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7th Heaven Background: “I don't know what I want to be when I grow up. It's funny people ask me that and I don't know what to tell them. I really like what ''m doing right now. I'm not bad at it, so I might as well keep doing it.” Mackenzie Rosman American actress of Cherokee Indian ancestry Mackenzie Rosman is most famous for playing youngest child Ruthie Camden on the long-running but now defunct family/drama series “7th Heaven” (The CW, 1996-2007), from which she was handed a 2004 Young Artist Award and several nominations. A gifted young performer, the left-handed beauty has evolved into the most promising star on the show. Telling about her character, she stated, “We're both kind of the same-a little bit bitchy. It's not that she's smarter than I am, but she knows more. I'm not really the one in my family who knows everything that's going on, because I don't really pay attention. Ruthie is craftier than I am.” Rosman, whose favorite movies are “Fight Club,” “Frida,” “The Lion Kind,” “The Godfather,” “Titanic,” “Garden State,” “Munich,” “Monty Python,” “Grease” and “Legends of the Falls,” has also acted in the film “Gideon” (1999) and in many TV commercials, most recently a K-mart commercial. She is set to play roles in the upcoming films “Edgar Allan Poe's Ligeia” and “Proud American” (both 2008). Rosman, whose stepsister Katelyn suffers from cystic fibrosis, has been an avid patron in rising awareness and funds for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. In 2005, Katelyn experienced a fortunate double lung-transplant, one of which was donated by Rosman's stepfather. Rosman and her stepsister were both featured in Teen People's “20 Teens Who Will Change the World.” They also appeared together in a “7th Heaven” special episode called “Back in the Saddle Again” (2003), in which Katelyn played herself and the twosome were featured rode horses together. After the operation, Katelyn again appeared in “7th Heaven,” this time she was given the opportunity to inform the new life post the transplant. Apart form Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Rosman is the national honorary chairman for CureFinders, a school fund-raising program to financially support the research for cystic fibrosis, and serves as a Junior Ambassador for Childhelp Inc., an organization that helps seriously abused children. An animal lover, Rosman owns several horses in her home in Santa Clarita, California, including Mentos, Baby, Harmony, Easy Mocha, Sugar, Fantasia and Zena. She is a contending equestrian show jumper, and in every jumping contest, she often rides Mentos Junior. In her free time, she actively participates in animal charities. In addition to acting and horses, Rosman also loves skating, dancing, swimming and reading, among others. Rosman has a boyfriend named Jano, whom she met in high school via mutual friends.
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Childhood and Family: Mackenzie Ryann Rosman was born in Charleston, South Carolina, on December 28, 1989. Her parents divorced when she was very young. Currently, she lives in Santa Clarita, California with her mother, Donna, stepfather, Randy Salmont, and younger brother, Chandler Rosman. The family keep various animals as their pets, including cats, dogs, chickens, horses and goats. She has an older stepsister named Katelyn Salmont, who has cystic fibrosis. Known by family and close friends as Mack, Mackenzie graduated from high school in May 2007.
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Career: A daughter of Charleston, South Carolina, Mackenzie Rosman started her showbiz career when she was still four years old. She appeared in several television commercials, including a Tuff's Diaper commercial and a Nike shoe commercial. Her huge break arrived three years later when she won a regular role on a new WB family/drama series called “7th Heaven” thanks largely to her charming personality. In her audition, Rosman personally greeted every people in the room by shaking their hands, and this impressed the staff and crew, who then gave the girl the part of the intelligent youngest daughter, Ruthie Camden, on the show. Following the story of the Camden family when the pastor father (played by Stephen Collins) and homemaker mother (played by Catherine Hicks) cope with the drama of having seven children (played by Beverley Mitchell, David Gallagher, Barry Watson, Jessica Biel, Lorenzo Brino, Nikolas Brino and Rosman herself), “7th Heaven” debuted on August 26, 1996 and went on to become the longest running family/drama on the history of television with its outstanding 11-year run. During her stint on the show, Rosman was nominated for Young Artist Awards in the categories of Best Performance in a TV Drama Series - Supporting Young Actress five times, which she won one in 2004, and Best Performance in a TV Series - Young Ensemble once, as well as received a 2000 YoungStar nomination for Best Young Ensemble Cast - Television. The Aaron Spelling-produced series departed the airwaves in 2007. While still working on “7th Heaven,” Rosman made her feature acting debut along side Christopher Lambert, Charlton Heston, Carroll O'Connor and Shirley Jones on the independent comedy “Gideon” (1999), directed by Claudia Hoover and penned by Brad Mirman. There she portrayed the small role of Molly MacLemore. “Yes! I definitely want to continue acting on-screen. I love acting, and I've been doing it for so long. Although I love '7th Heaven', I definitely need a change. I've been playing the same character for so long! I want to audition for some big-screen roles, and hopefully that will involve traveling at the same time.” Mackenzie Rosman Starting out in commercials, Rosman could recently be seen in a TV advertisement for K-mart, opposite “7th Heaven” cast mates Beverley Mitchell and George Stults. A fan of John Travolta, Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington, she will play Loreli on “Edgar Allan Poe's Ligeia” (2008), a horror film based on the poet's classic short story. Among her costars in the movie are Wes Bentley, Kaitlin Doubleday, Sofya Skya, Eric Roberts and Michael Madsen. She also has a starring role in the documentary film “Proud American” (2008), playing Bree.
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