Rosanne Sorrentino

Rosanne Sorrentino is a former child actress, best known for playing the role of the bossy orphan Pepper in the 1982 film of the musical Annie. Early life Rosanne Sorrentino was born on January 15, 1968, in Oceanside, Long Island, New York. She made her professional stage debut at aged 12 in the third national tour of Annie in 1980-81, playing the title role of Annie. Sorrentino was "bitten by the acting bug" in 1976, when she played a schoolgirl in the American Academy of Dramatic Arts's summer workshop production of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. She was also a member of her school chorus at Lindenhurst Senior High School, and it was under the direction of her school music teacher, Liz Costa, that she developed her love for singing. She also was involved with the Charles Street Players in Lindenhurst High School.