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Emma Roberts

Emma Rose Roberts (born February 10, 1991) is an American

United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
actress and singer, the daughter of actor Eric Roberts

Eric Roberts

Eric Anthony Roberts is an American actor. His career began with King of the Gypsies , earning a Golden Globe nomination for best actor debut....
and the niece of actresses Lisa Roberts Gillan

Lisa Roberts Gillan

Lisa Roberts Gillan is an United States Actor....
and Julia Roberts

Julia Roberts

Julia Fiona Roberts is an American actress and former fashion model. She became well known during the early 1990s after starring in the romantic comedy Pretty Woman opposite Richard Gere, which grossed $463 million worldwide....
. Emma Roberts made her acting debut at the age of nine in the film Blow
Blow (film)

Blow is a 2001 drama/biopic film about the United States cocaine smuggler George Jung, film director by Ted Demme. David McKenna and Nick Cassavetes adapted Bruce Porter's 1993 book Blow: How a Small Town Boy Made $100 Million with the Medellin Cocaine Cartel and Lost It All for the screenplay....
and is known for her role as the lead character in the Nickelodeon

Nickelodeon (TV channel)

Nickelodeon is an United States cable television network owned by Viacom International, founded in 1977 as Pinwheel. The Pinwheel name was used until 1981....
television series Unfabulous
Unfabulous

Unfabulous is an United States children's television series on Nickelodeon in TEENick about an "unfabulous" junior high school student, played by Emma Roberts....
, as well as her roles in the films Aquamarine
Aquamarine (film)

Aquamarine is an American-Australian co-production 2006 in film starring JoJo , Emma Roberts and Sara Paxton. The film, which was made in both the United States and Australia, was released in North America on March 3, 2006....
, Nancy Drew, Wild Child, and Hotel for Dogs
Hotel for Dogs (film)

Hotel for Dogs is a 2009 in film Cinema of the United States feature film film adaptation of the Lois Duncan Hotel for Dogs about two orphans who take in stray dogs at an empty house....
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Quotations

I'll be ready for my first kiss! When it happens, it'll happen, but I don't know. It doesn't look like that will be anytime soon.

Bryson, Jody (2005), "Emma Roberts Is Fabulous!", Girl's Life Magazine, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 45-46.

I don't really have time to babysit my twin cousins. And, well, I actually have my own babysitter sometimes.

Bardin, Brantley (2005), Life, October 21, 2005, p. 3.

Encyclopedia

Emma Rose Roberts (born February 10, 1991) is an American

United States

Eric Roberts

Eric Anthony Roberts is an American actor. His career began with King of the Gypsies , earning a Golden Globe nomination for best actor debut....
and the niece of actresses Lisa Roberts Gillan

Lisa Roberts Gillan

Lisa Roberts Gillan is an United States Actor....
and Julia Roberts

Julia Roberts

Nickelodeon (TV channel)

Early life

Roberts was born in Rhinebeck, New York, the daughter of actor Eric Roberts

Eric Roberts

Eric Anthony Roberts is an American actor. His career began with King of the Gypsies , earning a Golden Globe nomination for best actor debut....
and his then girlfriend Kelly Cunningham.

Her sister, Grace Nickels — the daughter of her mother and former L.A. Guns

L.A. Guns

L.A. Guns is an American rock band whose music is frequently associated with the L.A. glam metal scene which grew up around the Sunset Strip in the 1980s, in particular the sleaze rock subgenre....
bassist Kelly Nickels

Kelly Nickels

Kelly Nickels is a bassist who has played in various bands including L.A. Guns, Faster Pussycat, and Sweet Pain.He sang lead vocals on the L.A....
— was born in early 2001. In a 2005 interview, Roberts stated that she is "definitely closer to [her] mum. and stepdad and [she doesn't] see [her] real father much". She is the niece of the award winning actress, Julia Roberts

Julia Roberts

Career

Early work

During her childhood, Roberts spent a lot of time on the sets of the films in which her aunt, Julia Roberts

Julia Roberts

Julia Fiona Roberts is an American actress and former fashion model. She became well known during the early 1990s after starring in the romantic comedy Pretty Woman opposite Richard Gere, which grossed $463 million worldwide....
was starring. These experiences sparked a desire in Roberts, from the age of five, to follow her father and aunts into the film industry. Although her mother initially wanted her to have a normal childhood, Roberts made her acting debut in Ted Demme

