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Breakout Stars of 2009
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Cam Gigandet
Some teen-TV fans may remember Cam as the guest character on The O.C. responsible for killing off Mischa Barton, but he’s going to be known for much more than Marissa-cide after this year. Cam has a whopping seven movies in production for 2009—and those are just the ones that have been officially announced. After his breakout role as a pale vampire in last fall’s Twilight, Cam will appear in Pandorum (a thriller about a spaceship with Dennis Quaid), Five Star Day (a coming of age story with Jena Malone), and Kid Cannabis (the true story of a 19-year-old millionaire pot dealer), among others.
MORE: Cam in Vanity Fair
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Mia Wasikowska
Imagine if Tim Burton decided to make a film of Alice in Wonderland, with Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter, Anne Hathaway as the Queen, and Alan Rickman as the Caterpillar. Well, dream no more. It’s on. And blond Aussie newcomer Mia Wasikowska landed the role every girl dreams of—Alice. Though that film won’t drop until 2010, Mia will also earn buzz this year for her role in Amelia, Mira Nair’s Amelia Earhart biopic starring Hilary Swank and Ewan McGregor. For a 19-year-old, Mia is in pretty impressive company.
MORE: Alice in Wonderland
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Saoirse Ronan
She played the snitchy little girl in Atonement, but 14-year-old Saoirse Ronan is far from a child actress—she has a resume that actresses twice her age would kill for. This year, she will star in Peter Jackson’s adaptation of the best-selling sobby book The Lovely Bones (she plays a teen speaking from the beyond after having been murdered—try to resist THAT). She is also rumored to be in Nottingham, Ridley Scott’s take on the Robin Hood story, and has signed on for The Way Back, a Peter Weir epic about soldiers who escaped from a Siberian gulag in 1940. Young girl…heavy track record.
MORE: Q&A with the actress
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Taylor Lautner
After originating the role of Jacob Black in the original crazy successful teen-vampires-stare-and-brood Twilight, there was talk Taylor Lautner wouldn’t be cast in the sequel. Fortunately, the director was convinced and Lautner is bulking up to play the older role in the follow-up New Moon, which will be rushed into theaters this November. Robert Pattinson, watch your back. Teen girls, get your screaming pipes ready.
MORE: His official site
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overdue
If it's all about the company you keep (and your resume, of course) then my money's on very few of these kids "breaking out" in the near future.
AlbertoGonzales
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d-fergus
I can see many of these kids "breaking out" in the near future. Fortunately, Proactive and Neutrogena will be there to help them with that.
GreyNord
Charlyne Yi is 33 (born Jan. 4, 1976).
xox101
Charlyne Yi is positively 22 or 23, she graduated 2004 high school with my best friend.
stuartnz
I'm wondering why Melanie Lynskey, who still has NZ citizenship, came back here to get married, and still maintains strong ties to this country, is described as a "New Zealand born actress" while Rachael Taylor is an "Aussie actress". Why is Lynskey not simply, and accurately described as a "New Zealand actress"?
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