100 Best Youngest Hottest Hollywood Actresses

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1.

Keira Knightley
Actress, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Keira Christina Knightley was born in the South West Greater London suburb of Richmond
on March 26th 1985. She is the daughter of actor Will Knightley and actress turned
playwrightSharman Macdonald. An older brother, Caleb Knightley, was born in 1979. Her
father is English, while her Scottish-born mother is of Scottish and Welsh origin...

2.

Eva Green

Actress, Casino Royale

Eva Galle Green was born on July 6, 1980, in Paris, France. She has a sororal twin sister.
Her father, Walter Green, is a dentist who appeared in the 1966 film Au Hasard Balthazar.
Her mother,Marlne Jobert, is an actress turned children's book writer. Eva's mother was
born in Algeria, of Sephardi Jewish heritage (during that time...

3.

Natalie Portman
Actress, V for Vendetta

Natalie Portman was born Natalie Hershlag on June 9, 1981, in Jerusalem, Israel, to a
Jewish family. She is the only child of Avner Hershlag, an Israeli-born doctor, and Shelley
Stevens, an American-born artist (from Cincinnati, Ohio), who also acts as Natalie's agent.
She left Israel for Washington...

4.

Jennifer Lawrence
Actress, The Hunger Games

Academy Award-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence is best known for playing Katniss
Everdeen in The Hunger Games, Tiffany Maxwell in Silver Linings Playbook, and Rosalyn

Rosenfeld inAmerican Hustle. Jennifer Shrader Lawrence was born on August 15, 1990 in
Louisville, Kentucky, to Karen (Koch), who manages a children's camp...

5.

Rachel McAdams
Actress, Midnight in Paris

Rachel Anne McAdams was born on November 17, 1978 in London, Ontario, Canada, to
Sandra Kay (Gale), a nurse, and Lance Frederick McAdams, a truck driver and furniture
mover. She is of English, Welsh, Irish, and Scottish descent. Rachel became involved with
acting as a teenager and by the age of 13 was...

6.

Mia Wasikowska
Actress, Alice in Wonderland

Mia is an Australian actress, born and raised in the country's capital, Canberra. She is the
daughter of photographers Marzena Wasikowska and John Reid. Her mother is Polish and
her father is an Australian of British ancestry. She has an older sister, Jess, and a younger
brother, Kai. At age eight, her family moved to Poland for a year...

7.

Scarlett Johansson
Actress, Lost in Translation

Scarlett Johansson was born in New York City. Her mother,Melanie Sloan, is from an
Ashkenazi Jewish family, and her father, Karsten Johansson, is Danish. She has a
sister, Vanessa Johansson, who is also an actress, a brother, Adrian, a twin brother, Hunter
Johansson, born three minutes after her, and a paternal half-brother, Christian. Her
grandfather was writer Ejner Johansson...

8.

Alicia Vikander
Actress, Ex Machina

Alicia Amanda Vikander (born 3 October 1988) is a Swedish actress. Vikander began her
career by appearing in Swedish short films and television series, most notably in the popular
TV drama Andra Avenyn. She made her feature film debut in the film Pure, for which she
won the Guldbagge Award for Best Actress...

9.

Hailee Steinfeld
Actress, True Grit

Hailee Steinfeld was born on December 11, 1996 in Tarzana, California, to Cheri (Domasin),
an interior designer, and Peter Steinfeld, a personal fitness trainer. She has a brother,
Griffin. Her uncle is Jake Steinfeld, a fitness trainer, and her great-uncle is actor Larry
Domasin. Her father is of Ashkenazi Jewish descent and her mother's ancestry includes
Filipino...

10.

Chlo Grace Moretz

Actress, Kick-Ass

Chlo Grace Moretz was born in Atlanta, Georgia, to Teri (Duke), a nurse, and McCoy Lee
Moretz, a plastic surgeon. She has four brothers, all older, including actor Trevor DukeMoretz. Her ancestry is mostly German and English. Chlo's first two appearances were as
Violet in two episodes of the series The Guardian...

11.

Paulina Gaitan
Actress, Trade

12.

Emma Stone
Actress, The Help

Emily Jean "Emma" Stone was born in Scottsdale, Arizona, to Krista (Yeager), a homemaker,
and Jeffrey Charles Stone, a contracting company founder and CEO. She is of Swedish (from
her paternal grandfather), English, German, Scottish, and Irish descent. Stone began acting
as a child as a member of the Valley Youth Theatre in Phoenix...

13.

