Film: Twentieth Century Women (2016). Young Actress: Elle Fanning, age 17.

This film centers around divorced single mother Dorothea (Annette Bening), who's running a boarding house and raising her fifteen-year-old son Jamie (Lucas Jade Zumann, 2.5 years Elle's junior) alone in 1979 Santa Barbara. Concerned about Jamie growing up without a father, ( Read more... )

I already made this post about some of the other movies and young actresses at this year's Cannes Film Festival, but I thought the premiere of The Beguiled, held at the Palais des Festivals on May 24, deserved its own post. I am so looking forward to this movie and seeing so many former/current young actresses onscreen together!


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The world's breeziest, seaside film festival is here again! Here are a few young actresses who are currently in Cannes for the 70th Annual Film Festival, from youngest to oldest:


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A few of the young actresses who attended this year's Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 1. The theme for this year's event was Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons. From youngest to oldest:


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The annual Sundance Film Festival is happening now in Park City, Utah, and here are a few of the young actresses who are there.


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Happy New Year! Here are a few notable young actress films that will be released this year:

Split, Anya Taylor Joy, January 20. After dazzling us all with her debut performance in The VVitch, Anya, now 20, is back in this thriller about three young girls who are kidnapped by a man with 24 different personalities (James McAvoy, X-Men). Directed by ( Read more... )

Production recently kicked off on Sofia Coppola's new movie The Beguiled. The period drama will star a number of current and former young actresses, including two who have collaborated with Cappola before, Kirsten Dunst, 34, who did The Virgin Suicides (1999) with the director, and Elle Fanning, 18, who did Somewhere. (Kirsten is also set to direct ( Read more... )

At the Rome Film Festival:


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Film: Trumbo (2015). Young Actress: Elle Fanning, age 16.

Trumbo is a biopic of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo (Bryan Cranston), who, along with several others, was blacklisted during the 1950's for being a communist. The film covers a long span of Trumbo's career before, during, and after the scandal. He starts out as one of the most successful ( Read more... )

"More Than an Actor" was the theme at Variety's Power of Young Hollywood event, held on August 16 at the NeueHouse in Los Angeles. Called Power of Youth in previous years, this annual event honors young stars who make significant charitable contributions. The honorees this year were Elle Fanning, Bethany Mota, Ansel Elgort ( Divergent), and Jaden ( Read more... )