{"id":5114545,"date":"2023-06-08T12:52:36","date_gmt":"2023-06-08T16:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/?p=5114545"},"modified":"2023-06-08T12:52:36","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T16:52:36","slug":"emmy-rossum-husband","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/emmy-rossum-husband-5114545\/","title":{"rendered":"Emmy Rossum&#8217;s Husband: Everything To Know About Sam Esmail &#038; Her Past Relationships"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>The &#8216;Shameless&#8217; star met Sam on a rom-com set and the rest is history! Meet Emmy&#8217;s director husband and her exes, here.<\/h3>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-1\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Emmy Rossum is an actress best known for &#8216;Shameless&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>The New York City native divorced her ex husband Justin Siegel in 2009<\/li>\n<li>She has secretly welcomed two children with husband Sam Esmail<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-2\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodlife.com\/tag\/emmy-rossum\"  data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\"  ><strong>Emmy Rossum<\/strong><\/a> pulled another fast one on fans in April 2023 as she revealed she had <a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2023\/04\/06\/emmy-rossum-baby-boy-sam-esmail-secret-pregnancy\/\"  >secretly welcomed a child<\/a> with her husband <strong>Sam Esmail<\/strong>&#8230; for the<a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2021\/05\/25\/emmy-rossum-baby-born-first-child-sam-esmail-maternity-photos\/\"  > second time<\/a>! The married couple had first done the low-key pregnancy in May 2021 when they welcomed their daughter and now again almost exactly 2 years later. Emmy took to her <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Cqs4l7huKHf\/?hl=en\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\"  data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\"  >Instagram<\/a> to share a snap of a baby&#8217;s footprints and the caption, \u201cOn a foggy Wednesday morning, our son was born.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5114586\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5114586\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5114586 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Emmy-Rossum-Husband-Sam-Esmail-ss-embed-1.jpg?resize=620%2C956\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"956\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5114586\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emmy Rossum and Sam Esmail married in 2017. (Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-3\">With an exciting career &#8212; she plays <a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2022\/02\/22\/emmy-rossum-tom-holland-mom-tv-show-fans-react\/\"  ><strong>Tom Holland&#8217;s<\/strong> mom<\/a> in an upcoming series &#8212; and now a family of four, Emmy has fans begging to know the 411 on her main squeeze, Sam. Learn all about him, and Emmy&#8217;s ex husband, below.<\/p>\n<h2>Sam Is A Hollywood Power Player<\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-4\">The New Jersey native, born Sept. 17, 1977, has made quite the name for himself in Tinseltown. He\u2019s known for serving as the creator, lead writer and director of the series <em>Mr. Robot<\/em>, starring\u00a0<strong>Rami Malek<\/strong>. He directed the psychological thriller series <em>Homecoming<\/em> starring <strong>Julia Roberts<\/strong> and the Peacock series Angelyne, starring his own wife Emmy. He also is developing a <em>Battlestar Galactica<\/em> reboot. To catch an update on any one of his projects, be sure to check out Sam&#8217;s <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/samesmail\/?hl=en\"  target=\"_blank\"  >Instagram<\/a>, where he loves to post about his Hollywood endeavors.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BC5XwwNiV_E\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:500px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BC5XwwNiV_E\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\"  style=\" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; padding:0 0; text-align:center; text-decoration:none; width:100%;\"  target=\"_blank\"  > <\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: row;align-items: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 40px;margin-right: 14px;width: 40px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 100px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 60px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display:block;height:50px;margin:0 auto 12px;width:50px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px\">\n<div style=\"color:#3897f0;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:550;line-height:18px\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: row;margin-bottom: 14px;align-items: center\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px;flex-grow: 0;margin-right: 14px;margin-left: 2px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 20px;width: 20px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 2px solid transparent;border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4;border-bottom: 2px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-right: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;flex-grow: 0;height: 12px;width: 16px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-left: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center;margin-bottom: 24px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 224px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 144px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-5\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BC5XwwNiV_E\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\"  style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\"  target=\"_blank\"  >A post shared by Sam Esmail (@samesmail)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-6\"><script async src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Where Was Their Meet-Cute?