La Seydoux
Actress, Blue Is the Warmest Color

La Seydoux was born in 1985 in Paris, France, to Valrie Schlumberger, a philanthropist,

and Henri Seydoux, a businessman. Her grandfather, Jrme Seydoux, is chairman of Path,
and her father is a great-grandson of businessman and inventor Marcel Schlumberger (her
mother also descends from the Schlumberger family)...

14.

Emma Watson
Actress, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson was born in Paris, France, to English parents, Jacqueline
Luesby and Chris Watson, both lawyers. She moved to Oxfordshire when she was five,
where she attended the Dragon School. From the age of six, Emma knew that she wanted
to be an actress and, for a number of years, she trained at the Oxford branch of Stagecoach
Theatre Arts...

15.

Olga Kurylenko
Actress, Quantum of Solace

Olga Kurylenko, a Ukrainian-born actress and model, went from sharing a cramped flat with
her aunt, uncle, grandparents and cousin to starring as a Bond girl opposite Daniel Craig.
She was born Olga Konstantinovna Kurylenko on November 14, 1979, in Berdyansk,
Ukraine, Soviet Union. Her mother, Marina Alyabysheva...

16.

Britt Robertson
Actress, Tomorrowland

Brittany Leanna Robertson was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, to Beverly (Hayes) and
Ryan Robertson, a restaurateur. She was raised in South Carolina, the oldest of seven
children. Her mother's worries about the public school system led to Robertson being homeschooled. She began acting at the Greenville Little Theater in South Carolina...

17.

Mila Kunis
Actress, Black Swan

The talented Milena "Mila" Markovna Kunis was born to a Jewish family in Chernivtsi,
Ukraine, USSR (now independent Ukraine). Her mother, Elvira, is a physics teacher, her
father, Mark Kunis, is a mechanical engineer, and she has an older brother named Michael.
After attending one semester of college between gigs...

18.

Jessica Alba
Actress, Sin City

Jessica Marie Alba was born on April 28, 1981, in Pomona, CA, to Catherine (Jensen) and
Mark David Alba, who served in the US Air Force. Her mother has Danish, Welsh, German,
English, and French ancestry, while her father is of Mexican descent (including Spanish,
Indigenous Mexican and distant Sephardic Jewish...

19.

Megan Fox
Actress, Transformers

Megan Denise Fox was born in Rockwood, Tennessee, to Gloria Darlene (Cisson) and
Franklin Thomas Fox, a parole officer. Megan began her training in drama and dance at age
5 and, at age 10, moved to St. Petersburg, Florida where she continued her training and
finished school. Megan began acting and modeling...

20.

Camilla Belle
Actress, 10,000 BC

Belle was born as Camilla Belle Routh in Los Angeles, California, to Cristina, a fashion
designer, and Jack Wesley Routh, who composed country music and owns a construction
company. Her mother is Brazilian and her father, who is from Kingman, Kansas, has English,
German, and French ancestry. Camilla is an only child...

21.

Margot Robbie
Actress, The Wolf of Wall Street

Margot Robbie started her career by appearing in Australian independent films in the late
2000s. She was later cast in the soap opera Neighbours (2008-2011), which earned her two
Logie Award nominations. After moving to the United States, Robbie starred in the shortlived ABC drama series Pan Am (2011-2012)...

22.

Amanda Seyfried
Actress, Mamma Mia!

Amanda Seyfried was born and raised in Allentown, Pennsylvania, to Ann (Sander), an
occupational therapist, and Jack Seyfried, a pharmacist. She is of German, and some
English and Scottish, ancestry. She began modeling when she was eleven, and acted in high
school productions as well as taking singing lessons...

23.

Alexandra Daddario
Actress, San Andreas

Alexandra Daddario is an American actress. She is known for playing "Annabeth Chase" in
the "Percy Jackson" film series and "Blake Gaines" in San Andreas. She starred in the
films, Texas Chainsaw 3D and Hall Pass, and has guest-starred on TV series, including White
Collar, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, True Detective, and American Horror Story:
Hotel...

24.

Kristen Stewart
Actress, Twilight

Though most famous for her role as Isabella "Bella" Swan in TheTwilight Saga, Kristen
Stewart has been a working actor since her early years in Los Angeles, California, where she
was born. Her parents, John Stewart and Jules Stewart, both work in film and television.
Her mother is Australian...

25.

