25 Top Young Hollywood
by LASuperstars | created - 31 Dec 2011 | updated - 01 Jan 2012 | PublicSome of the top kids in Hollywood today. Watch out for these up and comers!
1. Booboo Stewart
Actor | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1
Booboo Stewart was thrust into the spotlight with his winning the coveted role of Seth Clearwater in the The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010) and reprising the role in both The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (2011) and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (2012). At age 10 Booboo began his...
2. China Anne McClain
Actress | Hubie Halloween
China Anne McClain comes from an artistic family. Her father, Michael McClain, is a music producer, vocalist, writer and sound engineer. His first production was on Beyonce's younger sister, Solange Knowles (Solo Star CD - track no.16 entitled Sky Away). China Anne's mother, Shontell, is also a ...
3. Dylan Riley Snyder
Actor | Kickin' It
Dylan Snyder co-runs Watch The Footage (WTF) Productions as an in-house director and cinematographer. Snyder's 2019 short film, "Room 566" has won accolades at twelve festivals including Best Horror Short at Hollywood Blood Horror Festival, as well as Best Horror Short and Best Director (Male) at ...
4. Madison Pettis
Actress | The Game Plan
Madison Pettis got her big break at 8 years old with her very first film, playing the daughter of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson in Disney's hit family comedy, "The Game Plan". Now all grown up, Madison has an extensive list of acting credits and over 20 million followers on social media. Soon she can ...
5. Kenton Duty
Actor | My Name Is Khan
Kenton Duty began his acting career when he was 9 years old in the Dallas Theater Center's stage production of "A Christmas Carol". He began auditioning for roles in Los Angeles after he was discovered at a workshop at the Young Actors Studio in Dallas, Texas by Hollywood talent agent Cindy Osbrink...
6. Olivia Holt
Actress | Cloak & Dagger
Olivia Holt was born in Germantown, Tennessee to parents, Mark and Kim Holt. When she was only 3 years old, she started singing and acting on the stage. Besides acting and singing, she has been a competitive gymnast for the past 5 years, and a competitive cheerleader for the past few years. At ...
7. Stefanie Scott
Actress | Insidious: Chapter 3
Nurturing an impressive body of work that encompasses film and television, award-winning actor, writer, and producer Stefanie Scott is one of Hollywood's most promising young talents. This year Stefanie will star in Peacock's upcoming thriller/supernatural series "Girl in the Woods." Set in the ...
8. Katherine McNamara
Actress | Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments
Katherine McNamara, named one of Vanity Fair's "Breakout Bunch," is a sought after accomplished actor, dancer, singer/songwriter. She is most recently known as the titular lead role of "Abby Walker" in Walker: Independence (2022), the prequel to CW's Walker (2021). In 2023, Katherine was nominated ...
9. Samantha Boscarino
Actress | Diamond in the Rough
Boscarino was born on 26th of December in Ventura County, California in the USA, in 1994. She is Ecuadorian & Italian. Samantha Boscarino debuted from the film, The Clique (2008) as Alicia Rivera which in 2008. Samantha Boscarino featured, in the film, The Perfect Game (2009) as Gloria Jimenez and ...
10. Ava Allan
Actress | Pretty Little Liars
Ava Allan was born in Tarzana, California. She landed her first modeling job for Disney magazine when she was only five, and has continued to model for many national magazines, campaigns and commercials. Her television debut came at the age of ten on "True Jackson VP". Ava played 'young Amanda' to ...
11. Joey Luthman
Actor | Phobias
Joey is known as an award-winning dramatic and comedic actor. He is known for Weeds (2005) and recently on Chicago Med (2015) and Alexa & Katie (2018) and as PSC Jonathan Ridell on FOX 21 & National Geographic Channel Series: The Long Road Home (2017). He recently guest starred on Hawaii Five-0...
12. Marlowe Peyton
Actress | Fresh Off the Boat
Marlowe officially started their acting career at the age of four and has continued to work on both large and small screens. In their career, they have been blessed with the opportunity to have worked with some very prestigious directors; Christopher Columbus, Alan Poul, Alisa Statman, Pamela ...
