Hollywood’s Future A-List: 20 Stars of Tomorrow

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The likes of Jennifer Lawrence, Robert Downey Jr or Charlize Theron may all be household names today, but who will be the A-List movie stars in the Hollywood of the future? Here’s our list of 20 actors who are either already on the road to greatness or on the cusp of breaking through.

By Victoria Luxford

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Timothée Chalamet – One of the biggest names to emerge from the 2017-18 Oscar season is the incredibly talented 22-year-old Chalamet, star of the critically lauded Call Me By Your Name and part of films such as Ladybird and Interstellar. With an intense, brooding acting style, it’s hard to imagine him not becoming one of the most in-demand actors of the next decade.

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Yara Shahidi – Having impressed as the star of TV series Black-ish and spin-off Grown-ish, Shahidi has established herself as an actor to watch out for, despite still being in her teens. She’s also a passionate activist, with her work for young people’s issues winning famous fans such as Michelle Obama, who wrote a letter of recommendation for her to Harvard University.

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Kathryn Newton – Having made her small screen debut at age four, 21-year-old Newton has thrilled fans with her performances in Paranormal Activity and TV series Big Little Lies. She also stood out among a star-studded cast in R-rated comedy Blockers, and will flex her drama muscles in forthcoming Julia Robert drama Ben Is Back, which is tipped for Oscar attention.

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Paapa Essiedu – If you’re a theatre-goer or British television fan, Essiedu is already on your star radar for his portrayal of Hamlet with the Royal Shakespeare Company and for appearing in Netflix’s forthcoming series Black Earth Rising. With the undeniable talent this East Londoner possesses, we wouldn’t be surprised if he turns up on the big screen in the next few years.

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Alex Lawther – The award-winning actor’s biggest film roles thus far have been brief: a young Benedict Cumberbatch in The Imitation Game and Domhnall Gleeson’s son in Goodbye Christopher Robin. However, the reception for his starring role in quirky comedy-drama series The End of The F***ing World has showcased a range that has all the signs of a star in the making.

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Joe Alwyn – While his debut film (Billy Flynn’s Long Halftime Walk) was a box office disappointment, there’s a lot of excitement surrounding Alwyn, who will be part of award hopefuls The Favourite (with Emma Stone and Olivia Colman) and Margot Robbie/Saoirse Ronan period drama Mary, Queen of Scots.

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Anya Taylor-Joy – Florida native Taylor-Joy has two very solid pieces of evidence regarding her potential, having won both the UK’s BAFTA Rising Star Award and Cannes Film Festival’s Trophée Chopard for horror film The Witch. She’s making the most of that confidence, with upcoming films including Marvel’s The New Mutants, M Night Shyamalan’s Glass, and Marie Curie biopic Radioactive.

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Josh O’Connor – Critics were over the moon for O’Connor’s 2017 film God’s Own Country, the independent love story dubbed “The British Brokeback Mountain” by some critics. The intensity of the performance has led to the actor being cast as none other than Prince Charles in the next series of The Crown.

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Auli’i Cravalho – If you don’t recognise her name, you will certainly recognise teenager Auli’i Cravalho’s voice! She played the title role in Disney smash hit Moana, and will be reprising the role in November’s Ralph Breaks the Internet. Her vocal and acting abilities saw her cast as the lead of US TV show Rise; expect more to come from the multi-faceted performer.

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Asia Kate Dillon – The Critics’ Choice award winner may be one of the older names on this list, but fans of Orange Is The New Black and Billions will know there’s a lot more to come from the actor. Dillon broke new ground as a gender non-binary actor, playing the first ever non-binary gender character on US television. The critically adored performances will surely open doors for a big-screen future.

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Trevante Rhodes – One of many superb performances from Best Picture-winning film Moonlight, Rhodes (who played the older version of Chiron in the film) was recently in big-budget blockbuster The Predator, a role surely suited to his background as an accomplished track star in his native Texas. A future Marvel superhero, perhaps?

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Dafne Keen – The 13-year-old, who is of both British and Spanish heritage, broke audiences’ hearts as Wolverine’s daughter in last year’s Logan, marking the arrival of an interesting new talent. The powerful young actor stars with another legend, Andy Garcia, in her next film Ana, as well as taking the lead in the BBC/HBO reboot of His Dark Materials opposite Lin-Manuel Miranda.

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Angourie Rice – Having outshone Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling in The Nice Guys, Rice has quickly built an impressive CV thanks to supernatural romantic drama Every Day and a being part of Marvel’s Spider-Man Universe. The young Australian may very well follow in the footsteps of Nicole Kidman, with whom she starred in The Beguiled.

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Sasha Lane – Some actors just know how to make an immediate impact, and Sasha Lane did just that in 2016’s American Honey. She followed it up with a standout performance in this year’s The Miseducation of Cameron Post, and will soon be in the world of superheroes after joining the cast of the Hellboy remake.

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Daniela Vega – A groundbreaking actress, Vega wowed audiences late last year as the star of Chilean drama A Fantastic Woman, as well as becoming the first openly transgender person to present at the the Academy Awards during this year’s ceremony. All eyes will be on the 29-year-old’s next role, in Gloria Bell with Julianne Moore and Michael Cera.

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Caleb Landry Jones – With over a decade in cinema, Jones has taken a slow path to notoriety but is gaining moment thanks to appearing in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, Get Out and American Made, in which he played Tom Cruise’s brother-in-law. Much like Oscar Isaac, who was a perennial supporting star before breaking through, it won’t be long before Jones’ name is first on the credit role.

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Florence Pugh – No matter, there aren’t many actors that can boast two bona fide art-house hits in their first couple of film roles. That’s just what Oxford actor Pugh did with The Falling (co-starring Maisie Williams) and BAFTA-nominated drama Lady Macbeth. It was enough for Hollywood’s biggest star Dwayne Johnson, who picked her as the lead for his forthcoming production Wrestling with My Family, a biopic of WWE superstar Paige.

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Henry Golding – The British-Malaysian actor is riding high at the moment as one of the leads in breakthrough hit Crazy Rich Asians, but Golding has surprisingly few acting credits to his name. That’s sure to change, with a super-smooth on-screen persona that has already won him a legion of fans, who will be eagerly awaiting his next move.

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Awkwafina – One of Golding’s co-stars in Crazy Rich Asians, rapper-turned-actress Awkwafina also held her own with some big names as part of Ocean’s 8, and will soon be seen opposite Emma Roberts in Paradise Hills.

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Millie Bobby Brown – Yes, it’s arguable that the Stranger Things actor is already a star, but at just 15, think of the potential for what lies ahead. The young British talent, famous for playing Eleven in the Netflix show, has fit a whole galaxy’s worth of emotion into two seasons, and made TIME Magazine’s list of the world’s 100 most influential people. It seems destined that she will take Hollywood by storm in the next decade, with the ability to impress in any number of genres.

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