Emma Roberts

Emma Rose Roberts (born February 10, 1991) is an American actress, singer and producer.

Known for her work in film and television projects of the horror and thriller genres, she has received various accolades, including a Young Artist Award, an MTV Movie & TV Award, and a ShoWest Award.

Emma Rose Roberts was born on February 10, 1991, in Rhinebeck, New York, to Kelly Cunningham and actor Eric Roberts.

Her parents divorced when she was seven months old.

Through her father's marriage, she is the stepdaughter of Eliza Roberts and step-granddaughter of David Rayfiel and Lila Garrett.

Through her mother's marriage, she is the stepdaughter of musician Kelly Nickels.

She has a younger maternal half-sister, Grace.

Her paternal grandmother was acting coach Betty Lou Bredemus, and her aunts are actresses Julia Roberts and Lisa Roberts Gillan.

During her childhood, Roberts spent time on the sets of her aunt Julia's films.

These experiences sparked a desire to follow her father and aunts into the film industry.

Her mother initially wanted her to have a normal childhood.

She is of English, Scottish, Irish, Welsh, German, and Swedish descent through her father.

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).

After making her acting debut in the crime film Blow (2001), Roberts gained recognition for her lead role as Addie Singer on the Nickelodeon television teen sitcom Unfabulous (2004–2007).

Roberts made her acting debut at age nine in Ted Demme's 2001 drama film Blow.

It was the first film for which she auditioned.

In the film, she portrayed Kristina Jung, the daughter of Johnny Depp and Penelope Cruz's characters.

That year, she 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.

Roberts 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 2006's Spymate, as the 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 2004, she began starring as the lead character Addie Singer in the Nickelodeon sitcom Unfabulous, which debuted in September of that year.

The sitcom earned Roberts several Teen Choice Award and Young Artist Award nominations.

The series focused on a seventh grader, Addie, and her two best friends.

It aired for three seasons (2004–2007).

The show also spawned several television films, including The Perfect Moment.

Also in 2004, Roberts guest starred in an episode of the Nickelodeon series Drake & Josh titled "Honor Council".

After her run on Unfabulous, Nickelodeon had considered giving Roberts a kick start into a music career.

For the series, she released her debut soundtrack album, Unfabulous and More, in 2005.

In 2005, Roberts released a debut album titled 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 starred.

The album peaked at number 46 and 10 on Billboard Heatseekers Albums and Kid Albums charts, respectively.

In September 2005, two singles were released from the album: "I Wanna Be" and "Dummy".

In the same year, Roberts recorded "If I Had It My Way" for the soundtrack of the 2005 Disney film Ice Princess.

She went on to appear in numerous films, including Aquamarine (2006), Nancy Drew (2007), Wild Child (2008), Hotel for Dogs (2009), Valentine's Day (2010), It's Kind of a Funny Story (2010), and The Art of Getting By (2011).

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 soundtrack, a film in which she starred as one of the lead actors.

Also in 2006, Roberts returned to the big screen, starring alongside Sara Paxton and singer JoJo in Aquamarine.

Looking for more mature roles, Roberts obtained starring roles in the films Lymelife (2008), 4.3.2.1. (2010), Scream 4 (2011), Adult World (2013), We're the Millers (2013), Palo Alto (2013), The Blackcoat's Daughter (2015), Nerve (2016), Who We Are Now (2017), Paradise Hills (2019), and Holidate (2020).

Roberts gained further recognition for her starring roles in multiple seasons of the FX anthology horror series American Horror Story (2013–present) and for the lead role of Chanel Oberlin on the Fox comedy horror series Scream Queens (2015–2016).

She is also the co-founder of the book club Belletrist.