Ted Demme

Edward "Ted" Demme was an United States film director and film producer....
's 2001 drama Blow
Blow (film)

Blow is a 2001 drama/biopic film about the United States cocaine smuggler George Jung, film director by Ted Demme. David McKenna and Nick Cassavetes adapted Bruce Porter's 1993 book Blow: How a Small Town Boy Made $100 Million with the Medellin Cocaine Cartel and Lost It All for the screenplay....
— the first movie she ever auditioned for — at the age of nine. In the film she portrayed Kristina Jung, the daughter of Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp is an American actor known for his portrayals of offbeat, eccentric characters such as Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series and Edward Scissorhands....
's character, cocaine smuggler George Jung

George Jung

George Jacob Jung , nicknamed "Boston George", was a major player in the Cocaine#Illicit_trade in the United States in the 1970s and early 1980s; he was infamous for being the largest drug trafficker in the United States during that time....
. As the film is rated R

MPAA film rating system

The Motion Picture Association of America's film-rating system is used in the United States and its Territories of the United States to rate a film's thematic and content suitability for certain audiences....
, her mother reportedly would not allow Roberts to see it before she turns eighteen. Director Ted Demme produced a tape for her that featured only the scenes she appeared in. During her burgeoning career, Roberts attended the Archer School for Girls

Archer School for Girls

The Archer School for Girls is an independent, nonsectarian, single-sex middle to high school in Los Angeles, California. Approximately 500 students are enrolled in grades 6-12....
, in Los Angeles, California

California

California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
.

In 2001, Roberts also had a role in Leif Tilden

Leif Tilden

Leif Tilden is an United States actor who played Donatello in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and its sequel Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze, Robbie Sinclair in the sitcom Dinosaurs , and gorillas in various films including George of the Jungle , Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls and Buddy ....
's 10-minute short bigLove
BigLove

"bigLove" is a 2001 in film short film, written and directed by Leif Tilden. It was first shown on January 19 2001 on the Sundance Film Festival....
(which also starred her future stepfather, Kelly Nickels), and was an uncredited extra in some scenes featuring her aunt Julia (Roberts) in America's Sweethearts
America's Sweethearts

America's Sweethearts is a 2001 in film romantic comedy film, directed by Joe Roth, starring Julia Roberts, Billy Crystal, John Cusack, and Catherine Zeta-Jones....
. She went on to appear in smaller roles in two family film

Family film

A family film is a film genre that, like a children's film, is suitable for young children, but with the difference that a family film has been carefully written, directed, cast and acted so that it will appeal cross-generationally to parents, teenagers, older children, and small children....
s: in 2002's Grand Champion
Grand Champion

Grand Champion is a 2002 family film, starring Jacob Fisher, George Strait, Emma Roberts and Joey Lauren Adams, about a young boy who wants his calf "Hokey" to grow up to be the Grand Champion....
, as the sister of the main character Buddy (Jacob Fisher); and in 2003's Spymate
Spymate

Spymate is a 2003 Canada film starring Emma Roberts. It was released to Canada theatres on February 24, 2006, and on DVD in North America on April 11, 2006....
, as the kidnapped daughter of former secret agent

Secret Agent

Secret Agent is a 1936 in film United Kingdom film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, based on a Ashenden: Or the British Agent by W. Somerset Maugham....
Mike Muggins (Chris Potter

Chris Potter (actor)

Christopher Jay "Chris" Potter is a Canada actor....
), who tries to rescue her with the help of a spy monkey. Grand Champion had a brief theatrical release in August 2004, while Spymate was not released until February 2006, when it was given a theatrical run in Canada, followed by its DVD release in April 2006. In August 2003, Roberts was scheduled to shoot an independent film

Independent film

An independent film, or indie film, is a film that is produced outside of the Hollywood studio system, a series of oligopolistic practices by several major film studios which controlled the production, distribution, and exhibition of films in the United States from the early 1920s through 1950s....
called Daisy Winters, starring as the title character, alongside Rachel Weisz

Rachel Weisz

Rachel Hannah Weisz is an Academy Award-winning England actress. She gained wide public recognition after her portrayal of Evelyn "Evy" Carnahan-O'Connell in the Hollywood films The Mummy and The Mummy Returns....
. However, the film, which would have been Roberts' first leading role, never began shooting due to financial problems.

