.[2] Emma Roberts is the stepdaughter of Eliza Roberts and Kelly Nickels (formerly of L.A. Guns) and the niece of actresses Julia Roberts and Lisa Roberts Gillan. She is part Native American. She has two stepsiblings, Morgan and Keaton Simons, and a half sister, Grace Nickels.[3] Roberts attended Archer School for Girls in Brentwood, California, from 2004–2005 for 7th and 8th grade.[citation needed]

[edit] Acting career

[edit] 2001–2005: Early career and Unfabulous

During her childhood, Roberts spent time on the sets of her aunt Julia Roberts's films. These experiences sparked a desire in Emma, from the age of five, to follow her father and aunts into the film industry.[3] Although her mother initially wanted her to have a normal childhood, Roberts made her acting debut at age nine in Ted Demme's 2001 drama Blow. It was the first film for which she ever auditioned.[citation needed] In the film, she portrayed Kristina Jung, the daughter of Johnny Depp's character, cocaine smuggler George Jung. In 2001, Roberts also had a role in Leif Tilden's 10-minute short bigLove, and was an uncredited extra in some scenes featuring her aunt Julia Roberts in America's Sweethearts.[4]

She went on to appear in smaller roles in two family films, in 2002's Grand Champion, as the sister of the main character Buddy (Jacob Fisher); and in 2003's Spymate, as the kidnapped daughter of former secret agent Mike Muggins (Chris Potter), who tries to rescue her with the help of a spy monkey. Grand Champion had a brief theatrical release in August 2004,[5] while Spymate was not released until February 2006, when it was given a theatrical run in Canada,[6] followed by its DVD release in April 2006. In August 2003, Roberts was scheduled to shoot an independent film called Daisy Winters, starring as the title character, alongside Rachel Weisz.[7] However, the film, which would have been Roberts's first leading role, never began shooting due to financial problems.[citation needed] In 2004, Roberts became a teen idol at the age of 13,[citation needed] starring as the lead character Addie Singer in the Nickelodeon series Unfabulous, which debuted in September 2004. Nickelodeon had wanted to cast her for the role from the beginning, and the teen sitcom earned Roberts a Teen Choice Award nomination and several Young Artist Award nominations.[citation needed] The show aired for three seasons from 2004–2007 and aired 42 episodes; the third season ended on December 16, 2007.

The television series focused on Addie Singer (Roberts) a seventh grader whose life is "unfabulous" and she writes songs about her life. The television series had had various TV movies which include: The Perfect Moment which premiered on Nickelodeon on October 6, 2006. In 2004 Roberts guest-starred in an episode of the Nickelodeon series Drake and Josh, Roberts was in the episode "Honor Council". Because her character on Unfabulous writes songs and plays guitar, Nickelodeon soon considered a career in music for Roberts.[8]

[edit] 2006–2011: Theatrical films

Roberts at the world premiere of Scream 4, April 11, 2011

In 2006, Roberts returned to the big screen, starring alongside Sara Paxton and singer JoJo in Aquamarine. Roberts won a 2007 Young Artist Award for Best Supporting Young Actress in a Feature Film for her role in the film.[9] The film Aquamarine took No.5 place at the box office on its opening weekend making 8 million.[10] In early 2006, Roberts finished shooting her title role in Nancy Drew. The film was released to theaters on June 15, 2007, and grossed over 7 million in its opening weekend,[11] though the film was not well received by critics.[12] In December 2007, Roberts began filming Hotel For Dogs. In 2008, Roberts had her voiceover debut when she voiced the English version of the character Wilma in the CGI-animated family film The Flight Before Christmas.[citation needed]

In 2009, Roberts starred alongside Jake T. Austin in Hotel for Dogs,[13] based on the novel by Lois Duncan. The film premiered on January 15, 2009 and was released to theaters on January 16, 2009 and took No.5 place in its opening weekend with over $17 million. The film has to-date grossed over $114 million, and received generally mixed reviews from critics.[14] Roberts starred as the lead in the film Wild Child,[15] about a rebellious teen from Malibu sent to a boarding school in England. Roberts described her character as "pretty much your typical spoiled-brat Malibu socialite who gets shipped off to British boarding school."[16] Roberts also appeared in the indie film Lymelife with Alec Baldwin, which was premiered at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival. Roberts said that Lymelife is “kind of like American Beauty meets The Ice Storm”,[16] and that her reasoning for doing the film was that, “Some people look at me and think, She’s just Julia Roberts’s niece. So I wanted to do something smaller and edgier, something that would show I really am an actress.”[16]

