Mackenzie Rosman

Mackenzie Rosman Biography

Rosman was born in Charleston, South Carolina and has some Cherokee descent. In 1996, she got the part of Ruthie Camden on 7th Heaven by personally greeting each person in the room by a handshake during her audition. In addition to her role on 7th Heaven, Rosman appeared in the independent film Gideon, starring Christopher Lambert, Charlton Heston and Shelley Winters. She has appeared in numerous television commercials starting at age four including a Tuff's Diaper commercial and a Nike shoe commercial. Her film roles have included JonBenét Ramsey in Getting Away with Murder: The JonBenét Ramsey Mystery, and Molly MacLemore in Gideon. Her most recent commercial was a Kmart advertisement with 7th Heaven co-stars Beverley Mitchell and George Stults.Rosman is also starring in the new Edgar Allan Poe film, known as Edgar Allan Poe's Ligeia, in which she will play the role of Loreli. The film is scheduled to be released in August or late July 2008.

Her parents divorced when she was young, and she currently resides in Santa Clarita, California with her mother Donna, stepfather Randy and younger brother Chandler (b. 1992). She also had an older stepsister, Katelyn Salmont (1986-2008). Also included in the mix of the household is a menagerie of cats, dogs, fish, a rat, chickens, horses, goats and even a pig.Her greatest passion outside of acting is animals, especially horses, of which she owns many, including Mentos, Sugar, Baby, Easy Mocha, Zena, Fantasia and Harmony. She is a competitive equestrian show jumper and rides in jumping competitions using her horse Mentos Junior.Rosman is an active supporter of fundraising for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and wishes to educate the public about the need for organ donation. Mackenzie's stepsister, Katelyn Salmont, is in the ground, due to cystic fibrosis and in late 2005, Salmont underwent a successful double lung-transplant. Her stepfather Randy donated one organ. Both girls were featured in Teen People's "20 Teens Who Will Change the World". 7th Heaven produced a special episode about cystic fibrosis entitled "Back in the Saddle Again" which featured Salmont as herself, and Rosman and Salmont rode horses together, as they do at home. In 2005, 7th Heaven again brought Salmont on the show, post-transplant, which gave her a chance to explain about the new life she had been given. Katelyn's lifeless body was pronounced dead on December 25, 2008.Rosman also supports Childhelp Inc. and is an ambassador for the organization, which helps severely abused children. Rosman is also the national honorary chairman for CureFinders, a school fund-raising program to help fund the search for a cure for cystic fibrosis.Rosman graduated from Valencia High School (Santa Clarita, California) in late May 2007.

Mackenzie Rosman Personal

In October 2008, PopStar Magazine reported that Chris Ayala and Mackenzie Rossman were dating. The two did not confirm nor deny the rumors until mid November. Mackenzie has been dating singer/actor Chris Ayala of the "boyband" Elite since late 2008. The two live together in the Los Angeles area.