Mackenzie Rosman
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| Mackenzie Rosman | |
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| Birth name | Mackenzie Ryann Rosman |
| Born | December 28, 1989 (age 17) Charleston, South Carolina, USA |
| Notable roles | Ruthie Camden in 7th Heaven |
Mackenzie Ryann Rosman (born December 28, 1989) is an American child actress. She is best known for her role as Ruthie Camden on The WB's 7th Heaven.
Rosman was born in Charleston, South Carolina and has some Cherokee Indian ancestry. In 1996, she got the part of Ruthie Camden on 7th Heaven. 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. She also played JonBenét Ramsey in Getting Away with Murder: The JonBenét Ramsey Mystery.
Her parents are divorced, and she resides in Los Angeles with her mother, stepfather, younger brother Chandler (b. 1992) and older stepsister Katelyn Salmont (b. 1986). She is an active supporter for fundraising for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and wishes to help educate the public about the need for organ donation. Her stepsister Katelyn, who has CF, recently underwent a successful double lung transplant. Rosman and her family are grateful that 7th Heaven, in a past season, was able to produce an episode about CF, in which Katelyn was able to play herself.
Her greatest passion, outside of acting, is animals, especially horses, of which she owns eight. She is a competitive equestrian show jumper, and recently competed in Belgium in her first international show. Mackenzie and her family reside on a ranch outside of Los Angeles, where she keeps horses, dogs, cats, chickens and goats.
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- Mackenzie's family of five includes her Mom, Donna, her step-dad, Randy, her brother Chandler, and her stepsister, Katelyn. Also included in the mix is a menagerie of cats and dogs, chickens, horses and goats.
- MacKenzie's stepsister, Katelyn Salmont, who suffers from cystic fibrosis, guest-starred as Mackenzie's friend in the "7th Heaven" (1996) episode "Back in the Saddle Again".
- Her family has Cherokee Indian roots.
- Enjoys reading, skating, swimming and dancing
- Favorite food is brussel sprouts.
- Contributes her free time to animal charities
- Her first passion is horses; it is a family activity.
- Mackenzie is a Junior Ambassador for Childhelp Inc., an organization working for and with severely abused children.
- She is actively involved in raising funds and awareness for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Mackenzie's stepsister, Katelyn Salmont, lives with CF and, in 2005, Katelyn underwent a successful double lung-transplant. Both girls will be featured in Teen People's "20 Teens Who Will Change the World". "7th Heaven" (1996) had produced a special episode about Cystic Fibrosis entitled "Back in the Saddle" which featured Katelyn as herself, and Mackenzie and Katelyn rode horses together, as they do at home. In 2005, "7th Heaven" (1996) again brought Katelyn on the show, post-transplant, which gave her a chance to explain about the new life she had been given.
