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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Film: The Greening of Whitney Brown (2011). Young Actress: Sammi Hanratty, age 14.

A girl and her horse, their family farm, and Kris Kristofferson as a gruff grandfather - if you saw Dakota Fanning's Dreamer (2005), then all of this should sound familiar. The two horse movies do have a lot in common, but there's one key difference: Dreamer is an ( Read more... )

Shortly after Hailee Steinfeld turned 18, Disney Channel starlet G Hannelius celebrated her 16th birthday with a party at Palihouse, a boutique hotel in West Hollywood. G's actual birthday is December 22, but her party was held on December 13, and since she's famous for Disney Channel's Dog With a Blog, she kept it very wholesome and fun with a ' ( Read more... )

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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The 27th Annual Kids Choice Awards
Held March 29, 2014, at the Galen Center, Los Angeles. Hosted by Mark Wahlberg.


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Shirley Temple lived outlived so many of her contemporaries (including Cammie King, Elizabeth Taylor, Edith Fellows, and most recently, her friend Sybil Jason) that I guess I thought that she was never going to die. As saddened as I was by her passing, I was happy to see how many of her fellow former child actresses paid their respects to her. They ( Read more... )

Two of my favorite young actresses both dressed as cats for Halloween events this year.
They even struck similar poses!


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Fourteen young actresses won coveted spots in Dream Magazine's "Top Sixteen Under Sixteen" issue. (Only two spots went to young actors.) Some names you'll recognize, while others are more recent talent that's just arrived on the scene. You can check them all out at Dream Magazine. Meanwhile, we're posting a few of our favorites here. Photos and ( Read more... )

Lollipop Theater's 3rd Annual Game Day was held May 7 at Nickelodeon Animation Studios in Burbank. (Lollipop Theater is a nonprofit organization that arranges showings of first-run movies for children confined to hospitals.) We love seeing the fun, casual outfits that stars wear to this event. Here are just of a few of the young actresses who ( Read more... )

Disney starlet Ryan Newman is now officially a teenager! The star of Zeke and Luther turned 13 on April 24.


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