1997–2005: Career beginnings Osment's entry into the entertainment industry began in 1997, when she was cast in a commercial for flower delivery company
FTD. The show earned her a nomination for Young Artist Award in 2007 for Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama). In addition, Osment helped to design some of the pieces from the collection of clothing Hannah Montana Disney, which released the last part in the summer of 2006. She also had a voice over role in a movie called ''Holidaze: The Christmas That Almost Didn't Happen''. She performed several songs for the movie, including "Don't Ya Just Love Christmas" and "One Day". Emily sings the chorus of the
Billy Ray Cyrus song "You've Got a Friend", from his album 2007
Home at Last. Osment has also recorded a song titled "
I Don't Think About It" in ''
The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It'', for which they made a music video. The video was released in Haunting Hour DVD and premiered at
Cartoon Network. On December 25, Osment hosted the
Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade with
Hannah Montana co-star
Mitchel Musso. The parade featured
Miley Cyrus and the
High School Musical cast. She and Musso performed a sketch based on a
Hannah Montana episode. Osment also had a voice-over role in a movie called ''Holidaze: The Christmas That Almost Didn't Happen'', which also featured the voices of fellow Disney Channel stars
Brenda Song and
Dylan and Cole Sprouse. Osment performed several songs for the film, including "Don't Ya Just Love Christmas" and "One Day". She also starred as a
goth in
R. L. Stine's ''
The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It''. It earned her a
Young Artist Award nomination in 2008 for "Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries or Special Leading Young Actress". She recorded the song "I Don't Think About It" for the movie's soundtrack. Osment recorded a remake version of the song "
If I Didn't Have You" with Mitchel Musso for the
DisneyMania 6 CD. The song was produced by
Bryan Todd. The two also filmed a music video for their remake. She recorded a song, released in 2008, with
The Disney Channel Circle of Stars. She recorded a remake of "
Once Upon A Dream", released on September 12, 2008. She recorded a song called "Hero in Me" for the Disney Channel original movie,
Dadnapped and also filmed a music video to accompany it. In 2008 she starred in the film
Soccer Mom, and was ranked on No. 1 on
Parade magazine and
Forbes to
Hot Kid Stars to Watch list. She also starred in the Disney Channel original movie,
Dadnapped which premiered in February 2009.
2009–2012: All the Right Wrongs and Fight or Flight In June 2009, Osment signed with
Wind-Up Records and announced that she was writing and recording tracks with
Eve 6. She has collaborated on tunes with
Tom Higgenson,
Max Collins,
Tony Fagenson,
Toby Gad and
Mandi Perkins. "
All the Way Up" was released as the lead single on August 25, 2009. The song debuted at No. 77 in the Canadian Hot 100 then a week later peaked at No. 76. On October 26, 2009, Osment release her debut extended play,
All the Right Wrongs, with six songs in the standard edition and eight songs in the deluxe. The EP peaked at No. 117 at
Billboard Top 200 and No. 1 at
Top Heatseekers About the album, Osment said: "The songs on the album are from four different people, I wrote with four different people, and they all had to fit on the album together...I kind of just did my own thing. I listen to a lot of
Alanis Morissette, I kind of got inspired from her and her song "
Jagged Little Pill" ...There's a lot of edge to (Emily's album)...I love hearing the guitars and the drums in the songs". "
You Are the Only One" was released as second single on February 27, 2010. It failed to make an impact on any charts, but enjoyed some success on
Radio Disney. Originally, "You Are the Only One" was intended to be released as the lead single from the album, but was dropped due to Osment wanting to release "All the Way Up" instead. Osment confirmed through her
Twitter account that she would be on tour: the Clap Your Hands Tour included nine dates in the United States. On March 24, 2010, Osment confirmed on
Good Day New York that her debut album would be released in the summer of 2010. "
Let's Be Friends" was released as the album's lead single on June 8, 2010. The single debuted and peaked at No. 24 on the
Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart and No. 67 at Germany. In addition, the single became her first to chart on an official US singles chart, when it peaked at No. 31 on the
Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. In October 5 she released her first album,
Fight or Flight, focused on
electropop and
synthpop. The album peaked at No. 170 at
Billboard Top 200 and No. 2 at
Top Heatseekers The single also became her second to achieve success on the
Canadian Hot 100, where it debuted at No. 71, and later rose to a peak of 66. In October, Osment made her second tour
Fight or Flight Tour to promote her first album
Fight or Flight. On May 10, 2011, she released the duet single "
Hush" with
Josh Ramsay of
Marianas Trench, and the song peaked at No. 90 in Canada. In 2011, Osment starred in the
ABC Family movie about a young woman who suffers cyberbullying, called
Cyberbully, released on July 17, 2011. ABC worked with
Seventeen to make the film with the hope that it would help eliminate Internet harassment. It was filmed in
Montreal and was released on DVD on February 7, 2012. The film received generally positive reviews and had 3.4 million viewers on its premiere. To promote the film, she released her single, "
Drift".
