In 2008 and 2009 Roberts was cast in coming-of-age movies, 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. In 2010, she appeared in Valentine's Day, which also starred Julia Roberts. She had a main role in It's Kind of a Funny Story. She is now starring in the popular horror series sequel, Scream 4, along with Neve Campbell, Courtney Cox Arquette and David Arquette as one of the main characters.
Contents
* 1 Early life
* 2 Acting career
o 2.1 2001–2005: Early career and Unfabulous
o 2.2 2006–2011: Theatrical films
* 3 Music career
* 4 Other work
* 5 Filmography
* 6 Discography
* 7 Awards
* 8 References
* 9 External links
Early life
Roberts was born in Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, New York. She is the daughter of actor Eric Roberts and his then-girlfriend Kelly Cunningham.Emma Roberts is the stepdaughter of Eliza Roberts and the niece of actresses Julia Roberts and Lisa Roberts Gillan. She has two stepsiblings, Morgan and Keaton Simons.Roberts attended Archer School for Girls in Brentwood, California from 2004-2005 for 7th and 8th grade.citation needed Roberts said in a 2007 interview on her education that: "Oh yes, I have a tutor and we have three hours of school every day. That way I am caught up on my work and then when I am not doing school work I am shooting something or other
Acting career
2001–2005: Early career and Unfabulous
During her childhood, Roberts spent a lot of time on the sets of the films in which her aunt Julia Roberts was starring. These experiences sparked a desire in Roberts, from the age of five, to follow her father and aunts into the film industry her mother initially wanted her to have a normal childhood, Roberts made her acting debut at age nine in Ted Demme's 2001 drama Blow. It was the first film for which she ever auditioned. 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 turned eighteen. In 2001, Roberts also had a role in Leif Tilden's 10-minute short "bigLovewhich also starred her future stepfather, Kelly Nickels and was an uncredited extra in some scenes featuring her aunt Julia Roberts 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 Canadafollowed 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 WeiszHowever, the film, which would have been Roberts' first leading role, never began shooting due to financial problems. In 2004, Roberts became a teen idol at the age of 13, starring as the lead character Addie Singer in the Nickelodeon series Unfabulous, which debuted in September 2004. Nickelodeon had wanted to cast her for the role from the beginning, and the teen sitcom earned Roberts a Teen Choice Award nomination and several Young Artist Award nominations.[citation needed] The show aired for three seasons from 2004–2007 and aired 42 episodes; the third season ended on December 16, 2007.
The television series focused on Addie Singer Roberts a seventh grader whose life is "unfabulous" and she writes songs about her life, The television series had had various TV movies which include: The Perfect Moment which premiered on Nickelodeon on October 6, 2006. In 2004 Roberts guest-starred in an episode of the Nickelodeon series Drake and Josh, Roberts was in the episode "Honor Council". 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 and Lindsay Lohan
2006–2011: Theatrical films
In 2006, Roberts returned to the big screen, starring alongside Sara Paxton and singer JoJo in Aquamarine. Roberts won a 2007 Young Artist Award for Best Supporting Young Actress in a Feature Film for her role in the film. film Aquamarine took #5 place at the box office on its opening weekend making 8 million.In early 2006, Roberts finished shooting her title role in Nancy Drew. The film was released to theaters on June 15, 2007, and grossed over 7 million in its opening weekend, though the film was not well received by critics. December 2007 Roberts began filming Hotel For Dogs. In 2008 Roberts had her voiceover debut when she voiced the English version of the character Wilma in the CGI-animated family film The Flight Before Christmas
Roberts at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival
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