1. Scarlett Johansson
Born: November 22, 1984 in New York City, New York, USA - age 32
Breakthrough performance: The Horse Whisperer (1998)
Distinguished performances: Lost In Translation (2003); Girl With Pearl Earring (2003); A Love Song for Bobby Long (2004); Match Point (2005); Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008); Don Jon (2013); Her (2013); Under the Skin (2014)
Academy Award recognition: none
2. Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Born: February 17, 1981 in Los Angeles, California, USA - age 35
Breakthrough performance: 10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
Distinguished performances: Mysterious Skin (2004); Brick (2005); The Lookout (2007); 500 Days of Summer (2009); 50/50 (2011); Looper (2012); Don Jon (2013); The Walk (2015)
Academy Award recognition: none
3. Jennifer Lawrence
Born: August 15, 1990 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA - age 26
Breakthrough performance: The Burning Plain (2009)
Distinguished performances: Winter's Bone (2010); The Hunger Games (2012); Silver Linings Playbook (2012); American Hustle (2013); The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013); Joy (2015)
Academy Award recognition: 4 nominations | 1 win - Best Actress for Silver Linings Playbook
4. Mia Wasikowska
Born: October 14, 1989 in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia - age 27
Breakthrough performance: Alice in Wonderland (2010)
Distinguished performances: That Evening Sun (2009); Alice in Wonderland (2010); The Kids Are All Right (2010); Jane Eyre (2011); Restless (2011) Tracks (2014); Maps to the Stars (2014); Crimson Peak (2015)
Academy Award recognition: none
5. Ezra Miller
Born: September 30, 1992 in Hoboken, New Jersey, USA - age 24
Breakthrough performance: Afterschool (2008)
Distinguished performances: We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011); Another Happy Day (2011); The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012); The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015)
Academy Award recognition: none
6. Alicia Vikander
Born: October 3, 1988 in Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden - age 28
Breakthrough performance: Pure (2009)
Distinguished performances: Pure (2009); A Royal Affair (2012); Testament of Youth (2014); Ex Machina (2015); The Danish Girl (2015)
Academy Award recognition: 1 nomination | 1 win - Best Supporting Actress for The Danish Girl
7. Emily Blunt
Born: February 23, 1983 in Roehampton, London, England, UK - age 33
Breakthrough performance: My Summer of Love (2004)
Distinguished performances: My Summer of Love (2004); The Devil Wears Prada (2006); The Young Victoria (2009); Your Sister's Sister (2011); Edge of Tomorrow (2014); Into the Woods (2014); Sicario (2015)
Academy Award recognition: none
8. Greta Gerwig
Born: August 4, 1983 in Sacramento, California, USA - age 33
Breakthrough performance: Nights and Weekends (2008)
Distinguished performances: Greenberg (2010); Damsels in Distress (2011); Frances Ha (2013); Mistress America (2015); Maggie's Plan (2015)
Academy Award recognition: none
9. Natalie Portman
Born: June 9, 1981 in Jerusalem, Israel - age 35
Breakthrough performance: Léon - The Professional (1994)
Distinguished performances: Beautiful Girls (1996); Anywhere But Here (1999); Garden State (2004); Closer (2004); Brothers (2009); Black Swan (2010); A Tale of Love and Darkness (2015)
Academy Award recognition: 2 nominations | 1 win - Best Actress for Black Swan
10. Elle Fanning
Born: April 9, 1998 in Conyers, Georgia, USA - age 18
Breakthrough performance: Babel (2006)
Distinguished performances: Phoebe in Wonderland (2008); Somewhere (2010); Super 8 (2011); Ginger & Rosa (2012); Low Down (2014);
Academy Award recognition: none
11. Paul Dano
Born: June 19, 1984 in New York City, New York, USA - age 32
Breakthrough performance: L.I.E. (2002)
Distinguished performances: L.I.E. (2002); Little Miss Sunshine (2006); There Will Be Blood (2007); 12 Years a Slave (2013); Prisoners (2013); Love & Mercy (2015)
Academy Award recognition: none
12. Léa Seydoux
Born: July 1, 1985 in Paris, France - age 31
Breakthrough performance: The Beautiful Person (2008)
