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They could be the next Marilyn, Meryl or Morgan. Whether on the silver or small screen, you shouldn’t forget these fresh faces, says Rachel Law.

Hollywood’s ‘It’ girl An Oscar for her first feature film role (12 Years A Slave) is all the reason we need to fix our eyes on this promising, eloquent and graceful actress. But her breakthrough success is backed by active cinematographic involvement ever since her first professional play at 14. Lupita acted in plays organised by the Phoenix Players (a Nairobi-based repertory company), worked as production crew for multiple Hollywood films, appeared in many stage productions while undertaking a master’s degree at the Yale School of Drama, not to mention she has written, directed and produced a documentary of her own, which by the way, was screened at a few film festivals and snagged her a top prize.

Go loco over Lupita next in... Star Wars: Episode VII – hopefully. The starlet was approached before the Academy Awards to discuss the prospects of a female lead role in the upcoming Star Wars’ franchise. Lupita is also rumoured to be headlining a movie adaptation of acclaimed 2013 novel Americanah.

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actress almost won a deal to play tiger Lily in the live

re-imagination of peter pan, pan (2015), but losing

out to rooney Mara isn’t too bad though!

The boy who wears many hats Not just the one he wore as lobby boy Zero Moustafa in The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014). As though he was born for Hollywood, Tony’s portfolio was launched when he was just two, starring in a baby-food commercial then nailing a string of minor gigs on TV shows such as Entourage, My Name Is Earl and Shameless. At 18, Tony is finally experiencing a taste of stardom. His character, as opposed to his A-list colleagues in the Wes Anderson production, appears in almost every scene and essentially ties the storyline together. The Californian teen’s ‘other hats’ include writing songs, playing instruments, but above all he is a cinematography genius in the making – actively writing, producing, directing and starring in screenplays.

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Lily James

The first Wonder Woman on the big screenHush the critics! If there’s anyone who can handle an intense regime of kung fu, kickboxing, swords and jiu-jitsu in preparation for the Amazonian warrior-princess role, it’s got to be Gal. The former Miss Israel after all did serve two terms as a sports trainer in Israel’s Defence Forces! Before her big break as Gisele in three franchises of The Fast And The Furious film series, Gal was modelling and playing a lead role in an Israeli drama. The 29 year old and mother of one was part of the cast for Date Night and Knight And Day (2010) as well.

Cape up!We’ll be seeing lots of Gal as Wonder Woman in Batman vs. Superman (2016), a Justice League movie (2017) and a Wonder Woman standalone – OH YES, PLEASE!

The new Cinderella It took Lily Chloe Ninette Thomson merely 12 episodes

in two TV dramas – Secret Diary Of A Call Girl and BBC

production Just William – before she rose to fame as Lady Rose MacClare in the critically-acclaimed period drama Downton Abbey. Naturally from there the English starlet, now 25, made her way onto the silver screen, appearing in Wrath Of The Titans, Fast Girls and Broken – all in 2012! The live-action adaption

of the 1950s Disney-animated fairytale, currently in post-production stage, stars Cate Blanchett and Helena Bonham Carter as her wicked stepmum and fairy godmother respectively.

Rock those glass slippers:Emma Watson and Saoirse Ronan were said to be in the running for the title role but alas and hooray, we’ll be seeing Lily as Cinderella in 2015!

Li ly v s. Rose "I have a love-hate

relationship with her. She's really shallow but she's got a big heart."

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tony had to compete with elder brother Mario as they were the only ones who made the final cut

in the casting of Zero Moustafa!

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The upcoming action heroWith a statuesque build, masculine body language and several butt-kicking movie roles, Theodore James Taptiklis has locked down the vital ingredients to be the next Tom Hardy. Trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, the English actor has had a fair share of endeavours on TV and in film since 2010. Theo led the cast of supernatural drama Bedlam and American crime drama Golden Boy, and starred opposite Kate Beckinsale in Underworld: Awakening (2012). This year, all eyes will be on the 30-year-old hunk in the highly-anticipated, sci-fi action flick Divergent, based on the Veronica Roth debut novel.

