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Emma Kenney

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Emma Kenney

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  • Born
    September 14, 1999 · Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
  • Height
    1.70 m

Biography

    • Emma Rose Kenney is an American actress. She has portrayed Deborah "Debbie" Gallagher on Shameless, a role she has played from 2011 to 2021, and Harris Conner-Healy in the tenth season of the family sitcom Roseanne, and its spin-off continuation The Conners. Kenney was born on September 14, 1999, in New York City. Her parents are Gillian Kenney, a criminal defense lawyer, and Kevin Kenney, a sports writer who formerly wrote for the New York Post and now works for Fox Sports.
      - IMDb mini biography by: Bonitao

Family

  • Parents
      Gillian Kenney
      Kevin Kenney

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  • Emma Kenney won the role of Debbie Gallagher in "Shameless" when she was a 12-year-old New Jersey seventh-grader.
  • At age nine, Emma Kenney's 2009 debut film, "The New Girl in Town," made her the youngest finalist ever to compete in the New Jersey International Film Festival.
  • Emma Kenney appears in a "video rant" for PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) about the danger of leaving your dog in your car on a hot day.
  • Is of Irish and German descent.
  • Emma Kenney, who plays Debbie on "Shameless", also played Sara Gilbert's daughter in the highly rated but short-lived revival of the sitcom "Roseanne" in 2018, which is continued in the series "The Conners" wherein she continues to play the same role.

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  • I'm interested in being a professional actress.
  • I would totally love to do theater.
  • I hate watching myself on camera. I guess a lot of people feel that way, though.
  • Opening up your life to a dog who needs a home is one of the most fulfilling things you can do.
  • I try to keep my professional life and my actual kid social life separate.

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