Actors Under 25 to Watch

I LOVE films/movies. I'm a movie fanatic. I'm one of those people that goes out of her way to watch all the Oscar contenders. I'm also one of those people that IMDBs everyone. (That's right, I use IMDB as a verb.) I've also had a few internships in the film production industry, and despite the obvious cattiness and self-absorption that plagues so much of it, I still LOVE it. It's so creative, and I just love being around story-telling.

In any case, I've been IMDBing a lot of under 25 year-old actors lately, wondering if they're the next big talent. I've compiled a list, just for fun. Some you've probably already heard of/recognize because they're just breaking in now, while others have proven their acting chops but haven't yet become house-hold names. (Note: I haven't included under 25's like Keira Knightley and Shia Lebeouf, simply because they've starred and carried major films for awhile now).

Amanda Seyfried
Nationality: American
Year of Birth (Y.O.B): 1985
Where You've Seen her: Mamma Mia, Big Love
Upcoming Projects: Dear John (Co-starring with Channing Tatum, and based on the Nicholas Sparks tear-jerker novel.)

Isabel Lucas
Nationality: Austrailian
Y.O.B.: 1985

Where You've Seen her: The Pacific

Shareeka Epps
Nationality: American

Y.O.B.: 1989

Where You've Seen her: Half Nelson (Co-starring Ryan Gosling)
Upcoming Projects: Yelling to the Sky, a family drama that co-stars Gabourey Sidibe of Precious

Jamie Bell

Nationality: British
Y.O.B: 1986
Where You've Seen him: Defiance (a great one if you haven't see it!), Flags of Our Fathers
Upcoming Projects: The Eagle of the Ninth (a British period flick co-starring Channing Tatum)

Mia Wasikowska

Nationality: Austrailian

Y.O.B: 1989

Where You've Seen her: Defiance, Amelia
Upcoming Projects: Alice in Wonderland, Jane Eyre

Logan Lerman

Nationality: American
Y.O.B.: 1992
Where You've Seen him: 3:10 to Yuma, My One and Only
Upcoming Projects: Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightening Thief

Carey Mulligan

Nationality: British
Y.O.B: 1985

Where You've Seen her: An Education (an upcoming Oscar contender), Public Enemies, Brothers

Upcoming Projects: My Fair Lady, Wall Street 2

Anna Kendrick

Nationality: American
Y.O.B.: 1985
Where You've Seen her: Up in the Air (another Oscar contender), Twilight
Upcoming Projects: Eclipse, I'm with Cancer (co-starring Seth Rogen, James McAvoy)

Saoirse Ronan
Nationality: Irish

Y.O.B.: 1994

Where You've Seen her: The Lovely Bones, Atonement

Upcoming Projects: The Way Back (co-starring Colin Farrell, Jim Sturgess, Ed Harris)

Olivia Wilde

Nationality: American
Y.O.B.: 1984
Where You've Seen her: House M.D.

Upcoming Projects: Tron Legacy (a sci-fi film co-starring John Hurt, Jeff Bridges)

Gaspard Ulliel

Nationality: French
Y.O.B.: 1984
Where You've Seen him: Hannibal Rising, Paris Je t'aime, The Vintner's Luck
Upcoming Projects: Nothing noteworthy...YET.

Christopher Egan

Nationality: Austrailian
Y.O.B.: 1984
Where You've Seen him: Kings

Upcoming Projects: Letters to Juliet (co-starring Amanda Seyfried)

Gemma Arterton

Nationality: British
Y.O.B.: 1986
Where You've Seen her: Quantum of Solace
Upcoming Projects: Wuthering Heights, Prince of Persia

Freida Pinto

Nationality: IndianY.O.B.: 1984
Where You've Seen her: Slumdog Millionaire
Upcoming Projects: You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (co-starring Naomi Watts, Anthony Hopkins, Josh Brolin).

Lou Taylor Pucci

Nationality: American
Y.O.B. 1985
Where You've Seen him: Fanboys, Thumbsucker
Upcoming Projects: Nothing Notable...YET

Juno Temple

Nationality: British
Y.O.B. 1989
Where You've Seen her: Atonement, Year One, The Other Boleyn Girl
Upcoming Projects: Greenberg (a drama/comedy starring Ben Stiller)

Paul Dano

Nationality: American
Y.O.B.: 1984
Where You've Seen him: There Will be Blood, Little Miss Sunshine
Upcoming Projects: Knight and Day (co-starring Tom Crusise, Cameron Diaz), Meek's Cutoff.

Ivana Baquero

Nationality: Spanish
Y.O.B.: 1994
Where You've Seen her: Pan's Labyrinth
Upcoming Projects: A New Daughter (a thriller co-starring Kevin Costner)

Anton Yelchin

Nationality:American
Y.O.B.: 1989
Where You've Seen him: Star Trek, New York, I Love You
Upcoming Projects: Star Trek sequel, The Beaver (a comedy co-starring Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster)

Karoline Herfurth

Nationality: German
Y.O.B.: 1984
Where You've Seen her: Perfume: the Story of a Murderer, The Reader
Upcoming Projects: Nothing Notable...YET

Dev Patel

Nationality: British
Y.O.B.1990
Where You've Seen him: Slumdog Millionaire
Upcoming Projects: The Last Airbender (an M. Night Shyamalan film)

Sofia Vassilieva

Nationality: American
Y.O.B.: 1992
Where You've Seen her: My Sister's Keeper (the cancer patient)
Upcoming Projects: Nothing Notable...YET

Thomas Sangster

Nationality: British
Y.O.B.: 1990
Where You've Seen him: Bright Star (incredible, if you haven't seen it yet!), Love Actually (he played Liam Neeson's son)
Upcoming Projects: He is set to play a young Paul McCartney in Nowhere Boy

Michael Angarano
Nationality: American
Y.O.B.:1987
Where You've Seen him: Lords of Dogtown, The Forbidden Kingdom
Upcoming Projects: Ceremony (a comedy co-starring Uma Thurman)

Tom Sturridge

Nationality: British
Y.O.B. 1985
Where You've Seen him: The Boat that Rocked/Pirate Radio, Being Julia
Upcoming Projects: Nothing too notable...YET

David Kross

Nationality: German
Y.O.B.: 1990
Where You've Seen him: The Reader
Upcoming Projects: Nothing Notable...YET

Emma Stone:

Nationality: American
Y.O.B.: 1988
Where You've Seen her: Superbad, Paper Man
Upcoming Projects: Easy A (co-starring Stanley Tucci, Amanda Bynes)

Keke Palmer:

Nationality: American
Y.O.B. 1993
Where You've Seen her: Akeelah and the Bee
Upcoming Projects: Nothing Notable...YET

Brandon Jackson

Nationality: American
Y.O.B.: 1984
Where You've Seen him: Tropic Thunder
Upcoming Projects: Percy Jackson and the Olympians

Jennifer Lawrence:

Nationality: American
Y.O.B.: 1990
Where You've Seen her: The Burning Plain
Upcoming Projects: Winter's Bone (a Sundance hit), The Beaver.