TOP 35 Actors and Actresses with or under 35 years old: 2018

I think it was my TOP 35 under 35 list I've ever done since I remember: so many great performers emerged last year with distinguished performances that elevated their previous works (I'm talking about Elizabeth Olsen, Lucas Hedges, Robert Pattinson, Gaspard Ulliel, Tessa Thompson or Jamie Bell, for example). I'm kinda sad I felt "forced" at letting Jonah Hill (Moneyball and The Wolf of Wall Street) and Emma Watson (The Perks of Being a Wallflower, The Bling Ring and 2017's Beauty and the Beast) out of the list. Congratulations to Kirsten Dunst, who turned 35 last year so she can not be included in this year's list - such an amazing child actress turned movie star, who delivered memorable performances in Interview with the Vampire (1994), The Virgin Suicides (1999), The Cat's Meow (2002) or Melancholia (2011).
This year, Saoirse Ronan tops the list thanks to two great performances: On Chesil Beach and an iconic acting turn in Lady Bird, for which she received her third Oscar nomination and won a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Comedy or Musica. At 23, Ronan has already starred in 3 Best Picture nominated films - Atonement, The Grand Budapest Hotel and Lady Bird - and she had a voice role in 1 Best Animated Feature Oscar nominated film - Loving Vincent - which is incredible! Greta Gerwig presented us a great directorial debut with Lady Bird, but she's not in the list because of her directing touch: she's still fresh from her 2016's impressive acting turns in Maggie's Plan and 20th Century Woman and that's why she comes #2. Then, we have Rooney Mara, who was simply memorable in A Ghost Story, proving she's one of the most interesting actresses working these days and a true acting talent. Adam Driver, Emily Blunt, Scarlett Johansson, Lucas Hedges (a new entry!), John Boyega, Elle Fanning and Jennifer Lawrence fill the other 10 first spots.
So, let me present you my 2018's TOP 35 Actors and Actress Under 35 Years Old Working Today:

1. Saoirse Ronan

Born: April 12, 1994 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA - age 23

Breakthrough performance: Atonement (2007)

Distinguished performances: Atonement (2007); The Lovely Bones (2009); Hanna (2011); How I Live Now (2013); Brooklyn (2015); On Chesil Beach (2017); Lady Bird (2017)

Academy Award recognition: 3 nominations

2. Greta Gerwig

Born: August 4, 1983 in Sacramento, California, USA - age 34

Breakthrough performance: Nights and Weekends (2008)

Distinguished performances: Greenberg (2010); Damsels in Distress (2011); Frances Ha (2013); Mistress America (2015); Maggie's Plan (2016); 20th Century Women (2016)

Academy Award recognition: none

3. Rooney Mara

Born: April 17, 1985 in Bedford, New York, USA - age 32

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); A Ghost Story (2017)

Academy Award recognition: 2 nominations

4. Adam Driver

Born: November 19, 1983 in San Diego, California, USA - age 34

Breakthrough performance: Frances Ha (2012)

Distinguished performances: Inside Llewyn Davis (2013); Tracks (2014); Hungry Hearts (2014); Paterson (2016); Silence (2016); Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017)

Academy Award recognition: none

5. Emily Blunt

Born: February 23, 1983 in Roehampton, London, England, UK - age 34

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); The Girl on the Train (2016)

Academy Award recognition: none

6. Scarlett Johansson

Born: November 22, 1984 in New York City, New York, USA - age 33

Breakthrough performance: The Horse Whisperer (1998)

Distinguished performances: Ghost World (2001); Lost In Translation (2003); Girl With a Pearl Earring (2003); Match Point (2005); Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008); Don Jon (2013); Her (2013); Under the Skin (2014)

Academy Award recognition: none

7. Lucas Hedges

Born: December 12, 1996 in New York City, New York, USA - age 21
Breakthrough performance: Moonrise Kindgom (2012)
Distinguished performances: Manchester by the Sea (2016); Lady Bird (2017); Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
Academy Award recognition: 1 nomination

8. John Boyega

Born: March 17, 1992 in Peckham, London, England, UK - age 25

Breakthrough performance: Attack the Block (2011)