Roberts co-starred as Grace in the hit 2010 film Valentine's Day with her aunt Julia Roberts. Roberts is set to reunite with Nancy Drew director Andrew Fleming on both Rodeo Gal[17] and a Nancy Drew sequel,[18] although the latter has been put on hold since 2007.[19] She appeared in the sports comedy The Winning Season.[20] In 2010, Roberts also appeared in Twelve and It's Kind of a Funny Story.[21]

According to BloodyDisgusting.com Roberts will be starring in the horror film, Grimm, which follows the Quinn family that moves to Marburg, Massachusetts, a town that turns out to be haunted by the most horrific nightmares spawned by the imagination of the Brothers Grimm.[22] She co-starred in the film adaptation of Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac, as well as A Great Education. She also starred alongside with Freddie Highmore in 2011's romantic comedy The Art of Getting By.[23][24] In May 2010, Roberts received the role of Jill Roberts in the Wes Craven film Scream 4.[25] The film opened in theaters April 15, 2011.[26]

[edit] Music career

Roberts at the TIFF 08 Premiere of Lymelife.

In 2005, Roberts had a debut album Unfabulous and More. The album was released on September 27, 2005 through Columbia Records and Nick Records. It also served as the soundtrack to the television series, Unfabulous, in which Roberts stars. The album peaked at No.46 on Billboard's Top Heatseekers chart.[27] In September 2005, two promotional singles were released from the album: "I Wanna Be" and "Dummy". The album includes several original songs (among them "Dummy" and "I Wanna Be", both of which were also released as music videos, "I Have Arrived" and "This Is Me", which was co-written by Roberts), as well as some of Addie's songs from the first season, including "Punch Rocker" and "New Shoes" (both from the episode "The Party"), "94 Weeks (Metal Mouth Freak)" (from "The Bar Mitzvah") and "Mexican Wrestler" (which had previously appeared on Jill Sobule's 2000 album Pink Pearl and in the episode "The 66th Day" from Unfabulous). During the same year, Roberts recorded "If I Had It My Way" for the soundtrack of the 2005 Disney film Ice Princess. In 2006, Roberts covered the song "Island in the Sun", which was originally recorded by Weezer in 2001; she recorded the song for the Aquamarine's soundtrack, a film where she starred as one of the leads.

Roberts said in a 2007 interview, "Right now I am focusing on movies, I am getting ready to start a new movie this summer so that is taking a lot of my time. I think when I am a little bit older it is definitely something I’d like to pursue."[28] In another interview, she said, "My musical career is indefinitely on hold. I don’t like people who become like ‘actor slash singer.’ I think people should be one or the other because usually you’re not going to be great at both. You’re going to better at one, so you might as well stick to the one you’re good at. I’m going for acting."[29]

[edit] Spokesmodel

In February 2009, she was named the brand ambassador for Neutrogena, appearing in print and television ads for the company.[30] Roberts has also appeared multiple times as part of Teen Vogue’s Best Dressed list, including June 2007, September 2008, December 2008 and February 2009.[31]

[edit] Personal life

Since the summer of 2011, Roberts has been in a relationship with Glee actor Chord Overstreet.[32]

In September 2011, she began attending Sarah Lawrence College.[33] However, several months later in January 2012, Roberts's publicist announced that Roberts had chosen to "defer her college experience" due to work commitments.[34]