13. Nicola Peltz Beckham
Actress | Lola
Nicola Peltz is emerging as a force to be reckoned with, on both the big and small screen. Her most prominent roles include the series Bates Motel (2013), and the films The Last Airbender (2010) and Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014).
Nicola was born in Westchester County, New York, to Claudia (...
14. Jordan Van Vranken
Actress | Bad Teacher
Jordan can be seen in episodes of Criminal Minds, Nickelodeon's Big Time Rush, in the Cameron Diaz film Bad Teacher, Breaking Glass Pictures' film After the Wizard, the indie feature The Wolves of Savin Hill, and heard in the Warner Brothers/HD Films' animated series CHADAM, also starring Katey ...
15. Justin Tinucci
Actor | Perry Mason
Justin Tinucci is originally from Denver, Colorado. He began acting at the age of 10 after he was contacted by the producers of iCarly and asked to guest star on a special skills episode called the iCarly Awards. The producers had discovered him after viewing television interviews of Justin and his...
16. Kathryn Newton
Actress | Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
Kathryn co-starred as Cassie Lang in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania 2023, followed by Lisa Frankenstein starring alongside Cole Sprouse and Winner starring Emilia Jones, with release dates sometime in 2023. She can be seen as the lead of Amazon's The Map of Tiny Perfect Things, on Prime Video. ...
17. Garrett Backstrom
Actor | Hello Herman
Garrett Backstrom was born October 25, 1995, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, to Elizabeth and Gary Backstrom. He was raised in a Christian household and is strong in his faith. Having a passion for filmmaking from a very young age, Garrett's pursuit took him to California where he pursued his ...
18. Austin Anderson
Actor | Licorice Pizza
Austin Anderson was born on July 11, 1994 in New York, USA. He is an actor and editor, known for Licorice Pizza (2021), Wiener Dog Nationals (2013) and Victorious (2010).
19. Bea Miller
Actress | Toy Story 3
Bea Miller is an American musician and actress from Maplewood, New Jersey. Beatrice has two moms, Hilery Kipnis, a former producer for "The Oprah Winfrey Show" and Kim Miller, a former stage manager for CBS. She lived in Maplewood with her moms and her twin sisters (Georgia and Esther), and now ...
20. Willow Shields
Actress | The Hunger Games
Willow Shields was born on June 1, 2000 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She has a twin sister, actress Autumn Shields, and an older brother, actor River Shields. Willow got her first job in 2008, narrating the short film Las Vegas New Mexico 1875 (2008), the story of a dying gunfighter who returns home...
21. Cierra Ramirez
Actress | Girl in Progress
Cierra Ramirez was born on March 9, 1995 in Houston, Texas, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Girl in Progress (2012), The Fosters (2013) and Good Trouble (2019).
22. Taylor Hay
Born in San Diego, CA, Taylor Hay began acting at the age of four when she was cast in the first commercial she ever auditioned for. She worked steadily, building her body of work, until she was diagnosed with cancer at the age of nine. With that news, everything came to a halt. Once she regained ...
23. Mateus Ward
Actor | Relish
Mateus Ward was a series regular on the limited series Hostages (2013) on CBS, and joined the cast as a series regular of TNT's Murder in the First (2014) Season 2 as Dustin Maker. In 2017, Mateus played the lead Clyde Thompson in the award-winning Independent Feature Film The Meanest Man in Texas ...
24. Jordana Beatty
Actress | Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer
Jordana Beatty was born to a family of Australian descent. Her mother, Alexandra, is a Honda attorney, and her father, Zac, is a nightclub bartender.
After seeing the incredible musical Mary Poppins, she realized she wanted to act all her life. She began her career doing national commercials in her ...
25. Sam Lant
Actor | Project X
Sam was born in Truckee, California. He spent his primary years growing up on the North Shore of Lake Tahoe, learning to ski and wake-board depending on the season. Sam's break through in acting came at IMTA New York in 2006 when he won Pre-Teen Actor of the Year. Realizing acting was Sam's big ...
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