Emily Jordan Osment (born March 10, 1992 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actor, singer and songwriter. Following in her older brother's footsteps she got a big break in the early 2000s when she co-starred as Gerti Giggles in the
Spy Kids trilogy, and her performance in the
second and
third film earned her several nominations and awards. Since then she became famous for playing
Lilly Truscott in the
Emmy Award-nominated sitcom
Hannah Montana.
In her other works, she starred as Cassie in
R. L. Stine's:
The Haunting Hour Volume One: Don't Think About It. As of December 2007, she is working on a movie for the series
Hannah Montana, titled
Hannah Montana: The Movie which is due to be released on April 10, 2009.
On music, she has recorded teen pop hits like "
I Don't Think About It" and, along with her
Hannah Montana co-star
Mitchel Musso, "
If I Didn't Have You" and most recently
Once Upon a Dream. She is currently recording her debut album, which will have several songs written by her.
[Emily Osment dishes on her New Album]
Family
Emily Osment was born in Los Angeles, California,
[Bio at IMDb] where her family still resides, to actor Eugene Osment,
[Eugene Osment] and Theresa Osment (
née Seifert), a teacher.
[title= Emily Osment's Biography Names Database (2007) Retrieved on 2007-08-07] Her father is an actor of various films and will appear in Osment's movie debut
Soccer Mom and her older brother is
Academy Award-nominated actor for "The Sixth Sense",
Haley Joel Osment.
