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The Best of Their Generation: BORN IN THE 90's

Last month, I named the TOP 5 actors and actresses born in the 2000's - only 5, because most young actors younger than 22 had little opportunities to show-up.  Today, I'm naming the TOP 10 actors and actresses born in the 90's! I must admit I had a lot of fun selecting these "crop" of young talent - so young, yet so talented (and a big couple of them have achieved a lot already). For my consideration: the awards recognition, distinguished performances and successful movies, and box-office numbers. I still include distinguished TV works and performnaces on Broadway.  From Timothée Chalamet to Zendaya, have a look (listed alphabetically): 

Academy Awards 2020 nominees predictions: Best Actress - 3rd ROUND

Unlike Best Actor, the race for Best Actress is closed to 7 contenders who raised above all the others, but it looks like a very volatile category in terms of who’ll get the 4th and 5th spots. There are 3 actresses I would considered “locked” for a Best Actress nomination this year: Scarlett Johansson for Marriage Story ; Renée Zellweger for Judy ; and Charlize Theron for Bombshell . From these three, I would say Charlize Theron is certainly competing for a nomination, while Johansson and Zellweger are competing for a win if both manage to get nominated. Johansson has the most interesting narrative of all the Best Actress contenders: a former child actress who has become one of the biggest Hollywood stars with one of the greatest careers when compared to the actresses of her generation, but she has never received any Oscar recognition! In Marriage Story , she delivers one of the greatest performances of her career as an actress going through a divorce so she can have a life of her ...