Distinguished performances: The Beautiful Person (2008); Belle Épine (2010); Farewell, My Queen (2012); Sister (2012); Blue Is the Warmest Color (2013); Diary of a Chambermaid (2015)
Academy Award recognition: none
13. Emma Stone
Born: November 6, 1988 in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA - age 27
Breakthrough performance: Superbad (2007)
Distinguished performances: Paper Man (2009); Easy A (2010); Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011); The Help (2011); The Amazing Spider-Man (2012); Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)
Academy Award recognition: 1 nomination
14. Anne Hathaway
Born: November 12, 1982 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA - age 33
Breakthrough performance: The Princess Diaries (2001)
Distinguished performances: Havoc (2005); The Devil Wears Prada (2006); Becoming Jane (2007); Rachel Getting Married (2008); Love & Other Drugs (2010); The Dark Knight Rises (2012); Les Misérables (2012); Interstellar (2014)
Academy Award recognition: 2 nominations | 1 win - Best Supporting Actress for Les Misérables
15. Andrew Garfield
Born: August 20, 1983 in Los Angeles, California, USA - age 33
Breakthrough performance: Boy A (2007)
Distinguished performances: Boy A (2007); Never Let Me Go (2010); The Social Network (2010); The Amazing Spider-Man (2012); 99 Homes (2015)
Academy Award recognition: none
16. Michael B. Jordan
Born: February 9, 1987 in Santa Ana, California, USA - age 31
Breakthrough performance: Chronicle (2012)
Distinguished performances: Fruitvale Station (2013); Creed (2015)
Academy Award recognition: none
17. Carey Mulligan
Born: May 28, 1985 in Westminster, London, England, UK - age 31
Breakthrough performance: Pride & Prejudice (2005)
Distinguished performances: An Education (2009); Never Let Me Go (2010); Shame (2011); The Great Gatsby (2013); Inside Llewyn Davis (2013); Far from the Madding Crowd (2015)
Academy Award recognition: 1 nomination
18. Jack O'Connell
Born: August 1, 1990 in Derby, England, UK - age 26
Breakthrough performance: Tower Block (2012)
Distinguished perrformances: Starred Up (2013); '71 (2014); Unbroken (2014)
Academy Award recognition: none
19. Rooney Mara
Born: April 17, 1985 in Bedford, New York, USA - age 31
Breakthrough performance: The Social Network (2010)
Distinguished performances: Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011); Ain't Them Bodies Saints (2013); Side Effects (2013); Carol (2015)
Academy Award recognition: 2 nominations
20. Saoirse Ronan
Born: April 12, 1994 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA - age 22
Breakthrough performance: Atonement (2007)
Distinguished performances: Atonement (2007); The Lovely Bones (2009); Hanna (2011); How I Live Now (2013); Brooklyn (2015)
Academy Award recognition: 2 nominations
21. Tye Sheridan
Born: November 11, 1996 in Elkhart, Texas, USA - age 19
Breakthrough performance: The Tree of Life (2011)
Distinguished performances: The Tree of Life (2011); Mud (2012); Joe (2013); The Standford Prison Experiment (2015)
Academy Award recognition: none
22. Keira Knightley
Born: March 26, 1985 in Teddington, Middlesex, England, UK - age 31
Breakthrough performance: Pirates of Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
Distinguished performances: Pride & Prejudice (2005); Atonement (2007); The Duchess (2008); A Dangerous Method (2011); Anna Karenina (2012); Begin Again (2013); The Imitation Game (2014)
Academy Award recognition: 2 nominations
23. Kirsten Dunst
Born: April 30, 1982 in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, USA - age 34
Breakthrough performance: Interview with the Vampire (1994)
Distinguished performances: Interview with the Vampire (1994); The Virgin Suicides (1999); Bring It On (2000); The Cat's Meow (2001); Marie Antoinette (2006); Melancholia (2011); Bachelorette (2012); The Two Faces of January (2014)
Academy Award recognition: none
24. Anna Kendrick
Born: August 9, 1985 in Portland, Maine, USA - age 31
Breakthrough performance:Camp (2003)
Distinguished performances: Rocket Science (2007); Up in the Air (2009); 50/50 (2011); Pitch Perfect (2012); Drinking Buddies (2013); Into the Woods (2014); The Last Five Years (2014);
