Emily Osment

Emily Jordan Osment was born in Los Angeles. She is the younger sister of The Sixth Sense (1999) star Haley Joel Osment. Their father, Eugene Osment, is also an actor of some renown. Following in their footsteps, Emily started her acting career performing in several commercials, including a radio spot with Dick Van Dyke, before making her film debut in The Secret Life of Girls (1999). The same year, she landed a role in the Hallmark film Sarah, Plain & Tall: Winter's End (1999) as the daughter of Glenn Close and Christopher Walken. That role led to a Young Artists Awards nomination for Best Performance in a TV Movie or Pilot - Young Actress Age Ten or Under. After that Emily played several smaller roles for television, which include appearances in 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996), Touched by an Angel (1994), and Friends (1994). During this time ,she also did voice acting alongside her brother and John Cleese, Catherine O'Hara, and Harry Shearer in the short animated-film Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big (2000). Finally, Emily landed the much-sought-after role of Gerti Giggles in Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams (2002). Writer/director Robert Rodriguez was so impressed by her audition that he made the role longer, without even knowing that she was the sister of Haley Joel Osment. She then appeared in the sequel, Spy Kids 3: Game Over (2003). She appeared as a regular on the hit Disney Channel show Hannah Montana (2006), in which she played the hyperactive Lily Truscott, alongside Miley Cyrus and Mitchel Musso.