Conquering 2014:Catch the 1.85-metre tall eye candy in crime mystery London Fields with Amber Heard and Johnny Depp, and indie drama Franny with Richard Gere and Dakota Fanning.

The latest Aussie breakthrough Gold Coast-born Margot Elise Robbie is one of Tinseltown’s most-wanted actresses for a good reason: exquisite looks aside, the 24 year old is a true-blue drama queen. Margot jumped straight into professional acting at 17, starred in two feature films before a three-year stint in Aussie soap opera Neighbours, which snagged her two Logie nominations. Her move to Hollywood was more than welcomed; she promptly secured a role in American drama Pan Am although it only lasted a season. Her most unforgettable performance to date was in The Wolf Of Wall Street (full-frontal nudity or not).

More of Margot in...Suite Française (2014), Focus (2014), Violent Talent (2014), Z For Zachariah (2015) and Tarzan (2016)! PS Margot reportedly ousted Amanda Seyfried for the leading role in Z for Zachariah, whoa!

The Sundance show-stopperHer role in drama film Smashed may have gone unnoticed at the 2012 Sundance Film

Festival but this 1.78-metre tall actress was all the critics could talk about the following year.

Her stellar performance as a suspicious daughter to Guy Pearce’s and Amy Ryan’s characters in Breathe In (2013) pinned her on the map – but she is not to remain as an indie darling. The 27-year-old Vancouver native, who studied in The Neighborhood Playhouse School of Theatre in New York, starred in The F Word (2013) with Adam Driver and Daniel Radcliffe, as well as The Awkward Moment (2014) with Zac Efron.

Make a date with Mackenzie You may not see her nonchalant allure in the cinemas but Mackenzie’s next film Kitchen Sink (2015) is a zombie-and-vampire comedy with Ed Westwick and Vanessa Hudgens also in the cast!

The next teen heart-throbYou may remember him as Tommy Ross in last year’s remake of classic horror Carrie, his first silver-screen role but despite the minor gig, the 20-year-old graduate of NYC’s LaGuardia arts high school is no stranger to acting. During his senior year,

Ansel performed off-Broadway in Regrets with Alexis Bledel and this year’s line-up will introduce him to the centre stage alongside rising star Shailene Woodley (The Secret Life Of The American Teenager). Both young-adult flicks are film adaptations of novels in which Ansel portrays her sibling in one and her love interest in another.

Sci-fi, romantic drama or comedy? Ansel stars in Divergent and The Fault In Our Stars this year and soon in Men, Women & Children.

Mackenzie Davis

Tr ivia!theo played turkish

diplomat Kemal pamuk in an episode of the first season of

Downton abbey.

Fun fact!Despite her million

nicknames – Kinnie, Kin, Ken, Kenzie, Kenner

– she signs her emails with Mac.

Zoey DeutchThe natural talentHer days as Maya in the Disney Channel Original Series The Suite Life On Deck may be long gone (precisely three years ago) but Zoey Francis Thompson Deutch is nothing short of a consistent performer. After her two-year stint with Disney, Zoey landed cameos in hit TV series NCIS, a recurring role in Ringer as well as appearances in films such as Mayor Cupcake (2011) and Beautiful Creatures (2013). Coming from a showbiz family of two generations, Zoey – a double major in theatre and visual arts from the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts – excelled in ballet, competitive jazz and tap dancing as a child.

She doesn’t suck at allIn fact, the 20 year old headlines two films this year: Vampire Academy, based on the Richelle Mead novel, and Midnight Rider, a biographical drama film.

Did you know?

Margot used to make sandwiches

at Subway and BLts were her forte!

Ansel Elgort

Fun fact!he models, he acts, but

did you know ansel deejays too? he produces dance

and house music and posts his remixes on Soundcloud under the moniker ‘ansolo’.

Brownie points if he’s actually a Star Wars junkie!