Shamelessly pretty: Emmy Rossum ditches Fiona Gallagher's scruffy look for cute monochrome mini dress

As Fiona Gallagher in Showtime's Shameless, Emmy Rossum sometimes has to dress in drab and grey clothing.
But freed from the shackles of the show's narrative confines, the 26-year-old actress is easily one of the best dressed women in Hollywood.
The beauty, who stars in the TV series that with William H Macy, looked gorgeous and fresh in a summery black and white striped dress as she shopped in Beverly Hills on Wednesday.

Monochrome mania: Emmy Rossum looked lovely in a black and white striped dress as she shopped in Beverly Hills on Wednesday

Her hair was wound into an elegant chignon that the mouthy, wildchild Fiona Gallagher probably would never try.
The star paired the frock - which combines two of spring's biggest trends; stripes and monochrome - with a pair of simple pumps.
Emmy is also forging out a movie career.

Stripes ahead: Emmy threw an equally charming blazer over her cute look as she browsed the shops

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In the film Beautiful Creatures, Emmy Rossum plays the villainous enchantress Ridley Duchannes.
She's been earning rave reviews for her performance, though a self funded foray into singing has been less successful.
Beautiful Creatures is based on the the young adult book by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl. It's the first of the Caster Chronicles series.

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The film also stars Emma Thompson, Alice Englert and Viola Davis.
On Sunday she tweeted her fans about her trip south of the border. 'I'm off to Mexico for work but there's an all NEW SHAMELESS on tonight I haven't seen it yet, so you guys are all gonna see it before me!'