Emma Rose Roberts[Emma Roberts (II). Imdb.com. Retrieved on 2009-04-30.] (born February 10, 1991)
[Emma Roberts (II) - Awards. Imdb.com. Retrieved on 2009-04-30.] is an American teen actress, singer-songwriter, spokesperson, and designer.
She is the daughter of actor
Eric Roberts and the
niece of actress
Julia Roberts.
Emma Roberts rose to prominence for her lead role as
Addie Singer in the Nickelodeon television series
Unfabulous, a role for which Roberts garnered various awards and critical acclaim.
[Unfabulous (2004). Imdb.com. Retrieved on 2009-04-30.] Following the success of the show in September 2005, 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 began to star in a number of coming-of-age and young adult roles the first being
Wild Child, this was followed by
Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac and
Lymelife.
Roberts appeared in the 2009 family film
Hotel For Dogs and
The Winning Season.
As of May 2009, Roberts' upcoming films include the
drama/
thriller Twelve["Cast set for Schumacher's 'Twelve'". Variety. Retrieved on 2009-04-30.] and the horror film
Grimm.
["Emma Roberts Toplines Russell Mulcahy's 'Grimm'". Bloody-disgusting.com (2009-02-04). Retrieved on 2009-04-30.] Roberts also signed onto star in
Rodeo Girl and the
Nancy Drew sequel,
but both films have recently been put on hold and have not entered production.
