Emily Osment

Emily Osment
Emily Osment in 2014
Born
Emily Jordan Osment

(1990-03-10) March 10, 1990 (age 34)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma materOccidental College
Occupations
  • Actress
  • singer
  • songwriter
Years active1997–present
RelativesHaley Joel Osment (brother)
Musical career
Genres
Labels
  • Wind-up (2009–2011)
  • Bluebiird Music (2019–present)

Emily Jordan Osment (born March 10, 1992)[1] is an American actress, singer and songwriter. Born and raised in Los Angeles, Osment began her career as a child actress, appearing in numerous television shows and films, before co-starring as Gerti Giggles in Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams (2002) and Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003). She gained recognition for her role as Lilly Truscott on the Disney Channel television series Hannah Montana (2006–2011) and its film Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009).[2]

In the 2010s, Osment starred as Taylor Hillridge in the television film Cyberbully (2011), Roxie on the streaming series Cleaners (2013–2014), Gabi Diamond on the Freeform television series Young & Hungry (2014–2018) for which she received three Teen Choice Award nominations, and Roxy Doyle on the Fox television series Almost Family (2019–2020). From 2018 to 2021, she had a recurring role as Theresa on the Netflix comedy-drama series The Kominsky Method, for which she received two nominations for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series.[3] In the 2020s, Osment starred as Chelsea on the Netflix sitcom Pretty Smart (2021) and Mandy McAllister on the CBS sitcom Young Sheldon (2022–2024) and its spin-off series Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage (2024).[4]

Osment came to prominence in music after recording songs for the soundtracks of her Disney projects, most notably a duet of "If I Didn't Have You" with Mitchel Musso in 2007 and a cover of "Once Upon a Dream" in 2008. In 2009, she signed a recording contract with Wind-Up Records, with whom she released one extended play, All the Right Wrongs (2009), and one studio album, Fight or Flight (2010). She currently performs under the alias Bluebiird, and has released one extended play, When I Loved You (2019).[5]

  1. ^ "Emily Osment Biography". Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Retrieved October 16, 2007.
  2. ^ "States fight for Hannah Montana movie". CNN. November 23, 2007. Archived from the original on November 26, 2007. Retrieved December 11, 2007.
  3. ^ Nordyke, Kimberly (January 27, 2019). "SAG Awards: 'Black Panther' Nabs Top Film Prize; Rami Malek, Glenn Close Among Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
  4. ^ Schwartz, Ryan (May 2, 2024). "Young Sheldon's Georgie and Mandy Spinoff Gets a Surprising Title — Will New Show Undo Big Bang Lore?". TVLine. Retrieved May 2, 2024.
  5. ^ When I Loved You – EP by Bluebiird, September 27, 2019, retrieved January 15, 2022