Academy Award recognition: 1 nomination
25. John Boyega
Born: March 17, 1992 in Peckham, London, England, UK - age 24
Breakthrough performance: Attack the Block (2011)
Distinguished performances: Attack the Block (2011); Imperial Dreams (2014); Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
Academy Award recognition: none
26. Felicity Jones
Born: October 17, 1983 in Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK - age 33
Breakthrough performance: Like Crazy (2011)
Distinguished performances: Like Crazy (2011); Chalet Girl (2011); Breathe In (2013); The Invisible Woman (2013); The Theory of Everything (2014)
Academy Award recognition: none
27. Kristen Stewart
Born: April 9, 1990 in Los Angeles, California, USA - age 26
Breakthrough performance: Panic Room (2002)
Distinguished performances: The Cake Eaters (2008); Adventureland (2009); The Runaways (2010); On the Road (2012); Camp X-Ray (2014); Still Alice (2014); Clouds of Sils Maria (2015)
Academy Award recognition: none
28. Emma Watson
Born: April 15, 1990 in Paris, France - age 26
Breakthrough performance: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
Distinguished performances: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005); Ballet Shoes (2007); Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009); The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012); The Bling Ring (2013); Noah (2014)
Academy Award recognition: none
29. Miles Teller
Born: February 20, 1987 in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, USA - age 29
Breakthrough performance: Rabbit Hole (2010)
Distinguished performances: Rabbit Hole (2010); Footloose (2011); The Spectacular Now (2013); Whiplash (2014)
Academy Award recognition: none
30. Shailene Woodley
Born: November 15, 1991 in Simi Valley, California, USA - age 25
Breakthrough performance: The Descendants (2011)
Distinguished performances: The Descendants (2011); The Spectacular Now (2013); The Fault in Our Stars (2014)
Academy Award recognition: none
31. Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Born: April 21, 1983 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK - age 33
Breakthrough performance: Larry Crowne (2011)
Distinguished performances: Belle (2013); Beyond the Lights (2014); Concussion (2015)
Academy Award recognition: none
32. Eddie Redmayne
Born: January 6, 1982 in London, England, UK - age 34
Breakthrough performance: Savage Grace (2007)
Distinguished performances: My Week With Marilyn (2011); Les Misérables (2012); The Theory of Everything (2014); The Danish Girl (2015)
Academy Award recognition: 2 nominations | 1 win - Best Actor for The Theory of Everything
33. Dakota Fanning
Born: February 23, 1994 in Conyers, Georgia, USA - age 22
Breakthrough performance: I Am Sam (2001)
Distinguished performances: I Am Sam (2001); Man on Fire (2004); War of the Worlds (2005); Hounddog (2007); The Secret Life of Bees (2008); The Runaways (2010); Effie Gray (2015)
Academy Award recognition: none
34. Asa Butterfield
Born: April 1, 1997 in Islington, London, England, UK - age 19
Breakthrough performance: The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008)
Distinguished performances: The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008); Hugo (2011); Ender's Game (2013); X+Y (2014)
Academy Award recognition: none
35. Jesse Eisenberg
Born: October 5, 1983 in New York City, New York, USA - age 33
Breakthrough performance: Roger Dodger (2002)
Distinguished performances: The Squid and the Whale (2005); Adventureland (2009); The Social Network (2010); The Double (2013); The End of the Tour (2015)
Academy Award recognition: 1 nomination
MALE HONORABLE MENTIONS FOR A SINGLE PERFORMANCE
- Aaron Taylor-Johnson for Nowhere Boy
- Dane DeHaan for Kill Your Darlings
- Emile Hirsch for Into the Wild
- Garrett Hedlund for On the Road
- Jamie Bell for Billy Elliot
FEMALE HONORABLE MENTIONS FOR A SINGLE PERFORMANCE
- Adèle Exarchopoulos for Blue Is the Warmest Color
- Brie Larson for Room
- Elizabeth Olsen for Martha Marcy May Marlene
- Hailee Steinfeld for True Grit
- Lupita Nyong'O for 12 Years a Slave
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