Kirsten Dunst
Actress, Spider-Man

Kirsten Caroline Dunst is an American actress, who also holds German citizenship. She was
born on April 30, 1982 in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, to parents Inez (ne Rupprecht), who
owned an art gallery, and Klaus Dunst, a medical services executive. She has a younger
brother named Christian Dunst, born in 1987...

26.

Anne Hathaway
Actress, Les Misrables

Anne Jacqueline Hathaway was born in Brooklyn, New York, toKate McCauley Hathaway, an
actress, and Gerald T. Hathaway, a lawyer, both originally from Philadelphia. She is of
mostly Irish descent, along with English, German, and French. Her first major role came in
the short-lived television series Get Real...

27.

Mary Elizabeth Winstead

Actress, 10 Cloverfield Lane

Mary Elizabeth Winstead is a gifted actress, known for her versatile work in a variety of film
and television projects. Possibly most known for her role as Ramona Flowers in Scott Pilgrim
vs. the World, she has also starred in critically acclaimed independent films such
as Smashed, for which she received an Independent Spirit Award nomination...

28.

Elisha Cuthbert
Actress, 24

Elisha Ann Cuthbert (born November 30, 1982) is a Canadian actress and model. She
became internationally known for playing Kim Bauer in the series 24; Danielle in the teen
comedy film The Girl Next Door and Carly Jones in the 2005 in of House of Wax. She was
voted the sexiest actress in the world in 2015 by the magazine Glam'Mag...

29.

Jessica Biel
Actress, The Illusionist

Jessica Biel, with her good looks and talent, has become one of Hollywood's most soughtout actresses. She was born in Ely, Minnesota, to Kimberly (Conroe) and Jonathan Edward
Biel, who is a business consultant and GM worker. She is of German, French, English, Irish,
and some Choctaw ancestry. Biel was raised in Boulder...

30.

Ellen Page
Actress, Inception

Ellen Philpotts-Page was born on February 21, 1987, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, to Martha
Philpotts, a teacher, and Dennis Page, a graphic designer. Page wanted to start acting at an
early age and attended the Neptune Theater School. She began her career at the age of 10
on the award-winning television series Pit Pony...

31.

Olivia Wilde
Actress, Rush

Actress and activist Olivia Wilde is a modern-day renaissance woman. Starring in films and
popular television shows, Wilde shares the screen with renowned actors while
simultaneously giving back to the community. Olivia Wilde was born Olivia Jane Cockburn in
New York City, to journalists Leslie Cockburn (ne Leslie Corkill Redlich) and Andrew
Cockburn...

32.

Vanessa Hudgens
Actress, Spring Breakers

Vanessa was born in Salinas, California. Her family moved to San Diego whilst she was still
a toddler. She has a younger sister,Stella Hudgens, who is also an actress. Her mother, Gina
(Guangco), an officer worker, is from the Philippines. Her father, Gregory Hudgens, a
firefighter, has Irish and Native American ancestry...

33.

Sienna Miller
Actress, Foxcatcher

Sienna Rose Diana Miller was born in New York City, but was raised in London, England. Her
father, Edwin "Ed" Miller, who is American-born, is an investment banker and a dealer in
Modern Chinese paintings. Her mother, Josephine "Jo" Miller, was a South African model and
a personal assistant to David Bowie; she went on to manage the Lee Strasberg Theatre and
Film Institute in New York City...

34.

Bonnie Wright
Actress, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Bonnie Francesca Wright was born on February 17, 1991 to jewelers Gary Wright and Sheila
Teague. Her debut performance was in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone as Ron
Weasley's little sister Ginny Weasley. Bonnie tried out for the film due to her older brother
Lewis mentioning she reminded him of Ginny. Her role in the first film was a small cameo
like role as Ginny...

35.

Summer Glau
Actress, Serenity

Summer is a native of San Antonio, Texas. She's been a ballerina most of her life. Her debut
was in various commercials and a guest appearance on the WB's Angel. She has gone on to
star on the TV series Firefly as well as its follow-up movieSerenity and the TV
series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.

36.

Rachel Bilson
Actress, Hart of Dixie

Rachel Bilson was born in Los Angeles, to Janice (Stango), a sex therapist, and Danny
Bilson. Her father is Ashkenazi Jewish and her mother is of Italian descent. She began
acting while still at Notre Dame High School. She graduated high school in 1999 and went to
Grossmont College but dropped out after a year and was encouraged to pursue a career in
acting by her father...

37.

