Charlie Ray

Charlotte "Charlie" Ray Rosenberg (born March 8, 1992) is an American actress. Born 8 March 1992, New York City, New York, USA, Charlie has been studying and performing dance, including jazz, tap and ballet, since she was three years old. With a passion for directing and choreographing, as soon as she could figure out how to use a camera, she began making movies and music videos. In the summer of 2002, after an initial class with Kelly Peters in Martha's Vineyard, Charlie was invited to join the KPD hip-hop dance crew and performed at the Agricultural Fair. The following summer, she choreographed and performed musical numbers from Chicago at the Chilmark Community Center where she was immediately cast as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz. Charlie's Aunt Eileen saw an ad for a Little Manhattan open casting call in the "Kidsday" section of Newsday, and mentioned it to her mom. When she responded to the idea of auditioning, her mom submitted a photo. Charlie was called in for a meeting with the casting directors, then the filmmakers. This was followed by several readings, including one with Josh Hutcherson, to see how the two of them would fit together and get along, and ultimately a screen test.

Early life
Ray was born in New York City. Since the age of 3, Ray has been studying jazz and tap dancing at Broadway Dance Center and Peridance, hip-hop at Kelly Peter Dance and ballet at Joffrey Ballet. In 2008, she played Sally Bowles in a controversial school production of the musical Cabaret. She also has sang in The Dalton School's a cappella group "Sweet n' Low". Ray is the younger sister of filmmaker Jackson Waite of California. Charlie was voted class president in 5th grade.

Career
She is most well known for her role as Rosemary Telesco in the film Little Manhattan opposite Josh Hutcherson. She now attends Northwestern University as a theater major in the class of 2014. In September 2011, she was featured in the ensemble of the classic Steven Schwartz-written musical, "Pippin," in historic Shanley Pavilion.