In my last post, about Madisyn Shipman, 14, going to her first prom with a fan of her show, I quoted Emma Watson talking about Elizabeth Taylor: "She had her first kiss in character. On a movie set. It really struck me. I had this sense that if I wasn't really careful, that could be me."

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Film: The Benefactor (2015). Young Actress: Dakota Fanning, age 19.

I discussed how Hollywood loves movies about white men getting their lives together when I reviewed Lamb, so I won't repeat myself too much here. Suffice to say that The Benefactor is one more movie in that tired genre, expecting you to applaud a guy just for putting a bare ( Read more... )

At the Rome Film Festival:


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A lot of notable young-actress movies (like Brooklyn, Trumbo, and The VVitch) were screened at the Toronto Film Festival last year, and it looks like this is the case again in 2016! Here are some of the current and former young actresses who attended, from youngest to oldest:


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The 73rd Annual Venice Film Festival


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Film: Every Secret Thing (2014). Young Actresses: Dakota Fanning, Eva Grace Kellner, Danielle Macdonald, and Brynne Norquist.

Seven years ago, two misfit 11-year-old girls - pretty, temperamental Ronnie (played as child by Eva) and overweight, awkward Alice (Brynne) - forced into a reluctant friendship by Alice's mom, abducted and killed a baby. ( Read more... )

In her latest movie The Benefactor (review here), Dakota Fanning plays a young woman, Olivia, who loses both of her parents in a tragic accident. Now that she's expecting a child with her husband Luke (Theo James, 31, Divergent), she realizes she's still in need of paternal guidance and turns to family friend Franny (Richard Gere, Bee Season), a ( Read more... )

So many current and former young actresses attended this year's Nylon Young Hollywood Party, held on May 7 in West Hollywood. The group photos have always been my favorites.


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Young actress besties Ryan Newman, 16, and Sammi Hanratty, 18, have been attending a number of events together at New York City's Fashion Week recently.


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Two young actresses recently attended the world's oldest film festival.


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