10 best up-and-coming Actors
by sarahseeley | created - 29 Dec 2011 | updated - 29 Dec 2011 | Public
1. Tom Hardy
Actor | Inception
With his breakthrough performance as Eames in Christopher Nolan's sci-fi thriller Inception (2010), English actor Tom Hardy has been brought to the attention of mainstream audiences worldwide. However, the versatile actor has been steadily working on both stage and screen since his television debut...
2. Jennifer Lawrence
Actress | The Hunger Games
As the highest-paid actress in the world in 2015 and 2016, and with her films grossing over $5.5 billion worldwide, Jennifer Lawrence is often cited as the most successful actress of her generation. She is also the first person born in the 1990s to have won an acting Oscar.
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3. Michael Fassbender
Actor | Shame
Michael Fassbender is an Irish actor who was born in Heidelberg, Germany, to a German father, Josef, and an Irish mother, Adele (originally from Larne, County Antrim, in Northern Ireland). Michael was raised in the town of Killarney, Co. Kerry, in south-west Ireland, where his family moved to when ...
4. Rooney Mara
Actress | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Actress and philanthropist Rooney Mara was born on April 17, 1985 in Bedford, New York. She made her screen debut in the slasher film Urban Legends: Bloody Mary (2005), went on to have a supporting role in the independent coming-of-age drama Tanner Hall (2009), and has since starred in the horror ...
5. Johnathan Robert Hart
Producer | Fawn River
Johnathan Hart is a Michigan native, although he was born in Midwest City Oklahoma. Johnathan served in the U.S. Army as a Military Police Officer for over 8 years and is a Veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom. After struggling through a few semesters of community college, Johnathan discovered his ...
6. Liam Hemsworth
Actor | The Hunger Games
Liam Hemsworth was born on January 13, 1990, in Melbourne, Australia, and is the younger brother of actors Chris Hemsworth and Luke Hemsworth. He is the son of Leonie (van Os), a teacher of English, and Craig Hemsworth, a social-services counselor. He is of Dutch (from his immigrant maternal ...
7. Alicia Clark
Actress | Break Glass in Case Of...
Alicia Deven Clark grew up in theatre, singing on stage and for weddings at age 5. She has since excelled her studies in the Theatrical Arts with a Bachelor's Degree in Theatre. She has studied several forms of dance, yoga, stage combat, stunt training, and studied abroad in Europe to learn more of...
8. Brando Eaton
Actor | Dexter
Brando Eaton was born in Los Angeles, California where he was raised as an only child by a single mother. Bitten by the acting bug early, he started doing plays at the age of five which grew into a successful acting career working steadily on such shows/films as ZOEY 101, Dexter, CSI, NCIS, Secret ...
9. Nicole Badaan
Actress | Bigfoot
Nicole Badaan was born on May 11, 1992 in the USA. She is an actress, known for Bigfoot (2009), Desiree (2014) and Pray for Rain (2017).
10. Nicholas Hoult
Actor | Mad Max: Fury Road
Nicholas Hoult was born on December 7, 1989 in Wokingham, Berkshire, England, UK as Nicholas Caradoc Hoult. His parents are Glenis Hoult, a piano teacher and Roger Hoult, a pilot. He has three siblings, two sisters and one brother. His great-aunt was one of the most popular actresses of her time, ...
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