These eight rising screen stars are popping up everywhere from streaming successes to festival stand-outs, catching the attention of directors, studio executives and audiences alike.

Some have had franchise turns like Hunger Games actor Tom Blyth and 28 Years Later ’s Erin Kellyman, while others will be familiar to A24 obsessives (see: Chase Sui Wonders and Archie Madekwe). The 2025 class joins alumni that include a pre- Top Gun Glen Powell, pre- Euphoria Sydney Sweeney, pre- Spider-Man Zendaya, and many others who are now at the top of call sheets and calling their own shots.

And while Hollywood has always been a difficult industry to navigate, these talents are charting their own course. “You’re in this weird business where you’re constantly in competition with your friends,”

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