Odessa Young
June 5, 2017
AGE: 19. HOMETOWN: Sydney. UP NEXT: Assassination Nation, an update of the Salem witch trials (sort of) for the social media set, with Hari Nef and Suki Waterhouse; the Western-tinged thriller Sweet Virginia, with Christopher Abbott, Jon Bernthal, and Imogen Poots.
Letitia Wright
June 5, 2017
AGE: 23. HOMETOWN: Born in Guyana. Grew up in London. UP NEXT: As the ass-kicking Princess Shuri in Marvel’s Black Panther with Chadwick Boseman and Lupita Nyong’o; in the Steven Spielberg-directed sci-fi thriller Ready Player One; and in The Commuter, with Liam Neeson.
Hannah Gross
June 5, 2017
AGE: 27. HOMETOWN: Toronto. UP NEXT: David Fincher’s new Netflix series, the FBI thriller Mindhunter; Michael Almereyda’s Marjorie Prime, alongside Jon Hamm and Geena Davis.
Mikey Madison
June 5, 2017
AGE: 18. HOMETOWN: Los Angeles. UP NEXT: The Alex Ross Perry-penned dramatic ensemble Nostalgia, starring Catherine Keener and Jon Hamm; Monster, an indie with Jeffrey Wright and Jennifer Hudson.
Damson Idris
June 5, 2017
AGE: 25. HOMETOWN: Peckham, London. UP NEXT: Snowfall, John Singleton’s new ‘80s-set FX series about the rise of crack epidemic; the action thriller The Commuter, co-starring Liam Neeson.
Harris Dickinson
June 5, 2017
AGE: 20. HOMETOWN: London. I was born in Leytonstone, which is where Hitchcock was born. UP NEXT: As Frankie, an aimless teenager grappling with his sexuality in the Sundance sensation Beach Rats; in The Darkest Minds, forthcoming, with Amandla Stenberg and Patrick Gibson; as the kidnapped scion J. Paul Getty III in Danny Boyle’s FX series Trust.
Bill Skarsgård
June 2, 2017
DNA be damned: the Swedish performer, who is about to reinvent one of film’s most blood-curdling villains, is making a plan for stardom entirely on his own.
Tom Holland
June 2, 2017
The latest addition to the Marvel universe brings a brainy charm to the world’s most beloved web-slinging superhero.
Zazie Beetz
June 2, 2017
The animal-loving, eco-conscious, sort of hippie stole our hearts on TV’s Atlanta. With her performance in the highly anticipated Deadpool sequel, it’s the spotlight she’s now after.
Mackenzie Davis
June 2, 2017
Whether she’s playing a coder or a night nurse, the Canadian actress—funny, intelligent, and captivating to watch—is redefining the modern-day ingénue.
Timothée Chalamet
June 2, 2017
While filming his big-screen debut, Christopher Nolan’s astrophysical drama “Interstellar,” Timothée Chalamet knew very little of Hollywood, let alone the world.
Collections
March 27, 2017
A modern bag lady recontextualizes the most forward looks of the collections with a tour of the local mall.
Brit Marling
February 24, 2017
After a brush with a banking career, Brit Marling, class valedictorian, plotted her own course, creating, in her Sundance hits and incredibly absorbing Netflix show, some of the most mysterious and compelling worlds.
No Compromise
September 26, 2016
Fashion’s current most influential are united in their unwavering individuality.
Parker Posey
September 25, 2016
She is, of course, the undisputed “Queen of the Indies,” an incomparable style icon, a Southerner who became a New York icon, one of the most continually thrilling performers of her generation . . . and an App designer. Parker Posey is so predictably unpredictable.
Peter Philips
September 12, 2016
The Belgian makeup artist has spent years upending the creative paradigm of beauty on and off the runway and in fashion’s most rarefied magazines. Now, as the creative and image director for Dior makeup, he is seducing the world one impeccably packaged product at a time.
Idris Elba
July 4, 2016
Villain, hero, warlord . . . superspy? There is nothing in this world—or in the galaxies beyond—that Idris Elba can’t do. Thankfully for us, the actor, DJ, and aspiring director has a store of ambition to match his many talents
Jeff Goldblum
June 21, 2016
Jazz is life for the great, multi-hyphenate performer. And no one lives their life with more jazzy ebullience and verve.
Prep Goth
June 19, 2016
The opposite of all-American squeaky clean.
Pico Alexander
June 5, 2016
AGE: 25. ALMA MATER: Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers. SEEN IN: A Most Violent Year; Simon Stephens’s play Punk Rock at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in New York. UP NEXT: The Philip Roth adaptation Indignation and War Machine, alongside Brad Pitt.