Marie Avgeropoulos
Actress, The 100

Born and raised on the shores of Lake Superior in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. Marie
grew up fishing, hunting and camping alongside the fire, where she spent more of her free
time outdoors. It was there, in the shadow of "The Sleeping Giant", a world famous natural
monument, that she would learn the survival skills needed for fulfilling her childhood dream
of becoming an action heroine...

38.

Yifei Liu
Actress, Shen diao xia lu

Liu Yifei Born in Wuhan, Hubei province of China 1987 August 25th, She began modeling at
the age of 8 and was trained in singing, dancing and the piano. Moving to the United States
at 10 with her mother, Liu lived there for four years. She returned to China in June 2002 to
pursue a modeling and acting career...

39.

Rebecca Hall
Actress, The Prestige

Rebecca Hall was born in London, UK, the daughter of Peter Hall, a stage director and
founder of the Royal Shakespeare Company, and Maria Ewing, an opera singer. Her father is
English. Her mother, who is American, is of Dutch, Scottish, Sioux, and African American
origin. Her parents separated when she was still young...

40.

Zoe Saldana
Actress, Avatar

Zoe Saldana was born on June 19, 1978 in Passaic, New Jersey, to Asalia Nazario and Aridio
Saldaa. She was raised in Queens, New York. When she was 10 years old, she and her
family moved to the Dominican Republic where they would live for the next seven years.
While living in the Dominican Republic...

41.

AnnaSophia Robb
Actress, Bridge to Terabithia

AnnaSophia Robb was born on the 8th December 1993 in Denver, Colorado, USA, to Janet,
an interior designer, and Dave Robb, an architect. She has Danish, English, Irish, Scottish,
and Swedish ancestry. Robb started off life with a dream to act, and began by performing on
a church stage in her home town in front of 500 people when she was just 5 years old...

42.

Selena Gomez
Actress, Spring Breakers

Selena Marie Gomez was born and raised in Grand Prairie, Texas, to Mandy Teefey, who is of
part Italian descent, and Ricardo Gomez, who is of Mexican descent and originally from New
Mexico. Her parents divorced in 1997. Giving birth to Selena at 16, her mom Mandy recalls
living "paycheck-to-paycheck"...

43.

Lily Collins
Actress, The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones

Lily Jane Collins was born in Guildford, Surrey, England. Her father is English musician Phil
Collins, while her mother, Jill Tavelman, who is from Los Angeles, California, was president
of the Beverly Hills Women's Club for three terms. Lily moved with her mother to LA at the
age of five, after her parents split up...

44.

Abigail Breslin
Actress, Little Miss Sunshine

Academy Award-nominated actress Abigail Breslin is one of the most sought-after actors of
her generation. Her unique and charismatic talents have contributed to her versatile roles in
both comedy and drama. Most recently, Breslin starred in the first season of the horrorcomedy series, "Scream Queens" opposite Emma Roberts...

45.

Dakota Fanning
Actress, War of the Worlds

Hannah Dakota Fanning was born on the 23rd of February 1994, in Conyers, Georgia, USA,
to Heather Joy (Arrington) and Steven Fanning. Her mother played professional tennis, and
her father, now an electronics salesman, played minor league baseball. She is of German,
Irish, English, French, and Channel Islander descent...

46.

Kate Mara
Actress, 127 Hours

Kate was born in Bedford, New York. She is one of four children of Kathleen McNulty
(Rooney) and NFL football team New York Giants executive Timothy Christopher Mara. Her
sister is actressRooney Mara. Her grandfathers were Wellington Mara, co-owner of the
Giants, and Timothy Rooney, owner of Yonkers Raceway...

47.

Milla Jovovich
Actress, The Fifth Element

Milla Jovovich is an Ukrainian-born actress, supermodel, fashion designer, singer and public
figure, who was on the cover of more than a hundred magazines, and starred in such films
as The Fifth Element, Ultraviolet, and the Resident Evil franchise. Milica Bogdanovna
Jovovich was born on December 17...

48.

Maggie Grace
Actress, Taken

Maggie Grace was born on September 21, 1983, in Columbus, Ohio, to Valinn (Everett) and
Rick Denig, who ran a jewelry business. She has English, German, and Scots-Irish ancestry.
Grace got her start in films in 2002 with Murder in Greenwich andShop Club. In 2003, at the
age of 20, she played a creepy...

49.

Lindsay Lohan
Actress, Herbie Fully Loaded

Lindsay Dee Lohan was born in New York City on 2 July 1986. Her mother, Dina Lohan (ne
Donata Melina Nicolette Sullivan), is a former Wall Street analyst, and her father, Michael
Lohan, is a businessman and former Wall Street trader. She has Irish, Italian, and German
ancestry. Lohan began her career at age three as a model at the Eileen Ford Agency...