[edit] Filmography

Year Title Role
2001 bigLove Delilah
2001 Blow Young Kristina Jung
2001 America's Sweethearts Girl in Purple T-shirt
2002 Grand Champion Sister
2006 Spymate Amelia Muggins
2006 Aquamarine Claire Brown
2007 Nancy Drew Nancy Drew
2008 The Flight Before Christmas Wilma (voice)
2008 Wild Child Poppy Moore
2009 Hotel for Dogs Andi
2009 Lymelife Adrianna Bragg
2009 Winning Season, TheThe Winning Season Abbie
2010 Valentine's Day Grace Smart
2010 Twelve Molly Norton
2010 4.3.2.1 Joanne
2010 Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac Alice Leeds
2010 It's Kind of a Funny Story Noelle
2010 What's Wrong with Virginia Jessie Tipton
2011 Scream 4 Jill Roberts
2011 Art of Getting By, TheThe Art of Getting By Sally
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2004–2007 Unfabulous Addie Singer Lead role
2004 Drake & Josh Addie Episode: "Honor Council"
2010 Jonas L.A. Herself Episode: "House Party"
2010 Take Two with Phineas and Ferb Herself Main role
2011 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Herself Guest Star

[edit] Discography

Studio albums
Soundtrack appearances
Other Released Singles
  • 2005: Santa Claus Is Coming To Town[35]

[edit] Awards

Year Result Award Category Nominated work
2005 Nominated Teen Choice Award Choice TV Breakout Performance — Female Unfabulous
2005 Nominated Young Artist Award Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) – Leading Young Actress Unfabulous
2005 Nominated Young Artist Award Outstanding Young Performers in a TV Series Unfabulous
2006 Nominated Young Artist Award Best Young Ensemble Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) Unfabulous
2007 Nominated Kids' Choice Award Favorite TV Actress Unfabulous
2007 Nominated Teen Choice Award Choice TV Actress: Comedy Unfabulous
2007 Nominated Teen Choice Award Choice Movie: Female Breakout Nancy Drew
2007 Nominated Teen Choice Award Choice Movie Actress: Comedy Nancy Drew
2007 Won Young Artist Award Best Performance in a Feature Film — Supporting Young Actress Aquamarine
2007 Won ShoWest Female Star Of Tomorrow Herself
2008 Nominated Kids' Choice Awards Favorite TV Actress Unfabulous
2008 Nominated Young Artist Award Best Performance in a TV Series — Leading Young Actress Unfabulous
2008 Nominated Young Artist Award Best Young Ensemble Performance in a TV Series Unfabulous
2008 Nominated Young Artist Award Best Performance in a Feature Film — Leading Young Actress Nancy Drew
2008 Nominated Young Artist Award Best Performance in a Feature Film — Young Ensemble Cast Nancy Drew
2010 Nominated Young Artist Award Best Performance in a Feature Film — Leading Young Actress Hotel For Dogs