2013–2021: Cleaners, Young & Hungry, and return to music as Bluebiird In 2013, Osment starred in the TV series
Cleaners, which in 2014 was announced for a second season. Osment had a cameo in
Life with Boys, and appeared in four episodes of
Family Guy. She reprised her voice role as Pep for the third
Beverly Hills Chihuahua film, which was released on DVD September 18, 2012, and was one of her last works at
Disney. Osment confirmed through her official
Facebook account that she had left her label
Wind-Up Records and has launched an independent project with airs folk, indie and country in a band called Ramshackle, consisting of Osment and her friend Dan Schechter, performing in bars such as
the Troubadour and at the Spiedie Fest 2013, performing covers of
The Beatles,
R. Kelly and "Lullaby". In 2013, Osment made a special participation in the episode "Bazinga! That's From a TV Show" for the comedy series
Two and a Half Men where she played the role of Ashley. Osment starred in the short film called
Seasick Sailor led by
Devon Bostick and
Torre Catalano. The film has been presented in some film festivals and won the award for
Best Narrative Short at the
Los Angeles Film Festival. Osment also participated in the drama,
Kiss Me, directed by
Jeff Probst in which she starred opposite Irish actress
Sarah Bolger. In October, Osment filmed a new movie
No Way Jose. In October 2013, the third movie in the Nightmare franchise started filming, called ''
A Daughter's Nightmare, which premiered on Lifetime in 2014. Osment recorded the song In Case Of Fire
for the soundtrack of the film. Osment also finished recording the second season of the web series Cleaners''. '', 2014 In 2014, she debuted as the lead role in the new
ABC Family TV series
Young & Hungry, produced by
Ashley Tisdale. Osment plays Gabi, a feisty young blogger hired as the personal chef to a young San Francisco tech entrepreneur. The pilot episode, which aired on June 25, 2014, garnered 1.08 million views in the U.S. Osment appeared in the 2015 movie
Love Is All You Need? The film, which also stars
Briana Evigan, is an independent drama set in a world where being gay is normal and heterosexual people are intimidated. In August 2015, Osment was booked for a recurring role on the third season of the CBS series
Mom. She played Jodi, a girl living on the street who was a drug addict; Christy (
Anna Faris) and Bonnie (
Allison Janney) helped her stay clean and find a job. The third season premiered on November 5, 2015. But Jodi died from a drug overdose in midseason, a decision made with the creation of the character. Osment confirmed through her official
Facebook page, that on March 8, 2019, International Women's Day, she released her first single as a new musical alias Bluebiird, "Black Coffee Morning", followed by "Sailor" on April 26 and "Good Girl" on June 21, respectively. She released an EP under the alias titled
When I Loved You on September 27. Also in 2018, she was cast in a recurring role as Theresa, an acting student in
The Kominsky Method. The series ran for three seasons, and Osment received two nominations for a
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. The third and final season premiered on May 28, 2021. On October 8, 2021, Osment's new sitcom,
Pretty Smart premiered on Netflix.
2022–present: Young Sheldon and ''Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage'' In 2022, she joined the cast of
Young Sheldon as
Mandy McAllister, the television "weather girl" who becomes Georgie's love interest and eventually pregnant with his child. She was promoted to a series regular starting with the sixth season. In 2023, Osment portrayed Magan Fieramusca in the
Lifetime film
Stolen Baby: The Murder of Heidi Broussard as part of its "Ripped from the Headlines" feature films" which detailed the titular crimes done by Osment's character. In January 2024, it was announced that a spin-off series of
Young Sheldon called ''
Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage'', focused on
Georgie Cooper and Mandy McAllister and starring Osment and
Montana Jordan, was slated for the 2024–25 season on CBS. The series premiered on October 17, 2024. == Other ventures ==