50.

Gal Gadot
Actress, Fast & Furious 6

Gal Gadot is an Israeli actress and model. She was born in Rosh Ha'ayin, Israel, to a Jewish
family (from Poland, Austria, Germany, and Czechoslovakia). She served in the IDF for two
years, and won the Miss Israel title in 2004. Gal began modeling in the late 2000s, and
made her film debut in the fourth film of the Fast and Furious franchise...

51.

Amber Heard
Actress, Zombieland

Amber Laura Heard was born in Austin, Texas, to Patricia Paige (Parsons), an internet
researcher, and David Clinton Heard, a contractor. She has English, Irish, Scottish, German,
and Welsh ancestry. Heard appeared in the Academy Award-nominated film,North Country,
in which she played Charlize Theron's character in flashbacks...

52.

Gemma Arterton
Actress, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

Gemma Christina Arterton was born in Gravesend, Kent, England, where she was raised.
She is the daughter of Sally-Anne (Heap), a cleaner, and Barry J. Arterton, a welder. Her
mother's cousin is singer-songwriter Eric Goulden. She is of English, Polish Jewish (from her
matrilineal great-grandmother), and distant German and Scottish, ancestry...

53.

Isla Fisher
Actress, Home and Away

Isla Lang Fisher was born on February 3, 1976 in Muscat, Oman, to Scottish parents Elspeth
Reid and Brian Fisher, who worked as a banker for the U.N. She spent her early childhood in
Scotland before moving to Australia with her family in the early 1980s. From a young age,
Isla showed an interest in both acting and writing...

54.

Katie Holmes
Actress, Batman Begins

Born two months premature at four pounds, Kate Noelle Holmes made her first appearance
on December 18, 1978, in Toledo, Ohio. She is the daughter of Kathleen Ann (Craft), a
philanthropist, and Martin Joseph Holmes, Sr., a lawyer. She is of German, Irish, and English
ancestry. Her parents have said that her strong-willed personality is probably from being
born premature...

55.

Moon Bloodgood
Actress, Terminator Salvation

56.

Maggie Q
Actress, Nikita

Margaret Denise Quigley was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, to a father of Polish and Irish
descent (originally based in New York) and a Vietnamese mother. Her parents met during
the Vietnam War. Maggie has two older half-siblings from her mother's previous marriage,
and two older sisters. The family moved to Hawaii and settled in Mililani...

57.

Teresa Palmer
Actress, Warm Bodies

Actress and model Teresa Palmer has gathered some impressive film credits. She was born
in Adelaide, South Australia, to Kevin Palmer, an investor, and Paula Sanders, a former
missionary and nurse. She completed high school at Mercedes College in 2003, where she
was a popular student who was well-known for her practical jokes...

58.

Emily Ratajkowski
Actress, Gone Girl

Emily O'Hara Ratajkowski was born in London, England, to American parents, Kathleen
(Balgley), a professor, and John David Ratajkowski, a painter. She is of British Isles,
German, Polish, and Jewish ancestry. Emily was raised in Encinitas, California, near San
Diego. She traveled a lot, and also spent some of her childhood in Ireland and Mallorca...

59.

Alexa Davalos
Actress, The Chronicles of Riddick

Alexa Davalos was born in Paris, France, to American parents, Jeff Dunas, a photographer,
and Elyssa Davalos, an actress. Her father's family were Jewish immigrants (from Russia
and Lithuania). After a quintessentially bohemian childhood that found her straddling New
York, Paris, Italy and Los Angeles...

60.

Anna Kendrick
Actress, Pitch Perfect

Anna Kendrick was born in Portland, Maine, to Janice (Cooke), an accountant, and William
Kendrick, a teacher. She has an older brother, Michael Cooke Kendrick, who has also acted.
She is of English, Irish, and Scottish descent. For her role as "Dinah" in "High Society" on
Broadway, Anna Kendrick was nominated for a Tony Award (second youngest ever)...

61.

Zooey Deschanel
Actress, Elf

Zooey Deschanel was born in 1980 into a showbiz family. Her father, Caleb Deschanel, is an
Academy Award-nominated cinematographer (perhaps most notably for The Passion of the
Christ) and her mother, Mary Jo Deschanel (ne Weir), is an actress who appeared in Twin
Peaks. Her paternal grandfather was French, and her other roots include English, German,
Scottish, Irish, and Dutch...