Distinguished performances: Attack the Block (2011); Imperial Dreams (2014); Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015); Detroit (2017)

Academy Award recognition: none

9. Elle Fanning

Born: April 9, 1998 in Conyers, Georgia, USA - age 19

Breakthrough performance: Babel (2006)

Distinguished performances: Phoebe in Wonderland (2008); Somewhere (2010); Super 8 (2011); Ginger & Rosa (2012); Low Down (2014); The Neon Demon (2016); 20th Century Women (2016)

Academy Award recognition: none

10. Jennifer Lawrence

Born: August 15, 1990 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA - age 27

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

11. Emma Stone

Born: November 6, 1988 in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA - age 29

Breakthrough performance: Superbad (2007)

Distinguished performances: Paper Man (2009); Easy A (2010); The Help (2011); Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014); La La Land (2016); Battle of the Sexes (2017)

Academy Award recognition: 2 nominations | 1 win - Best Actress for La La Land

12. Aaron Taylor-Johnson

Born: June 13, 1990 in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, UK - age 27

Breakthrough performance: Nowhere Boy (2009)

Distinguished performances: Nowhere Boy (2009); Kick-Ass (2010); Savages (2012);  Anna Karenina (2012); Nocturnal Animals (2016); The Wall (2017)

Academy Award recognition: none

13. Paul Dano

Born: June 19, 1984 in New York City, New York, USA - age 33

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); Swiss Army Man (2016)

Academy Award recognition: none

14. Kristen Stewart

Born: April 9, 1990 in Los Angeles, California, USA - age 27

Breakthrough performance: Panic Room (2002)

Distinguished performances: The Cake Eaters (2008); Adventureland (2009); The Runaways (2010); On the Road (2012); Camp X-Ray (2014); Clouds of Sils Maria (2015); Café Society (2016); Personal Shopper (2017)

Academy Award recognition: none

15. Jamie Bell

Born: March 14, 1986 in Billingham, Stockton on Tees, England, UK - age 31

Breakthrough performance: Billy Elliot (2000)

Distinguished performances: Billy Elliot (2000); Undertow (2004); Hallam Foe (2007); Retreat (2011); Nymphomaniac (2013); Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (2017)

Academy Award recognition: none

16. Armie Hammer

Born: August 28, 1986 in Los Angeles, California, USA - age 31

Breakthrough performance: The Social Network (2010)

Distinguished performances: The Social Network (2010); J. Edgar (2011); The Birth of a Nation (2016); Call Me By Your Name (2017)

Academy Award recognition: none

17. Léa Seydoux 

Born: July 1, 1985 in Paris, France - age 32

Breakthrough performance: The Beautiful Person (2008)

Distinguished performances: The Beautiful Person (2008); Farewell, My Queen (2012); Sister (2012); Blue Is the Warmest Color (2013); Diary of a Chambermaid (2015); It's Only the End of the World (2016)

Academy Award recognition: none

18. Andrew Garfield

Born: August 20, 1983 in Los Angeles, California, USA - age 34

Breakthrough performance: Boy A (2007)

Distinguished performances: Boy A (2007); Never Let Me Go (2010); The Social Network (2010); 99 Homes (2015); Hacksaw Ridge (2016); Silence (2016); Breathe (2017)

Academy Award recognition: 1 nomination

19. Mia Wasikowska

Born: October 14, 1989 in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia - age 28

Breakthrough performance: Alice in Wonderland (2010)

Distinguished performances: That Evening Sun (2009); 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

20. Carey Mulligan

Born: May 28, 1985 in Westminster, London, England, UK - age 32

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); Mudbound (2017)

Academy Award recognition: 1 nomination

21. Michael B. Jordan

Born: February 9, 1987 in Santa Ana, California, USA - age 30

Breakthrough performance: Chronicle (2012)

Distinguished performances: Fruitvale Station (2013); Creed (2015)

Academy Award recognition: none

22. Keira Knightley

Born: March 26, 1985 in Teddington, Middlesex, England, UK - age 32

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. Tessa Thompson

Born: October 3, 1983 in Los Angeles, California, USA - age 34
Breakthrough performance: Mississippi Damned (2009)
Distinguished performances: For Colored Girls (2010); Dear White People (2014); Selma (2014); Creed (2015); Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
Academy Award recognition: none