2004-2005: Unfabulous

In 2004, Roberts became a teen idol

Teen idol

?Teen idols refers to someone idolized by teens; a teen idol is often young but in many cases no longer teenaged. Often, a teen idol is an actor or a pop singer, but some sports figures have had an appeal to teenagers....
at the age of thirteen, starring as the lead character Addie Singer in the Nickelodeon

Nickelodeon (TV channel)

Nickelodeon is an United States cable television network owned by Viacom International, founded in 1977 as Pinwheel. The Pinwheel name was used until 1981....
series Unfabulous
Unfabulous

Unfabulous is an United States children's television series on Nickelodeon in TEENick about an "unfabulous" junior high school student, played by Emma Roberts....
, which debuted in September 2004. Nickelodeon had wanted to cast her for the role from the beginning, and the teen sitcom

Situation comedy

A situation comedy, usually referred to as a sitcom, is a genre of comedy programs which originated in radio. Today, sitcoms are found almost exclusively on television as one of its dominant narrative forms....
earned Roberts a Teen Choice Award nomination and several Young Artist Award

Young Artist Award

The Young Artist Awards also known as the 'Hollywood Young Artist Award' are presented yearly by the Young Artist Foundation. Started in 1980 by long-standing Hollywood Foreign Press member Maureen Dragone, they were envisioned specifically as awards to be presented to talented young people in television and movies who might otherwise be ov...
nominations. The series became one of the network's most-watched programs and was quickly recommissioned for a second season.

Because her character on Unfabulous writes songs and plays guitar, Nickelodeon soon considered a career in music for Roberts as well, following the lead of other actress'/pop singers such as Hilary Duff

Hilary Duff

Hilary Erhard Duff is an People of the United States of America actress and singer-songwriter. After working in local theater plays and television commercials in her childhood, Duff gained fame for playing the title role in the television series Lizzie McGuire....
and Lindsay Lohan

Lindsay Lohan

Lindsay Dee Lohan is an United States actress, fashion model and pop music singer. Lohan started in show business as a Child modeling for magazine advertisement and television commercials....
. Roberts first contributed the song "If I Had It My Way" to the soundtrack

Soundtrack

The term soundtrack refers to three related concepts: recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; and the physical area of a film that contains the synchronized recorded so...
of Disney's 2005 film Ice Princess
Ice Princess

Ice Princess is a 2005 in film Walt Disney Pictures live action film, directed by Tim Fywell.This film was rated G by the MPAA...
. This was followed by her debut album, Unfabulous and More: Emma Roberts
Unfabulous and More: Emma Roberts

Unfabulous and More is the soundtrack for the TV series Unfabulous. It also serves as Emma Roberts' debut album, released on September 27 2005 by Columbia Records and Nick Records....
, which was released on September 27, 2005 and is featured as the soundtrack to Unfabulous. The album peaked at #46 on Billboard's Top Heatseekers
Top Heatseekers

Top Heatseekers is a weekly albums chart introduced by Billboard in 1993 whose purpose is to highlight sales by new and developing musical recording artists....
, and two music videos were released simultaneous to promote the album: "I Wanna Be" and "Dummy".

2006-2008: Aquamarine

In 2006, Roberts returned to the big screen, starring alongside Sara Paxton
Sara Paxton

Sara Paxton is an American actor and singer. She grew up in California and began acting at an early age, appearing in many minor roles in both films and television shows, before coming to wider renown in 2004, after playing the title role in the series Darcy's Wild Life....
and singer JoJo in Aquamarine

Aquamarine (film)

Aquamarine is an American-Australian co-production 2006 in film starring JoJo , Emma Roberts and Sara Paxton. The film, which was made in both the United States and Australia, was released in North America on March 3, 2006....
. They became good friends while filming. The film about two teenagers (played by Roberts and JoJo) who find a mermaid
Mermaid

A mermaid is a mythological aquatic creature that is half human , half aquatic creature .Various cultures throughout the world have similar figures....
(Paxton) in their swimming pool, earned Roberts a 2007 Young Artist Award for Best Supporting Young Actress in a Feature Film. Roberts also contributed a cover version
Cover version

In popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition of a previously recorded, commercially released song.In its current use, it can sometimes have a pejorative meaning — implying that the original recording should be regarded as the definitive version, usually in the sense of an "authentic" rendition, and all...
of Weezer
Weezer

