'Hannah' star Osment dives into music

Emily Osment is no stranger to the limelight.

At the young age of six, she had already played a major role in "Sarah Plain and Tall" alongside Glenn Close and Christopher Walken. But by 2006, Emily Osment landed the coveted role of Lily Truscott in Disney’s hit TV show "Hannah Montana."

Recently, 17-year-old Osment chose to take a different path – towards music.

“I’ve been writing and recording for a long time,” Osment said in Toronto recently. “Two years ago I decided, ‘Hmm I should probably release this at some point.’”

"All the Right Wrongs" was released last fall and she just completed a tour in Canada.

During a visit to Toronto, Osment took the time to answer questions about her new album, her role in Hannah Montana (which ends its run next year), competing with a brother who saw dead people in "Sixth Sense," and why she admires Alanis Morrisette.

You went from acting, and then moved over to singing. What made you decide to do that?My mom is an English teacher and so I grew up writing and my brother is a musician as well... I have a huge binder of all this stuff and I just threw it at them and just said, 'Let’s go! Let’s write an album.' And it worked out and it's been a long process and it wasn't so much like 'Oh I want to be a singer now.' con't reading here >>

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