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Emmy Rossum Biting Her Finger, also known as the Girl Biting Finger Meme, refers to a photograph of actress Emmanuelle Grey Rossum, also known as Emmy Rossum, seductively biting her finger. Rossum is known for her role in the TV show Shameless as the character Fiona Gallagher. The selfie photo became a reaction image in the 2020s, used to express a moment of holding back flirtation. The reaction image was widely used in TikTok comment sections in 2025. It also spread on Twitter / X during the same timeframe.

Origin

Sometime before August 2008, actress Emmy Rossum shared a photo of herself on her Myspace ^[1] account, emmyrossum, in which she was lying on her stomach in bed and biting her finger seductively. An exact date on the photo is unknown, but another selfie, seemingly taken on the same day, was used in the background of her Myspace account as early as August 3rd, 2008.^[1]

A cropped version of the image was posted by Flickr^[2] user paanee on September 17th, 2009, gaining over 520 views in 16 years.

Spread

The image notably spread in 2025 on platforms like TikTok as it became a reaction image meme.

For instance, on June 7th, 2025, TikToker^[3] @userreelckd posted an Emmy Rossum edit that started with the photo of her biting her finger. Over two months, the video received over 46,400 likes.

On June 14th, TikToker^[4] @evaxxxe posted a video that compiled multiple images of women biting their fingers, starting with the Emmy Rossum one. Over two months, the video received over 5,400 likes.

On August 6th, 2025, TikToker^[5] @amy.schonwieder posted a photo slideshow called "TikTok comments hate to see me coming," which included the Emmy Rossum Biting Her Finger image. Over 19 days, the slideshow received over 1.1 million likes.

On August 11th, X^[6] user @arostappen tweeted the image, writing, "Me when someone with a Max Verstappen profile picture follows me," gaining over 300 likes in two weeks.

On August 19th, 2025, X^[7] user @alywijnaldum used the image to make a joke about K-pop star Wonwoo, gaining over 3,600 likes in six days.

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