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Our picks for the best young actors of 2010.
The Golden Globe nominations are out (see our list of favorites by clicking here) and people are already speculating about the Oscars. But just because you're not Meryl Streep doesn't mean we at NYLON didn't notice your outstanding performance.
Below, a list of our favorite young actors in movies this year. (We tried to get James Franco and Anne Hathaway to read them out loud on NYLON TV, but they would only do it if they were naked. No thanks.)
Breakout Performance, Newbie: Jennifer Lawrence. Her turn in Winter's Boneintroduced the unknown actress to Hollywood's prying eyes - with stunning results. Now she's pitted against Nicole Kidman for a Golden Globe - but even more exciting, she's actually got a shot at beating her.
Breakout Performance, Veteran: Dakota Fanning. We always knew she could act, but with The Runaways, the Georgia native transcended any shred of adorable and became something far more exciting: A certified teenage movie star.
Unsung Heroine: Mia Wasikowska. The Australian actress was front-and-center in Tim Burton's Alice adaptation, but her quietly moving turn as a lesbian family's daughter in The Kids Are Alright was pitch-perfect, and just as alluring. It takes a lot to shine onscreen with Annette Bening and Mark Ruffalo - Mia did it with grace and great hair.
Too Cool for (Middle) School: Chloe Moretz. In Kick-Ass, she swears like a sailor, wields a gun like a pro, and still manages to be totally likable - and even weirder, totally sane. Her roles may be full of F-words, but in real life, we suspect this 13-year-old's career is headed towards the Oscars, not the Viper Room.
Best Acting in a Cheesy Movie: Jackson Rathbone. Those "Team Jasper" buttons were just speculation until Twilight Eclipse, when the actor and musician managed to give a goopy speech about killing new vampires - and make it sound like Shakespeare. Maybe next, he'll try the real thing.
New Comedy Darling: Emma Stone. What is it about redheads being laugh-out-loud, can't-believe-she-did-that funny? With Lucille Ball, Gilda Ratner, and Carol Burnett behind her, Emma Stone took the baton this year and made Easy A the best funny femme movie since Mean Girls. She deserves that Golden Globe.
Most Likely to Succeed: Rooney Mara and Andrew Garfield. Maybe it makes sense that a movie about overachieving, precocious students would feature not one but two overachieving, precocious performances. While Rooney Mara stole the show in her fifteen minutes of screen time (and gave new meaning to the term "My Super Ex Girlfriend"), Andrew Garfield proved his brooding, sputtering, spouting delivery was more than just technique. 2011 brings Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Mara) and Spiderman (Garfield), and we'll buy tickets to both.
Surprise Performance: Mila Kunis. "People were like, 'Wait, you can act?'" said the TV star in her NYLON cover interview. Yes, she can - at least if her daring but reined-in performance in Black Swan was any indication.
Classic Turn: Felicity Jones. Kate Winslet did Hamlet; Claire Danes tackledRomeo and Juliet; Kate Beckinsale had Much Ado About Nothing. Now Brit Chick Felicity Jones holds her own against Helen Mirren and Djimon Hounsou in Julie Taymor's new adaptation of The Tempest. In a flick filled with lackluster computer graphics, Jones' performance was part of the real movie magic.
Best Newbie: Elle Fanning. Somewhere's delicate balance of grit and grace wouldn't have worked without 12-year-old Elle holding up her share of the movie. Although she's had many film roles before, this one proved she's not just a celebrity sibling - she's a starlet waiting to happen.
Best Confirmation That Yes, You're a Great Actress: Kirsten Dunst. All Good Things is an unsolved mystery worth watching, in part thanks to Dunst's performance as Kathie Durst, a wealthy but abused wife. In true Kirsten fashion, her character is vulnerable, powerful and sad - and she does the whole thing perfectly.
--LIZA DARWIN, JAMIE FRANKEL, ALI HOFFMAN, and FARAN KRENTCIL
Below, a list of our favorite young actors in movies this year. (We tried to get James Franco and Anne Hathaway to read them out loud on NYLON TV, but they would only do it if they were naked. No thanks.)
Breakout Performance, Newbie: Jennifer Lawrence. Her turn in Winter's Boneintroduced the unknown actress to Hollywood's prying eyes - with stunning results. Now she's pitted against Nicole Kidman for a Golden Globe - but even more exciting, she's actually got a shot at beating her.
Breakout Performance, Veteran: Dakota Fanning. We always knew she could act, but with The Runaways, the Georgia native transcended any shred of adorable and became something far more exciting: A certified teenage movie star.
Unsung Heroine: Mia Wasikowska. The Australian actress was front-and-center in Tim Burton's Alice adaptation, but her quietly moving turn as a lesbian family's daughter in The Kids Are Alright was pitch-perfect, and just as alluring. It takes a lot to shine onscreen with Annette Bening and Mark Ruffalo - Mia did it with grace and great hair.
Too Cool for (Middle) School: Chloe Moretz. In Kick-Ass, she swears like a sailor, wields a gun like a pro, and still manages to be totally likable - and even weirder, totally sane. Her roles may be full of F-words, but in real life, we suspect this 13-year-old's career is headed towards the Oscars, not the Viper Room.
Best Acting in a Cheesy Movie: Jackson Rathbone. Those "Team Jasper" buttons were just speculation until Twilight Eclipse, when the actor and musician managed to give a goopy speech about killing new vampires - and make it sound like Shakespeare. Maybe next, he'll try the real thing.
New Comedy Darling: Emma Stone. What is it about redheads being laugh-out-loud, can't-believe-she-did-that funny? With Lucille Ball, Gilda Ratner, and Carol Burnett behind her, Emma Stone took the baton this year and made Easy A the best funny femme movie since Mean Girls. She deserves that Golden Globe.
Most Likely to Succeed: Rooney Mara and Andrew Garfield. Maybe it makes sense that a movie about overachieving, precocious students would feature not one but two overachieving, precocious performances. While Rooney Mara stole the show in her fifteen minutes of screen time (and gave new meaning to the term "My Super Ex Girlfriend"), Andrew Garfield proved his brooding, sputtering, spouting delivery was more than just technique. 2011 brings Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Mara) and Spiderman (Garfield), and we'll buy tickets to both.
Surprise Performance: Mila Kunis. "People were like, 'Wait, you can act?'" said the TV star in her NYLON cover interview. Yes, she can - at least if her daring but reined-in performance in Black Swan was any indication.
Classic Turn: Felicity Jones. Kate Winslet did Hamlet; Claire Danes tackledRomeo and Juliet; Kate Beckinsale had Much Ado About Nothing. Now Brit Chick Felicity Jones holds her own against Helen Mirren and Djimon Hounsou in Julie Taymor's new adaptation of The Tempest. In a flick filled with lackluster computer graphics, Jones' performance was part of the real movie magic.
Best Newbie: Elle Fanning. Somewhere's delicate balance of grit and grace wouldn't have worked without 12-year-old Elle holding up her share of the movie. Although she's had many film roles before, this one proved she's not just a celebrity sibling - she's a starlet waiting to happen.
Best Confirmation That Yes, You're a Great Actress: Kirsten Dunst. All Good Things is an unsolved mystery worth watching, in part thanks to Dunst's performance as Kathie Durst, a wealthy but abused wife. In true Kirsten fashion, her character is vulnerable, powerful and sad - and she does the whole thing perfectly.
--LIZA DARWIN, JAMIE FRANKEL, ALI HOFFMAN, and FARAN KRENTCIL
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Carrie
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