How Old Was Emmy Rossum in The Day After Tomorrow?

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In November 2014, The Day After Tomorrow actress Emmy Rossum sported a gray dress from grandma’s closet at Fox’s Cause for Paws: An All-Star Dog Spectacular held at Barker Hangar at the Santa Monica Airport in Santa Monica.

Emmy Rossum shows off her earrings by Renee SheppardEmmy Rossum shows off her earrings by Renee Sheppard (Credit: FayesVision / WENN)

10 years earlier, she had her breakthrough as Laura Chapman in the Roland Emmerich eco-disaster film The Day After Tomorrow. For her performance, she was nominated for Breakthrough Female at the 2015 MTV Movie Awards.

Playing the friend and love interest of Samuel “Sam” Hall (Jake Gyllenhaal), Rossum got the role after Lindsay Lohan had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts.

Emmy Rossum, director Roland Emmerich, and Austin Nichols at the premiere of 'The Day After Tomorrow'Emmy Rossum, director Roland Emmerich, and Austin Nichols at the premiere of ‘The Day After Tomorrow’ held at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City on May 24, 2004

“I was filming The Day After Tomorrow, it was my first big film, and I had to kiss Jake Gyllenhaal, so I was really nervous. The night before, I got a big zit and, stupidly, I picked at it, so then it was bigger and infected and had a scab over it. Jake called it my ‘third eye,'” Rossum told Interview magazine.

Just 16 years old when filming started in September 2002, the actress did not believe her co-star would be interested in kissing. “He’s never going to want to kiss me now!” she added. Born on December 19, 1980, Jake Gyllenhaal was 21 when filming started.

Emmy Rossum was 16 when filming The Day After TomorrowEmmy Rossum was 16 when filming The Day After Tomorrow (Credit: 20th Century Fox)

A major international success, The Day After Tomorrow was released in the United States on May 28, 2004. Just a few months later, she turned 18 on September 12, 2014.

Emmy Rossum at Fox’s Cause for Paws: An All-Star Dog Spectacular held at Barker Hangar at the Santa Monica Airport in Santa Monica on November 22, 2014Emmy Rossum at Fox’s Cause for Paws: An All-Star Dog Spectacular held at Barker Hangar at the Santa Monica Airport in Santa Monica on November 22, 2014 (Credit: FayesVision / WENN)

For the program featuring rescue dogs, the then 28-year-old Shameless star paired her gray Jenny Packham Spring 2014 dress with earrings by Renee Sheppard and scalloped-edge black “Consuelo” pumps by Bionda Castana.

Emmy Rossum shows off her feet in scalloped-edge black Consuelo pumps by Bionda CastanaEmmy Rossum shows off her feet in scalloped-edge black Consuelo pumps by Bionda Castana (Credit: FayesVision / WENN)

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