Emma Roberts, actress

March 15, 2007 If the lofty expectations implicit in the ShoWest Female Star of Tomorrow honoree are putting a heavy burden on this year's recipient, Emma Roberts, she isn't showing it. But, then, as the daughter of Oscar-nominated actor Eric Roberts and the niece of top female boxoffice star (and Oscar winner) Julia Roberts, she's been carrying that kind of baggage since she first stepped in front of the cameras at age 10 to play Johnny Depp's daughter in 2001's "Blow." In the years since, she's proved herself to be a preternaturally poised young leading lady with a three-year stint starring in the hit Nickelodeon comedy series "Unfabulous" and a co-starring role in the 2006 feature "Aquamarine."

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