The names of such actresses as Julia Roberts, Nicole Kidman, Angelina Jolie, Penelope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Aniston, Sandra Bullock, Kate Winslet have long been publicly known, because each of them has made a significant contribution to the development of cinema. These divas are no less famous today than before, but gradually, viewers become interested in rising stars, and it is the young Hollywood actresses under 20, as well as those close to this age, that will become the main topic of this article.
From TV shows to big movies
Despite the fact that this girl is only nineteen years old, she is already a rather experienced actress - Chloe Moretz worked with popular directors and tried on herself for about fifty images in various projects.
The first appearance of the future celebrity on the screen occurred in the distant 2004 - she starred in the series "Defenders". The seven-year-old girl appeared in only two episodes, but the beginning was laid - she was noticed. A few months later, Chloe shone in a secondary role in the popular sitcom "Desperate Housewives." After that there was a series of series and, finally, the first full-length film - “The Heart of the Witness”.
Today, Moretz, like many other well-known young Hollywood actresses under the age of 20, has become very recognizable and has acquired a considerable army of fans. One of her last works is participation in the films “5th Wave”, “If I Stay”, “Telekinesis”. It is worth noting that the roles of Chloe are very diverse - she had to play not only romantic persons, but also the cynical "call girl" ("The Great Equalizer").
Horror star
In recent years, a lot of horror came out, and Jodelle Ferland took part in the filming of many of them . The actress played in such horror films as “The Collector of Souls”, “They”, “Carrie”, “Royal Hospital”, “Silent Hill” and many others. She portrayed the vampire Bree in the hit “Twilight. Saga. Eclipse". Last year, she began acting in the science fiction project Dark Matter.
The filmmakers who worked with Jodelle note that she is notable for her rare working capacity and great imagination. For example, before the production of the Tidal Land horror production, she herself came up with four different accents, which were subsequently spoken by doll heads belonging to her heroine. At the age of ten, Ferland took part in the filming of more than two dozen films, and by the age of twenty their number had reached fifty!
Young Oscar nominee
Like many young Hollywood actresses under 20, this girl began her career very early. At the age of eight, she starred only in commercials, but soon films with Hayley Steinfield began to appear on the screens.
The debut of the actress in the big movie was the Coen Brothers tape “Iron Grip”. For a minor role in this Western fourteen-year-old lyceum girl immediately received an Oscar nomination! Five years have passed since then, and during this period the talented American managed to star in many films, including “Almost Seventeen”, “Lifetime”, “Perfect Voice 2”, “Three Days to Kill” and others.
Since childhood, among the first-magnitude Hollywood stars
Despite his young age, Dakota Fanning has already gained great popularity. Having starred in the 2001 film “I Am Sam,” the very next year the girl became the youngest nominee for the Screen Actors Guild Award in her entire history. Stephen Spielberg himself drew attention to the rising star, who invited the seven-year-old artist to play a key children's role in his new work, “The Abducted”.
In 2004, she starred with Denzel Washington in the film Anger, and a year later with Robert De Niro in The Hide and Seek. Subsequently, Dakota's filming partners were Tom Cruise, Kurt Russell, Kate Beckinsale, Forest Whitaker and many other celebrities!
On screen since three years
Abigail Breslin got the opportunity to prove herself in early childhood - at the age of three she began to appear in commercials. At the age of six, she already collaborated with the famous director M. Knight Shyamalan, starring in his thriller “Signs”. She was not yet twenty, and her partners in the filming managed to become such famous movie figures as Ryan Reynolds, Jesse Eisenberg, Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts and others.
At the age of eleven, she was nominated for the prestigious Academy Award, playing a leading role in the Little Miss Happiness project. Subsequently, Abigail Breslin received roles in such films as “Welcome to Zombieland”, “Anxious Call”, “My Guardian Angel”, etc. One of the last works of a twenty-year-old celebrity is her participation in the popular TV series “The Scream Queen”.
Family business
This article already mentioned one of the representatives of the Fanning family, but several years ago it turned out that she has an equally talented sister! El Fanning first appeared on the screens at the age of three, but then her images were closely related to the roles of a close relative of Dakota - she played the same heroines, but at an earlier age. So it was with the films "I - Sam" and "Abducted."
In 2002, this trend changed, and the four-year-old actress got a role independent from her sister in the comedy “Daddy Duty”. Gradually, the famous filmmakers became interested in the girls' talents, and El finally began to get her parts in such famous films as “Deja Vu”, “Babylon”, “The Deserted Road”, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” and many others. One of the most prominent roles of the young star is Princess Aurora in Maleficent.
In the footsteps of parents
Saoirse Ronan was born into an acting family, so there is nothing surprising in the fact that from an early age she gravitated to lyceum skill. She made her debut in a big movie, starring in the Atonement project (2007), directed by Joe Wright. The beginning of her career turned out to be successful for a teenage girl - for the image of a novice writer, she was nominated for an Oscar.
Two years later, the actress was entrusted with a key role in the Peter Jackson film “Lovely Bones,” which was very warmly received by critics. In 2011, Saoirse Ronan again became the owner of a key image - this time in the action movie “Hannah. The perfect weapon. ” However, then the girl had more than once to take the lead parties. It is noteworthy that it was she who could become the main star of The Hunger Games, however, as you know, the choice of producers was stopped by another candidate.
The youngest Twilight star
Despite the fact that, before appearing in Twilight, Mackenzie Foy had already starred in several projects, the audience was still most furious about her role in the popular “vampire” saga. The eleven-year-old girl appeared in the image of the daughter of heroes Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson. The pretty girl was immediately looked at by famous producers and directors, and today Foy is in the status of one of the most promising actresses.
She is about to turn sixteen years old, and behind her already has participated in such box office films as Interstellar, The Spell, and so on. Moreover, it turned out that soon the girl will take on the lead image in the potential Disney hit “The Nutcracker and the Four Kingdoms”. Undoubtedly, this project will further confirm Mackenzie in star status!
From McDonald's to The Hunger Games
The name Amandla Stenberg in translation from the Zulu language means "strength." As a child, before filming a movie, she took part in McDonald's advertising, then there were several not-so-famous series, but in the end she got into Gary Ross’s Hunger Games film, where she portrayed Ruth. Subsequently, she was invited to the project “Sleepy Hollow”, in which she played in several series. Recently, she was an artist of the television series Mr. Robinsson, and also took on one of the main roles in the film "As Is". So far, Amandla was not trusted with key roles, but for sure all this is still ahead of her.
The list, for the most part, includes young Hollywood actresses under the age of 20, and most likely their most important roles have not yet been presented to the public. Perhaps many of the mentioned heroines of the article are already well known to you, and you are reading about some for the first time, but be that as it may, there is a hope that one of them will one day become the highest paid actress in Hollywood. In 2016, this position was taken by Jennifer Lawrence, who, more recently, was only on the list of promising artists.