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Emma Roberts Trivia: 35 interesting facts about the actress!

Emma Roberts is an American actress and singer best known for her appearance in the American Horror Story series. Let’s see some awesome facts and trivia about her!

1.Her middle name is Rose.

2. She was born on February 10, 1991. ,in Rhinebeck, New York.

3. Her parents are Kelly Cunningham and actor Eric Roberts.

4. They separated when she was a baby.

5. Through her father’s marriage, she is the stepdaughter of Eliza Roberts. Through her mother’s marriage, she is the stepdaughter of musician Kelly Nickels. She has a maternal half-sister, Grace

6. Her paternal grandmother was acting coach Betty Lou Bredemus (1934–2015).

7. Her aunts are actresses Julia Roberts and Lisa Roberts Gillan.

8. 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.

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

10. It was the first film for which she ever auditioned.

11. In the film, she portrayed Kristina Jung, the daughter of Johnny Depp’s character (cocaine smuggler George Jung).

12. 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.

13. In 2004, she began starring as the lead character Addie Singer in the Nickelodeon series Unfabulous, which debuted in September of that year.

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

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

16. She won a 2007 Young Artist Award for Best Supporting Young Actress in a Feature Film for her role in the film.

17. In 2008, she had her voiceover debut when she voiced the English version of the character Wilma in the CGI-animated family film The Flight Before Christmas.

18. In 2010, Roberts co-starred as Grace in the film Valentine’s Day in which her aunt, Julia Roberts also appeared, although they were never together on-screen.

19. In 2013, Roberts co-starred with John Cusack and Evan Peters in Adult World. Roberts played a recent college graduate who works at an adult bookstore to make ends meet.

20. She has said that most of her lines were ad-libbed so her reactions in the film were completely genuine.

21. Her performance was praised by both Andrew O’Hehir of Salon and Stephanie Zacharek of The Village Voice, who praised Roberts’ performance as “both breezy and carefully tuned”.

22. She next appeared in the 2012 film Celeste and Jesse Forever, parodying pop stars such as Kesha with her performance as Riley Banks, an incurious blonde singer.

23. Emma  Roberts said in an interview that her role as Banks tempted her to write an album of songs using her character as an alter ego.

24. In 2005, Emma Roberts released a debut album titled Unfabulous and More. The album was released on September 27, 2005, through Columbia Records and Nick Records.

25. It also served as the soundtrack to the television series Unfabulous, in which Roberts starred. The album peaked at number 46 on Billboard’s Top Heatseekers chart.

26. Emma Roberts said in a 2007 interview: “Right now I am focusing on movies. I am getting ready to start a new movie this summer so that is taking a lot of my time. I think when I am a little bit older it is definitely something I’d like to pursue.

27. In September 2011, Emma Roberts began attending Sarah Lawrence College but by January 2012, she had put her studies on hold to concentrate on work commitments.

28. Emma Roberts, who has previously dated actor Alex Pettyfer, Dathan Kuppin and actor Chord Overstreet.

29. She began dating actor Evan Peters in 2012 after they worked together on the film Adult World.

30. In July 2013, while they were staying at a hotel in Montreal, Quebec, someone overheard a dispute coming from their room and called the police. After a “heated argument”, they had begun hitting each other. When the police arrived, they arrested Roberts. Peters was not arrested because Roberts did not have any immediately visible injuries.

31. Evan Peters declined to press charges and Roberts was released several hours later. In a joint statement, the couple called it “an unfortunate incident and misunderstanding,” and stated that they “are working together to move past it.”They became engaged in December 2013, but they ended their engagement in June 2015. In October 2015 it was reported that they had reconciled.

32. She next appeared in season three of the horror anthology series American Horror Story from late 2013 through January 2014. Roberts portrayed a self-involved party girl named Madison Montgomery, who also happens to be a telekinetic witch.

33. She then portrayed Maggie Esmerelda, a con artist posing as a fortune teller, in the season four, called American Horror Story: Freak Show. Roberts will also return for the fifth season subtitled Hotel.

34. In February 2009, Roberts was named the brand ambassador for Neutrogena, appearing in print and television ads for the company.

35. Emma Roberts has also appeared multiple times as part of Teen Vogue’s Best Dressed list, including June 2007, September 2008, December 2008 and February 2009.

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