62.

Hayden Panettiere
Actress, Racing Stripes

Hayden Leslie Panettiere was born on 21st August 1989 in Palisades, New York, to
actress Lesley Vogel and fire department captain Skip Panettiere. Her younger brother is
actor Jansen Panettiere. She has Italian, and some English and German, ancestry. Her
mother got her started in the business by doing commercials when she was just 11 months
old...

63.

Ali Larter
Actress, Final Destination

A native of Cherry Hill, New Jersey, Ali began modeling at age 13 and traveled the world
before moving to Los Angeles to study acting. Her first professional acting job was a role on
the television series Chicago Sons. She received her breakthrough in the high school football
drama Varsity Blues which included her infamous whipped cream bikini scene...

64.

Michelle Rodriguez
Actress, Avatar

Known for tough-chick roles, Michelle Rodriguez is proof that there is a cross between
beauty and brawn. She was born Mayte Michelle Rodriguez on July 12, 1978, in Bexar
County, Texas, to Carmen Milady Pared Espinal, from the Dominican Republic, and Rafael
Rodrguez Santiago, who served in the U.S. Army and was originally from Puerto Rico...

65.

Katie Cassidy
Actress, Arrow

Katherine Evelyn Anita Cassidy (born November 25, 1986) is an American actress who
starred as Laurel Lance on The CW's series Arrow from 2012 to 2016. She has also
appeared on the CW shows Supernatural, Melrose Place, and Gossip Girl; on the CBS
miniseries Harper's Island; and in the films Click (2006)...

66.

Emily Bett Rickards

Actress, Arrow

Canadian actress Emily Bett Rickards was born on July 24, 1991. She attended film school
after graduating high school, and also attended Alida Vocal Studio. She plays "Felicity
Smoak" on the CW network's Arrow and The Flash, and appears in the upcoming, acclaimed
feature film, Brooklyn...

67.

Miley Cyrus
Actress, Bolt

Miley Cyrus was born in Franklin, Tennessee, the daughter of country singer Billy Ray
Cyrus and his wife, Letitia Jean "Tish" (Finley). She has 5 siblings - two half-brothers, a halfsister and a younger brother and sister. Her birth name is Destiny Hope, given to her by her
parents who hoped she would achieve greatness...

68.

Alice Braga
Actress, I Am Legend

69.

Jordana Brewster
Actress, Fast Five

Raven-haired beauty Jordana Brewster was born on April 26, 1980 in Panama City, Panama.
Her mother, Maria Joo (Leal de Sousa), is a Brazilian-born model who appeared on the
cover of Sports Illustrated in 1978. Her father, Alden Brewster, is an American-born
investment banker who has English and Scottish ancestry...

70.

Mandy Moore
Actress, Tangled

Amanda Leigh Moore was born in Nashua, New Hampshire, on April 10, 1984, to Stacy
(Friedman), a former news reporter, and Don Moore, an airline pilot. During her childhood,
her family moved to Orlando, Florida, where she was raised. She has Russian Jewish (from
her maternal grandfather), English, and some Scottish and Irish, ancestry...

71.

Natalie Martinez
Actress, End of Watch

Natalie Martinez began modeling at the age of 15, years before she considered giving acting
a try. The Miami-born beauty's career blossomed with a simple suggestion from her mother.
During her senior year at St. Brendan High School in 2002, her mother saw an ad for J.Lo's
new clothing line. After beating over 5,000 other girls for the gig, Natalie packed up and
moved to Los Angeles.

72.

Emilia Clarke
Actress, Game of Thrones

Emilia Clarke is a British actress. She was born in London and grew up in Berkshire,
England. Her father is a theatre sound engineer and her mother is a businesswoman. Her
father was working on a theatre production of "Show Boat" and her mother took her along
to the performance. This is when, at the age of 3...

73.

Estella Warren
Actress, Planet of the Apes

Estella Warren was a synchronized swimmer from the age of 7 until 17 in her native
Canada. She moved away from home at 12 to train for the Canadian National Team. She
was the Canadian National Champion for three years and represented her country at the
World Aquatic Championship, where she placed second...

74.

Georgie Henley
Actress, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Georgina Helen Henley was born July 9, 1995 in Ilkley, Yorkshire, England, the youngest of
three daughters of Mike and Helen Henley. When she was young, she joined a local drama
group called "Upstagers". It was there that she started her acting career, participating in
stage performances such as "Babushka: A Christmas Story" and "The Pied Piper", prior to
landing her first role in a film...