<\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-7\">The adorable couple met in 2013, when Emmy landed a role in the film <em>Comet<\/em>, directed and written by Sam. The romantic dramedy costarred <strong>Justin Long<\/strong>. Soon after meeting on the set, they started secretly dating and made their debut <span style=\"font-size: 1.125rem;\">as a couple at the June 2014 premiere of <\/span><em style=\"font-size: 1.125rem;\">Comet.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Sam&#8217;s New York Times Proposal Was Epic<\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-8\">In August 2015, Sam got down on one knee in one of the greatest proposals ever, as he recreated a section of The New York Times with the big question in it for Emmy to discover.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-9\">\u201cWe have a tradition of reading the \u2018Modern Love\u2019 section of\u00a0<em>The New York Times<\/em>\u00a0every Sunday,\u201d\u00a0<a  href=\"https:\/\/www.vogue.com\/article\/emmy-rossum-wedding-2017-carolina-herrera\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\"  aria-describedby=\"audioeye_new_window_message\"  >Emmy\u00a0 told <em>Vogue<\/em>\u00a0in 2017<\/a>. \u201cI do a dramatic reading of it for him. Even if we\u2019re not in the same place, I read it to him over the phone. Then one weekend we didn\u2019t read it \u2014 I don\u2019t remember why exactly \u2014 and the following Friday he reminded me that we hadn\u2019t.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-10\">She went on to explain how Sam had written their own love story down and a friend helped make it look like it was authentically a New York Times piece. &#8220;I kind of scanned to the end and it said, \u2018Love, your Sam.\u2019 And I realized that he had gone through this whole process of writing this whole story,&#8221; Emmy said. &#8220;And then by the time I finished the story he was down on a knee in the bathroom, with me in the tub.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BOX3S16D-CQ\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:500px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BOX3S16D-CQ\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\"  style=\" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; padding:0 0; text-align:center; text-decoration:none; width:100%;\"  target=\"_blank\"  > <\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: row;align-items: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 40px;margin-right: 14px;width: 40px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 100px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 60px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display:block;height:50px;margin:0 auto 12px;width:50px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px\">\n<div style=\"color:#3897f0;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:550;line-height:18px\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: row;margin-bottom: 14px;align-items: center\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px;flex-grow: 0;margin-right: 14px;margin-left: 2px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 20px;width: 20px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 2px solid transparent;border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4;border-bottom: 2px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-right: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;flex-grow: 0;height: 12px;width: 16px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-left: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center;margin-bottom: 24px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 224px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 144px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-11\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BOX3S16D-CQ\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\"  style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\"  target=\"_blank\"  >A post shared by Sam Esmail (@samesmail)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-12\"><script async src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>They Held Their Wedding Reception At The Guggenheim<\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-13\">The couple wed in May 2017 at the Central Synagogue on Lexington Avenue in New York City. Afterwards, they partied the night away at the famed Guggenheim art museum. Emmy rocked a <strong>Carolina Herrera<\/strong> wedding dress that was inspired by the art museum\u2019s iconic architecture, per <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/pictures\/emmy-rossum-sam-esmails-relationship-timeline\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  ><em>US Weekly<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Sam Didn&#8217;t Recognize Emmy As Angelyne<\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-14\">Years after meeting on the set of the 2013 film\u00a0<em>Comet<\/em>, the couple would go on to work together for the 2022 Peacock series\u00a0<em>Angelyn<\/em><em>e<\/em>, in Sam was executive producer and Emmy took on the titular role as the LA Billboard icon. She must have really gone method acting, as Sam recalled not being able to recognize when she was all dolled up as the real-life character.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-15\">\u201cWhen I say that there are times where I did not recognize her because she was lost in this person, I really mean it,\u201d Sam told <em><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-features\/emmy-rossum-angelyne-series-peacock-1235143335\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\"  >The Hollywood Reporter<\/a><\/em> of his wife&#8217;s \u201ckind of eerie\u201d transformation. \u201cThis is my wife I\u2019m talking about.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Who Was Emmy&#8217;s First Husband?<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5114588\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5114588\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5114588 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Emmy-Rossum-Husband-Sam-Esmail-splsh-embed-2.jpg?resize=620%2C928\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"928\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5114588\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emmy Rossum and her first husband Justin Siegel. 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