Before playing Mandy, Emily Osment had appeared in 16 episodes of The Kominsky Method

Emily Osment's collaboration with Chuck Lorre preceded her role as Mandy in Young Sheldon.She has a recurring role on the Netflix comedy The Kominsky Method, playing wannabe actress Theresa.In the play, Michael Douglas plays Sandy Kominsky, a once successful actor who now teaches acting in Hollywood; Teresa is one of his students.

The show ran for three seasons from 2018 to 2021, and Osment participated in 16 episodes.She was also part of the cast that was nominated for the 2019 and 2022 Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series; the awards were then known as the Screen Actors Guild Awards and are now known as the Actor Awards.

Comedy was a constant throughout her upbringing.From 2006 to 2011, she played the heroine's friend Lily Truscott in the Disney Channel's Hannah Montana and starred in the movie of the same name.As an adult, she starred in Young & Hungry and Pretty Smart.

Later, she took over the role of Mandy McAllister in Young Sheldon and brought the character into the spin-off series Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage.The spin-off comedy is now in its third season on CBS.

《 The Kominsky Theory 》 and her brother Haley Joel Osment.He joined in the season two finale as Robbie, Norman's grandson, and continued to appear in season three.Norman, played by Alan Arkin, is Sandy's friend.

Although the two brothers and sisters participated in the same drama, their roles did not really compete with each other.They appear together in a wedding, each belonging to a different story line.Both have voiced multiple characters in Family Guy, and both started out as child stars, but are still waiting for an opportunity to fully collaborate on the same stage.

Speaking to Us Weekly about her desire to work with her sister, Haley Joe said: "I knew it would happen sooner or later because she's amazing and everything she does makes me proud."The brother and sister's father, Michael, is also an actor. Both of them have thanked their father for guiding their respective acting careers.