Emily Jordan Osment 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).
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. 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-present).
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).