24. Alicia Vikander

Born: October 3, 1988 in Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden - age 29

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

25. Miles Teller

Born: February 20, 1987 in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, USA - age 30
Breakthrough performance: Rabbit Hole (2010)
Distinguished performances: Rabbit Hole (2010); The Spectacular Now (2013); Whiplash (2014); Bleed For This (2016); Thank You For Your Service (2017); Only the Brave (2017)
Academy Award recognition: none

26. Elizabeth Olsen

Born: February 16, 1989 in Sherman Oaks, California, USA - age 28

Breakthrough performance: Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011)

Distinguished performances: Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011); In Secret (2013); Wind River (2017); Ingrid Goes West (2017)

Academy Award recognition: none

27. Robert Pattinson

Born: May 13, 1986 in Barnes, London, England, UK - age 31

Breakthrough performance: Twilight (2008)

Distinguished performances: Cosmopolis (2012); The Rover (2014); Maps to the Stars (2014); Life (2015); The Lost City of Z (2017); Good Time (2017)

Academy Award recognition: none

28. Tye Sheridan

Born: November 11, 1996 in Elkhart, Texas, USA - age 21

Breakthrough performance: The Tree of Life (2011)

Distinguished performances: The Tree of Life (2011); Mud (2012); Joe (2013); The Standford Prison Experiment (2015); Detour (2017)

Academy Award recognition: none

29. Gaspard Ulliel

Born: November 25, 1984 in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France - age 33

Breakthrough performance: Summer Things (2002)

Distinguished performances: Summer Things (2002); Strayed (2003); A Very Long Engagement (2004); Saint Laurent (2014); It's Only the End of the World (2016)

Academy Award recognition: none

30. Felicity Jones

Born: October 17, 1983 in Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK - age 34

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); Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)

Academy Award recognition: 1 nomination

31. Hailee Steinfeld

Born: December 11, 1996 in Tarzana, Los Angeles, California, USA - age 21
Breakthrough performance: True Grit (2010)
Distinguished performances: True Grit (2010); The Keeping Room (2015); The Edge of Seventeen (2016)
Academy Award recognition: 1 nomination

32. Timothé Chalamet

Born: December 27, 1995 in Manhattan, New York City, USA - age 22

Breakthrough performance: Call Me By Your Name (2017)

Distinguished performances: Call Me By Your Name (2017); Lady Bird (2017)
Academy Award recognition: 1 nomination

33. Florence Pugh

Born: January 3, 1996 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK - age 21
Breakthrough performance: The Falling (2014)
Distinguished performances: The Falling (2014); Lady Macbeth (2017)
Academy Award recognition: none

34. Jack O'Connell

Born: August 1, 1990 in Derby, England, UK - age 27
Breakthrough performance: This Is England (2007)
Distinguished perrformances: Harry Brown (2009); Starred Up (2013); '71 (2014); Unbroken (2014)
Academy Award recognition: none

35. Shailene Woodley

Born: November 15, 1991 in Simi Valley, California, USA - age 26
Breakthrough performance: The Descendants (2011)
Distinguished performances: The Descendants (2011); The Spectacular Now (2013); The Fault in Our Stars (2014); Snowden (2016)
Academy Award recognition: none

Male honorable mentions:

• Jesse Eisenberg for The Social Network (2010)
• Garrett Hedlund for On the Road (2012)
• Alden Ehrenreich for Hail, Caesar! (2016)
• Emile Hirsch for Into the Wild (2007)
• Daniel Kaluuya for Get Out (2017)
• Ezra Miller for We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
• Trevante Rhodes for Moonlight (2016)

Female honorable mentions:

• Adèle Exarchopoulos for Blue Is the Warmest Color (2013)
• Tatiana Maslany for Stronger (2017)
• Lupita Nyong'O for 12 Years a Slave (2013)
• Brooklynn Prince for The Florida Project (2017)
• Brie Larson for Room (2015)
• Gugu Mbatha-Raw for Belle (2013)
• Quvenzhané Wallis for Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)