75.

Chyler Leigh
Actress, Not Another Teen Movie

Born in Charlotte, North Carolina and raised in Virginia Beach and Miami Beach, Chyler
began her career in front of the camera at age 12 modeling for magazines and catalogues.
Her success in print later led to national commercials for Coca Cola and Wendy's, among
others. By age 16, she had already completed several pilots (ABC's Wilder Days and the
WB's Saving Graces) at the onset...

76.

Sarah Roemer
Actress, Disturbia

American actress and model Sarah Roemer starred as the love interest of Shia LaBeouf's
character in the thriller Disturbia. She was born in San Diego, California, and began
modeling at the age of 15 after she was discovered buying coffee at a local 7-Eleven while
attending Horizon Jr/Sr High School. At the age of 17 she moved away from her family to
New York...

77.

Blake Lively
Actress, Gossip Girl

Blake Lively was born Blake Ellender Brown in Tarzana, California, to a show business family.
Her mother, Elaine Lively(ne McAlpin), is an acting coach and talent manager, and her
father, Ernie Lively (born Ernest Wilson Brown, Jr.), is an actor and teacher. Her brother is
actor Eric Lively...

78.

Evangeline Lilly
Actress, Lost

Evangeline Lilly, born in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta in 1979, was discovered on the streets
of Kelowna, British Columbia by the famous Ford modeling agency. Although she initially
decided to pass on a modeling career, she went ahead and signed with Ford anyway, to help
pay for her University of British Columbia tuition and expenses.

79.

Dianna Agron
Actress, Glee

Dianna Elise Agron was born in Savannah, Georgia, to parents Ronald and Mary Agron. She
grew up in a middle class family, in Savannah, before moving to Texas, and later, San
Francisco, California, due to her father's career as a general manager for Hyatt. Dianna and
her brother, Jason, were raised Jewish, and she graduated from Burlingame High School
with honors...

80.

Genesis Rodriguez
Actress, Big Hero 6

Genesis Rodriguez was born in Miami, Florida. She is the daughter of Jos Luis Rodrguez 'El
Puma', the famous Venezuelan singer and actor, and Carolina Perez, a Cuban model. She
has two half-sisters. She was educated at the Carrolton School of the Sacred Heart in
Miami. From a child, Rodriguez knew she wanted to act and attended summer classes at the
renowned Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute...

81.

Alice Eve
Actress, Star Trek Into Darkness

Alice Sophia Eve was born in London, England. Her father isTrevor Eve and her mother
is Sharon Maughan, both fellow actors. She is the eldest of three children. Eve has English,
Irish and Welsh ancestry. Her family moved to Los Angeles, California when she was young
as her father tried to crack the American market. However, they returned to the United
Kingdom when she was age 13...

82.

Elle Fanning
Actress, Maleficent

Mary Elle Fanning was born on the 9th of April 1998 in Conyers, Georgia, USA, to Heather
Joy (Arrington) and Steven J. Fanning. Her mother played professional tennis, and her
father, now an electronics salesman, played minor league baseball. She is of German, Irish,
English, French, and Channel Islander descent...

83.

Lauren Cohan
Actress, The Boy

Lauren Cohan is a British-American actress and model, best known for her role as Maggie
Greene on The Walking Dead and recurring roles on The Vampire Diaries, Supernatural, and
Chuck. After her film debut Casanova as Sister Beatrice, she starred in the sequel to Van
Wilder, Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj as Charlotte Higginson in 2006...

84.

Freida Pinto
Actress, Slumdog Millionaire

Freida Selena Pinto was born in Bombai (now Mumbai), Maharashtra, India, to Sylvia, a
school principal, and Frederick Pinto, a senior bank branch manager. She is from a
Mangalorean family. Pinto traversed the modeling circuit in Mumbai [represented by Elite
Model Management India] for two years before...

85.

Nina Dobrev
Actress, The Vampire Diaries

Nikolina "Nina" Constantinova Dobreva was born in Sofia, Bulgaria. She moved to Canada at
the age of two and has lived in Toronto, Ontario ever since. From a very young age, she
showed great enthusiasm and talent for the arts: Dance, Gymnastics, Theatre, Music, Visual
arts, and Acting! Modeling jobs led to commercials...

86.

Elizabeth Gillies
Self, Victorious

Elizabeth Gillies (born July 26, 1993) is an American actress, singer and songwriter.
Elizabeth began acting professionally at the age of 12. With a strong background in musical
theater, Elizabeth made her Broadway debut at age 15, starring as the character "Lucy" in
the original Broadway cast of "13"...

