Actress Emma Roberts made her film debut working with one of the best actors in history — and she didn’t even know it. At only ten years old, Roberts was cast as the daughter of Johnny Depp’s character in 2001′s Blow, but she would later recall that she was too young during the experience to realize what a respected figure her co-star was in Hollywood. In 2004, Roberts joined the ranks at the Nickelodeon network, taking a leading role in the series Unfabulous.

W magazine that was issued with the first-ever triple fold cover showing promising actresses, including Jennifer Lawrence, Zoe Kravitz, and Kat Dennings was told by Julia Roberts’s niece, 19 that she really didn’t know what to do in a full-on nude scene as the girl had never participated in a full-on sex scene. Emma adds that, maybe, in the future she will have such an opportunity.

Her mother, Samantha Roberts, noticed Emma was having some difficulties in math. So this summer, Emma attended Plainville Community Schools S.T.A.R.S. Math Summer Program. The acronym stands for Strategies to Accelerate Reading Success. The program helps students develop their skills in math or reading. The children also made art projects that were related to their lessons. The projects were on display Thursday morning at Linden Street School as an art show so the students could show their work to their parents.

“We had some tears on the first day because she didn’t want to go,” said Samantha. “But by the next day she was saying ‘Is it time to go yet?’”

Emma was one of 98 students who attended the program, which was held throughout most of the month of July. Students met from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. on weekdays. Parents provided transportation, but after the lessons some students, who went to the Wheeler YMCA daycamp, were transported there by mini-buses.

Tawana Graham-Douglas, a Wheeler Elementary School teacher who coordinated the program, said S.T.A.R.S. provides “activities for students who have challenges in reading and math during the year.” Students are screened during the school year. The program is for students in kindergarten through third grade. It focuses on honing reading and math skills, and incorporates art integration in literacy and number lessons.

“A lot of students who have problems in reading and math love to express themselves in art,” Tawana said.

S.T.A.R.S. is in its third year at Linden Street School, but prior to that it was held at Wheeler School for 12 years. It is offered at no charge to parents and is paid for by a grant. Parents said their children demonstrated they had learned things during the summer program and looked forward to it each day.

Barbara Friedman, the art teacher, assigned art projects based on what the students were learning. They worked on art projects for half an hour each day.

Math students made bean mosaics using dried beans, then worked on “number houses.” Each student drew a building with nine windows. Each window had a number from 1 to 10 on it. The door also had a number on it. Older students multiplied the number on the door by the number on each window. Younger students added the numbers. The answer was hidden behind the window and could be seen when it was opened.

Some students wrote names of their favorite businesses on their buildings, such as Subway, Christmas Tree Shops and Wal-Mart. Emma’s was a castle in pink, her favorite color. She also made a mask, which was part of a lesson in symmetry.

Six-year-old Daniel Nanowski made two clay objects, a dragonfly and a butterfly. They were in a glass display case with similar works by other students.

“It’s a good thing for him to do in the summer so that when school starts he won’t have forgotten,” said his father, who is also named Daniel. “He wanted to come here in the morning.”

Ala Lemrise said her eight-year-old son Jace and five-year-old daughter Belle also liked S.T.A.R.S. The three were looking at Jace’s drawing of a robot.

“We worried about it being like summer school, but it’s not,” Ala said. “They enjoyed it and my daughter is not struggling with math anymore.”

At a mere 16, Emma Roberts has evolved as one of Hollywood’s bright and popular young actresses. After generating buzz as Julia Roberts’ niece and flashing the same familiar, wide smile, Emma Roberts charmed teenage girls across America in the lead role in Nickelodeon’s “Unfabulous”, now in its final season.

The actress is the daughter of Oscar-nominated actor Eric Roberts, who is Julia Roberts’ brother. The young actress grew up with her mother Julia Cunningham. Her parents split shortly after she was born. Although Eric and Julia have been reported to have a distant relationship, Emma Roberts was always described as being very close with her lookalike aunt, making her foray into show business almost inevitable. Roberts’ first role was in the short “BigLove” (2001) playing one of the daughters of Sam Rockwell and Mark McCormack when she was 10 years old. In the movie, her neurotic parents had to go to heroic lengths every morning to help get their children ready for school. Her next role was the same year in “Blow” with Johnny Depp and Penelope Cruz, but her scenes were ultimately deleted.

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In 2001, Emma Roberts also had a role in Leif Tilden’s 10-minute short bigLove (which also starred her future stepfather, Kelly Nickels), and was an uncredited extra in one of Julia Roberts’ scenes in America’s Sweethearts. She went on to appear in smaller roles in two family films: in 2002′s Grand Champion, as the sister of the main character Buddy (Jacob Fisher); and in 2003′s Spymate, as the kidnapped daughter of former secret agent Mike Muggins (Chris Potter), who tries to rescue her with the help of a spy monkey. Grand Champion had a brief theatrical release in August 2004, while Spymate was not released until February 2006, when it was given a theatrical run in Canada, followed by its DVD release in April 2006. In August 2003, Emma Roberts was scheduled to shoot an independent film called Daisy Winters, starring as the title character, alongside Rachel Weisz. However, the film, which would have been Roberts’ first leading role, never began shooting due to financial problems.

Based on the young adult novel by Ned Vizzini, It’s Kind of a Funny Story is about a depressed, suicidal teen who checks himself into a mental hospital, befriends one fellow patient (Galifianakis) and falls for another (Roberts), even though she wears a t-shirt proclaiming that she hates boys. It seems a familiar story — I wonder how many romances are actually begun in psyche wards — but at least Galifianikis should provide some nice comic relief. And judging by the art theme and especially from the cartoony bits that we’ll be seeing a poster designed by Mojo (Away We Go; (500) Days of Summer) any day now.

If you can’t get enough whimsical comedy set to indie music like Ida Maria and you’d like to welcome Roberts to the manic pixie dream girl club, check out the trailer for It’s Kind of a Funny Story after the jump.

But perhaps it is her remarkable resemblance to one relative in particular that catches the eye of a lot of critics. A relative that Emma is not afraid to address in interviews. On the topic of Julia Roberts, her aunt who has been a Hollywood force since her big screen turn in Pretty Woman, Emma has said:

think there are a lot of people out there who say the really low blow of “She’s just in the business because of her family.” I do it because I love to do it. There have been a lot of parts I’ve been up for that I haven’t gotten. I don’t get everything handed to me like some people think. I mean, people say, “Oh, do you feel like you’re living in Julia’s shadow?” I don’t at all, because I’m not trying to be her. I’m just being myself and doing what I want to do. I’m having a lot of fun, and I feel like I am making a name for myself, as well

The actress is the daughter of Oscar-nominated actor Eric Roberts, who is Julia Roberts’ brother. The young actress grew up with her mother Julia Cunningham. Her parents split shortly after she was born. Although Eric and Julia have been reported to have a distant relationship, Emma Roberts was always described as being very close with her lookalike aunt, making her foray into show business almost inevitable. Roberts’ first role was in the short “BigLove” (2001) playing one of the daughters of Sam Rockwell and Mark McCormack when she was 10 years old. In the movie, her neurotic parents had to go to heroic lengths every morning to help get their children ready for school. Her next role was the same year in “Blow” with Johnny Depp and Penelope Cruz, but her scenes were ultimately deleted.

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