Short Biography

Emma Rose Roberts (born February 10, 1991) is an American actress, the daughter of actor Eric Roberts and the niece of actresses Lisa Roberts Gillan and Julia Roberts. Roberts made her acting debut at the age of nine in the film Blow and is known for her role as the lead character in the Nickelodeon television series Unfabulous, as well as for her roles in the films Aquamarine and Nancy Drew.

Roberts is also a pop singer; her debut album, Unfabulous and More: Emma Roberts, was released in 2005.

Biography
Family
Roberts was born in Rhinebeck, New York to actor Eric Roberts and his then girlfriend Kelly Cunningham.

Emma`s half sister, Grace Nickels — the daughter of her mother and former L.A. Guns bassist Kelly Nickels — 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".


Career
Roberts, age nine, in her first role, as Kristina Jung in Blow During her childhood, Roberts spent a lot of time on the sets of the films that her aunt Julia Roberts was starring in. 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 opposed, wanting her daughter to have a normal childhood, Roberts made her acting debut in Ted Demme`s 2001 drama Blow — the first movie she ever auditioned for — at the age of nine. In the film she portrayed Kristina Jung, the daughter of Johnny Depp`s character, cocaine smuggler George Jung. As the film is rated R, her mother reportedly would not allow Roberts to see it before she turns eighteen. However, director Ted Demme produced a tape for her that featured only the scenes she appeared in.

In 2001, Roberts also had a role in Leif Tilden`s 10-minute short bigLove (which also starred her future step-father, Kelly Nickels), and was an uncredited extra in one of Julia Roberts` scenes in America`s Sweethearts. 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, 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 called Daisy Winters, starring as the title character, alongside Rachel Weisz. However, the film, which would have been Roberts` first leading role, never began shooting due to financial problems.


Roberts as Addie Singer in Nickelodeon`s Unfabulous.Roberts became a teen idol at the age of thirteen, starring as the lead character Addie Singer in the Nickelodeon series Unfabulous, which debuted in September 2004. While Nickelodeon had wanted to cast her for the role from the beginning, series creator Sue Rose was not convinced of her acting ability until she saw Roberts auditioning for the role, singing a song and playing along on the guitar. The teen sitcom earned Roberts a Teen Choice Award nomination and several Young Artist Award nominations. The series became one of the network`s most-watched programs and was quickly recommissioned for a second season.

As her character on Unfabulous writes

Miscellaneous Information

Distinctive Features

her lips

her pretty eyes

Friends and Family

Lisa Roberts Gillan (Aunt)

Julia Roberts (Aunt)

Grace Nickels [Step Sister]

Keaton Simons [Step Sister]

Morgan Simons [Step Sister]

Kelly Cunningham [Mother]

Martin Olson [Associate]

Barry Bostwick [Associate]

Olivia Olson [Associate]

Tyler Alexander Mann [Associate]

Maulik Pancholy [Associate]

Eileen Galindo

Ariel Winters [Associate]

Laim Carr [Associate]

Jane Carr [Associate]

Alec Holden [Associate]

Malcom McDowell [Associate]

Kari Wahlgren [Associate]

Keon Young [Associate]

John Veiner [Associate]

John Di Maggio [Associate]

Jennifer L. Hughes [Associate]

Alison Janney [Associate]

Sandra Oh [Associate]

Aliki Theofilopoulos [Associate]

April Winchell [Associate]

Peter Jackson [Friend]

Alyson Stoner [Friend]

Corbin Bleu [Friend]

Emily Osment [Friend]

Mitchell Musso [Friend]

Sara Hicks [Friend]

Josh Hutcherson [Friend]

Dakota Fanning [Friend]

Kellan Lutz [Friend]

Jackson Rathbone [Friend]

Michael Welsh [Friend]

Anna Kendrick [Friend]

Christian Serretos [Friend]

Ashley Greene [Friend]

Nikki Reed [Friend]

Elizabeth Reaser [Friend]

Peter Facinelle [Friend]

Taylor Lautner [Friend]

Robert Pattinson [Friend]

Kristen Stewart [Friend]

Jordan Calloway - [Friend] (Ex-Boyfriend)

Alyson Michalka [Friend]

Amanda Michalka [Friend]

Drake Bell [Friend]

Zac Efron [Friend]

Miley Cyrus [Friend]

Sara Paxton [Friend]

Jojo [Friend]

Miranda Cosgrove [Friend]

Devon Werkheiser [Friend]

Jamie Lynn Spears [Friend]

Eliza Roberts [Step Mother]

Eric Roberts [Father]

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