[edit] References

  1. ^ "5 Things to Know About Chelsea's Wedding Town, Rhinebeck, N.Y." July 31, 2010, People
  2. ^ "Roberts Rule: With Emma's Star on the Rise, They're a Dynasty". http://webcenters.netscape.compuserve.com/celebrity/becksmith.jsp?p=bsf_robertsrule. Retrieved September 24, 2005. 
  3. ^ a b Elaine Lipworth (2005). "Recognise That Smile?". You Magazine (July 24, 2005): 28–31. "I'm definitely closer to my mum and stepdad and I don't see my real father much" 
  4. ^ "Greasepaint Genes". Newsweek. Archived from the original on January 16, 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080116001309/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9457455/site/newsweek/. Retrieved September 25, 2005. 
  5. ^ "Grand Champion". Box Office Mojo. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=grandchampion.htm. Retrieved February 26, 2006. 
  6. ^ "Chimp Chumps". Now Magazine. http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2006-02-23/movie_reviews5.php. Retrieved September 22, 2006. 
  7. ^ "Young Roberts rooted in 'Daisy'". The Hollywood Reporter. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/film/brief_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1947283. Retrieved September 23, 2005. [dead link] Archived August 10, 2003 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Keck, William (January 7, 2005). "She's not just another Roberts". USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2005-01-06-emma-roberts_x.htm. Retrieved September 24, 2005. 
  9. ^ "28th Annual Young Artist Awards: Winners and Nominees". http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms28.htm. Retrieved March 12, 2007. 
  10. ^ Aquamarine (2006). Boxofficemojo.com (May 25, 2006). Retrieved on April 30, 2009.
  11. ^ "Nancy Drew". http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=nancydrew.htm. Retrieved July 2, 2007. 
  12. ^ "Nancy Drew". http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/nancydrew. Retrieved January 17, 2008. 
  13. ^ "DW readies 'Hotel' room for Roberts". Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070927223141/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003625329. Retrieved August 15, 2007. 
  14. ^ HOTEL FOR DOGS at Box Office Mojo
  15. ^ Fleming, Michael (May 1, 2007). "Roberts to star in 'Child'". Variety. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117964066.html?categoryid=13&cs=1. Retrieved May 3, 2007. 
  16. ^ a b c "Role Reversal". Teen Vogue. http://www.teenvogue.com/industry/coverlook/2009/03/teen-vogue-cover-girl-emma-roberts_090302. Retrieved April 10, 2009. 
  17. ^ McClintock, Pamela; Fleming, Michael (May 2, 2006). "WB corrals thesp for 'Rodeo' pic". Variety. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117942430.html?categoryid=1238&cs=1&query=emma+and+roberts&display=emma+roberts. Retrieved May 5, 2006. 
  18. ^ McClintock, Pamela (March 21, 2007). "Trio clues in to 'Drew' sequel". Variety. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117961594.html?categoryid=1236&cs=1. Retrieved May 3, 2007. 
  19. ^ ""Unfabulous" Emma's Back-to-Back Movies Don't Include Drew 2/Keke Palmer Blown Away by Her Own Performance". Creators Syndicate. http://www.creators.com/lifestylefeatures/hollywood-exclusive/-unfabulous-emma-s-back-to-back-movies-don-t-include-drew-2-keke-palmer-blown-away-by-her-own-perfor.html. Retrieved November 28, 2007. 
  20. ^ "Trio a slam dunk for "Season"". The Hollywood Reporter. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i6f1a24d20528a54702da2892e5baa5f8. Retrieved September 15, 2008. [dead link]
  21. ^ Sciretta, Peter (November 30, 2009). "Ryan Fleck’s It’s Kind of a Funny Story Begins Production". /Film. Archived from the original on June 12, 2010. http://www.webcitation.org/5qQBRv9ri. Retrieved June 12, 2010. 
  22. ^ "Emma Roberts Toplines Russell Mulcahy's 'Grimm'". Bloody-disgusting.com (February 4, 2009). Retrieved on April 30, 2009.
  23. ^ Kilday, Gregg (May 12, 2010). "Emma Roberts, William Moseley in 'Education'". The Hollywood Reporter. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3ibff1f88d055b04ef996dd0ee7c636c4a. Retrieved June 12, 20100. 
  24. ^ Cox, Gordon (April 21, 2010). "Roberts, Highmore assigned 'Homework'". Variety. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118018107.html?categoryId=13&cs=1. Retrieved April 24, 2010. 
  25. ^ Latest Scream 4 Casting News
  26. ^ Emma Roberts Lands Starring Role in 'Scream 4'
  27. ^ "Emma Roberts: Artist Chart History". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Albums&model.vnuArtistId=691765&model.vnuAlbumId=729963. Retrieved October 31, 2005. 
  28. ^ interview conducted by Bonnie Laufer (May 14, 2007). "Emma Roberts one-on-one interview". Tribute magazine. http://www.tribute.ca/news/index.php/emma-roberts-one-on-one-interview/2007/05/14/. Retrieved April 30, 2009. 
  29. ^ Celebrity Interview by Jeanne Wolf (January 14, 2009). "Emma Roberts, Not Your Average 'Tween' Star". Parade. http://www.parade.com/celebrity/celebrity-parade/archive/emma-roberts-hotel-for-dogs.html. 
  30. ^ Emma Roberts Named Brand Ambassador People.com, February 10, 2009
  31. ^ Teen Vogue’s Best Dressed list
  32. ^ "New couple Emma Roberts and Chord Overstreet jet off on their second romantic getaway this month" 29 July 2011, Daily Mail
  33. ^ Emma Roberts Loooves College! | PerezHilton.com
  34. ^ "Emma Roberts Puts College On Hold" 4 January 2012, Life & Style
  35. ^ Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town (Single Version) ASIN B0013FYNJ0

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