87.

Odette Annable
Actress, Cloverfield

Odette Annable was born Odette Juliette Yustman on 10 May, 1985, in Los Angeles,
California. Her mother, Lydia Yustman ne Nodarse, is Cuban, and her father, Victor Oscar
Yustman, was born in Bogot, Colombia, of French and Italian descent. Odette started her
career with a minor role in the movie Kindergarten Cop as "Rosa"...

88.

Emily Browning
Actress, Sucker Punch

Australian actress Emily Browning was born in 1988 in Melbourne, Australia, to Shelley and
Andrew Browning. She has two younger brothers. Her start in acting came after a
classmate's father, involved in the acting business, noticed her "acting all ditsy" in a school
play. Emily found an agent and was soon filming on location for the Hallmark TV-movie...

89.

Victoria Justice
Music Department, Victorious

Victoria Dawn Justice, born February 19, 1993, is an American actress and singer. She
debuted as an actress at the age of ten and has since appeared in several films and
television series, including the Nickelodeon series, Zoey 101 and Victorious. She has made
appearances in several theatrical releases...

90.

Kat Dennings
Actress, 2 Broke Girls

Kat Dennings was born Katherine Victoria Litwack in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, near
Philadelphia, to Ellen (Schatz), a speech therapist and poet, and Gerald Litwack, a molecular
pharmacologist. She is the youngest of five children. Her family is of Russian Jewish
descent. Kat was predominantly home-schooled...

91.

Debby Ryan
Actress, 16 Wishes

Debby can currently be seen starring on The Disney Channel original hit series, Jessie, as
"Jessie Prescott". Born May 13, 1993 in Alabama, Debby moved to Texas as a small child
and lived there for five years, before moving to Wiesbaden, Germany, with her family, where
she lived for three years...

92.

Sophia Bush
Actress, One Tree Hill

Actress Sophia Bush has captured film and television audiences, alike, with her range of
roles and diverse characters. Now in it's 7th season, Bush portrays "Brooke Davis" on The
CW's hit drama, One Tree Hill. Her character has evolved from a trouble-making vixen to a
fiercely loyal friend, and is a huge fan favorite...

93.

Emily VanCamp
Actress, Revenge

94.

Emmy Rossum
Actress, The Day After Tomorrow

It would seem that 2004, the year of her 18th birthday, will be remembered as pivotal for
Emmy Rossum due to her appearance in two very different films, The Day After
Tomorrow and The Phantom of the Opera. Emmy's performance in the latter film gained her
a Golden Globe nomination. Emmanuelle Grey Rossum was born in New York City...

95.

Rachel Nichols
Actress, Star Trek

Model and actress Rachel Emily Nichols was born in Augusta, Maine to Alison and James
Nichols, a teacher. She has English, French-Canadian, German, Irish, Italian and Scottish
ancestry. After graduating from high school, she attended Columbia University in New York
City, where she eventually graduated with a double major in math and economics...

96.

Jessica Lucas
Actress, Cloverfield

97.

Shailene Woodley
Actress, Divergent

Actress Shailene Woodley was born in Simi Valley, California, to Lori (Victor), a middle
school counselor, and Lonnie Woodley, a school principal. She has one brother, Tanner. She
was educated at Simi Valley High School in California. When Woodley was four years old she
began commercial modeling. Acting roles followed...

98.

Anna Popplewell
Actress, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Anna Popplewell was born on December 16, 1988 in London, England as Anna Katherine
Popplewell. She is an actress, known for The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and
the Wardrobe, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian and Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn.
She is also known for her role as "Lola" on the popular CW show, Reign.

99.

Caitlin Stasey
Actress, Neighbours

Caitlin Jean Stasey is an Australian actress who is well known for her roles as Francesca
Thomas in The Sleepover Club, Rachel Kinski in Neighbours and Ellie Linton in the film
adaptation of John Marsden's best seller 'Tomorrow When the War Began' Caitlin is from
Victoria, Australia, She began taking an interest in acting/performing when she was about
six years of age...

100.

Paula Patton
Actress, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

Paula Patton was born in Los Angeles, California, to Joyce (Vanraden) and Charles Patton.
Her father is African-American and her mother, who is caucasian, has German, English, and
Dutch ancestry. Her family lived across the street from the 20th Century Fox lot when she
was growing up and she was a fan of films from her earliest years...