Weezer is a Grammy-winning United States Rock music band from Los Angeles, California formed in 1992. Initially, the band consisted of Rivers Cuomo , Patrick Wilson , Matt Sharp , and Jason Cropper ....
's 2001 single "Island in the Sun" to the film's soundtrack. Following Aquamarine, she was scheduled to star in Camp Couture (produced by her mother, Kelly Cunningham) and Bras and Broomsticks (based on the book of the same name by Sarah Mlynowski), but neither film went into full production. In early 2006, Roberts finished shooting her titular role in Nancy Drew. It was released on June 15, 2007. And On May 15, 2006, Roberts was featured on MTV
MTV

MTV is an United States cable television network based in Media of New York City. Launched on August 1, 1981, the original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJ ....
's Punk'd

Punk'd

Punk'd was an United States hidden camera practical joke television series on MTV, produced and hosted by Ashton Kutcher, which first aired in 2003....
with pop singer Teddy Geiger
Teddy Geiger

Teddy Geiger in Buffalo, New York, and later moved to Rochester, New York is an American singer-songwriter and occasional actor. He is also known to play the guitar, bass, piano, drums and trombone....
.

Roberts participated in a CG-animated holiday
Holiday

The words holiday or vacation have related meanings in different English language countries and continents, but will usually refer to one of the following activities or events:...
feature The Flight Before Christmas, starring comedian
Comedian

A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain members of an audience, primarily by making them laughter. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting a fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy....
Norm Macdonald. The movie has been available on DVD since October 28, 2008.

2009-present: Future projects
In 2009, Roberts starred in Hotel for Dogs

Hotel for Dogs (film)

Hotel for Dogs is a 2009 in film Cinema of the United States feature film film adaptation of the Lois Duncan Hotel for Dogs about two orphans who take in stray dogs at an empty house....
, based on the novel by Lois Duncan
Lois Duncan

Lois Duncan is an United States writer and novelist, known primarily for her books for Children's literature and Young adult literature, in particular crime thrillers....
.

Roberts starred in the movie Wild Child

Wild Child (film)

Wild Child is a 2008 in film teen film comedy film starring Emma Roberts as Poppy Moore, Alex Pettyfer as Freddie Kingsley and Natasha Richardson as Mrs....
, about a rebellious teen from Malibu
Malibu

Malibu may refer to:Places:* Malibu, California, a 21-mile beach community in Los Angeles County, California.* Malibu High School, a secondary public school in Malibu, California...
sent to a boarding school
Boarding school

A boarding school is a school where some or all pupils not only study, but also live during term time, with their fellow students and possibly teachers....
in England. The movie ended production in late 2007, and was released on August 15, 2008 in the United Kingdom. The movie will be released in the U.S. in May 9, 2009. She will also appear in the indie movie
Independent film

An independent film, or indie film, is a film that is produced outside of the Hollywood studio system, a series of oligopolistic practices by several major film studios which controlled the production, distribution, and exhibition of films in the United States from the early 1920s through 1950s....
Lymelife

Lymelife

Lymelife is an independently-produced comedy/drama written by brothers Derick Martini and Steven Martini, and directed by Derick Martini, depicting aspects of their life in 1970s Long Island from the perspective of a teenager....
with Alec Baldwin
Alec Baldwin

Alexander Rae Baldwin III is an United States film and television actor. Working as Alec Baldwin, he has appeared in prominent films such as Beetlejuice, as Jack Ryan in The Hunt for Red October , in the Martin Scorsese films The Aviator and The Departed....
in New Jersey
New Jersey

New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north by New York, on the east by the Hudson River and the Atlantic Ocean, on the southwest by Delaware, and on the west by Pennsylvania....
, which was premiered at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival
2008 Toronto International Film Festival

The 2008 Toronto International Film Festival, was held in Toronto,Ontario, Canada. This 33rd annual festival was from September 4 to September 13, 2008....
, on September 8, and was later screened at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival
2009 Sundance Film Festival

The 2009 Sundance Film Festival ran from January 15, 2009 until January 25 in Park City, Utah. It was the 25th iteration of the Sundance Film Festival....
.

Roberts is set to be reunited with Nancy Drew director Andrew Fleming
Andrew Fleming

Andrew Fleming is an American film and television director and screenwriter. He directed and wrote or co-wrote the films Bad Dreams , Threesome , The Craft , Dick , Nancy Drew and Hamlet 2....
on both Rodeo Gal and a Nancy Drew sequel, although the latter has been put on hold. She was also selected to play the lead role in James C. Strouse's high school sports comedy The Winning Season

The Winning Season

The Winning Season is a 2009 sports comedy written and directed by James C. Strouse, and starring Sam Rockwell and Emma Roberts. Lionsgate Entertainment bought the U.S....
, alongside Sam Rockwell
Sam Rockwell

Sam Rockwell is an United States actor, somewhat of a cult figure due to the number of sleeper hits and quirky, indie films he has starred in....
and Rob Corddry
Rob Corddry

Robert William Corddry is an United States comedian and actor known best for his work on The Daily Show....
, which was also shown at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.

Endorsements
In 2006, Roberts became a spokesmodel for Dooney & Bourke
Dooney & Bourke

Dooney & Bourke is a company specializing in fashion accessories, such as handbags, iPod cases, luggage, bracelets, watches, and briefcases, as well as a limited clothing line, which includes sweaters, shoes, jackets, and scarves....
, and designed her own Dooney & Bourke handbag, named after her, the "Emma Bag." In 2009, she was named the brand ambassador for Neutrogena
Neutrogena

Neutrogena is a Belgium brand of products that includes facial products, hair care products, color cosmetics, and products for the skin, including those that treat Acne vulgaris and moisturize the skin....
; she will star in print and film ads for the company.

Personal Life
She was recently linked to Wild Child
Wild Child (film)

Wild Child is a 2008 in film teen film comedy film starring Emma Roberts as Poppy Moore, Alex Pettyfer as Freddie Kingsley and Natasha Richardson as Mrs....
co-star Alex Pettyfer
Alex Pettyfer

Alexander Richard "Alex" Pettyfer is an England actor and Model . The son of an actor and former fashion model, he appeared on stage and in television before being cast as Alex Rider , the main character in the film version of Stormbreaker ....
after he stated they shared 'more than an on-screen kiss,' but they have since broken up.

Filmography

Discography
Albums

2005: Unfabulous and More

Awards and nominations

Awards

2007 Young Artist Award
Young Artist Award

The Young Artist Awards also known as the 'Hollywood Young Artist Award' are presented yearly by the Young Artist Foundation. Started in 1980 by long-standing Hollywood Foreign Press member Maureen Dragone, they were envisioned specifically as awards to be presented to talented young people in television and movies who might otherwise be ov...
- Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actress; for Aquamarine
2007 ShoWest Female Star of Tomorrow

Nominations

2005 Teen Choice Award - Choice TV Breakout Performance - Female; for Unfabulous
2005 Young Artist Award
Young Artist Award

The Young Artist Awards also known as the 'Hollywood Young Artist Award' are presented yearly by the Young Artist Foundation. Started in 1980 by long-standing Hollywood Foreign Press member Maureen Dragone, they were envisioned specifically as awards to be presented to talented young people in television and movies who might otherwise be ov...
- Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) - Leading Young Actress; for Unfabulous
2005 Young Artist Award - Outstanding Young Performers in a TV Series; for Unfabulous
2006 Young Artist Award - Best Young Ensemble Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama); for Unfabulous
2007 Young Artist Award - Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) - Leading Young Actress; for Unfabulous
2007 Young Artist Award - Best Young Ensemble Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama); for Unfabulous
2007 Kids' Choice Award
2007 Kids' Choice Awards

The 20th annual Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards were held on March 31, 2007, hosted by Justin Timberlake.It was the highest rated show ever in the history of the Kids Choice Awards....
- Favorite TV Actress; for Unfabulous
2007 Teen Choice Award - Choice TV Actress: Comedy; for Unfabulous
2007 Teen Choice Award - Choice Movie: Breakout Female; for Nancy Drew
2007 Teen Choice Award - Choice Movie Actress: Comedy; for Nancy Drew
2008 Kids' Choice Award
2008 Kids' Choice Awards

The 21st annual Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards were held at the Pauley Pavilion, Los Angeles, California on March 29 2008. The event was hosted by Jack Black....
- Favorite TV Actress; for Unfabulous

External links

at Columbia Records
Columbia Records

Columbia Records is an American record label founded in 1888.Columbia is the oldest surviving brand name in pre-recorded sound, being the first record company to produce pre-recorded records as opposed to blank cylinders....
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