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TOP 35 Actors and Actresses Under 35 Working Today - 2025

 The almost annual TOP 35 Actors and Actresses Under 35 Working Today is out, with me considering the performers' performances of 2016 also. We have a few changes since last year's list, with Greta Gerwig toping the list thanks to her last 3 great performances in Mistress America, Maggie's Plan and the Oscar buzzy acting turn in 20th Century Women. Scarlett Johansson comes second with her latest distinguished performance being in 2014 (Under the Skin), but she managed to be at the spotligh this year thanks to her fine turns in critically acclaimed movies: Hail, Caesar!, Captain America: Civil War, The Jungle Book (voice) and Sing (voice). Emily Blunt adds another great performance to her resume in The Girl on the Train and she comes third, while Elle Fanning's turning into one of the finest actresses and she's getting to play more adult and complex parts like The Neon Demon and 20th Century Women's (her two best performances since Super 8). Finally, Adam Driver comes fifth with an incredible duo of performances last year in Paterson (pure perfection) and in Silence (fine under Scorsese's direction), being the first male on the list.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Natalie Portman are out - they will complete 36 in 2017, but they have our respect for all the consecutive years between the very best of their generation.


1. GRETA GERWIG
Born: August 4, 1983 in Sacramento, California, USA - age 33
Breakthrough performance: Nights and Weekends (2008)
Distinguished performances: Greenberg (2010); Damsels in Distress (2011); Frances Ha (2013); Mistress America (2015); Maggie's Plan (2016); 20th Century Women (2016)
Academy Award recognition: none


2. SCARLETT JOHANSSON
Born: November 22, 1984 in New York City, New York, USA - age 32
Breakthrough performance: The Horse Whisperer (1998)
Distinguished performances: Lost In Translation (2003); Girl With Pearl Earring (2003); A Love Song for Bobby Long (2004); Match Point (2005); Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008); Don Jon (2013); Her (2013); Under the Skin (2014)
Academy Award recognition: none


3. EMILY BLUNT
Born: February 23, 1983 in Roehampton, London, England, UK - age 33
Breakthrough performance: My Summer of Love (2004)
Distinguished performances: My Summer of Love (2004); The Devil Wears Prada (2006); The Young Victoria (2009); Your Sister's Sister (2011); Edge of Tomorrow (2014); Into the Woods (2014); Sicario (2015); The Girl on the Train (2016)
Academy Award recognition: none
4. ELLE FANNING
Born: April 9, 1998 in Conyers, Georgia, USA - age 18
Breakthrough performance: Babel (2006)
Distinguished performances: Phoebe in Wonderland (2008); Somewhere (2010); Super 8 (2011); Ginger & Rosa (2012); Low Down (2014); The Neon Demon (2016); 20th Century Women (2016)
Academy Award recognition: none



5. ADAM DRIVER
Born: November 19, 1983 in San Diego, California, USA - age 33
Breakthrough performance: Frances Ha (2012)
Distinguished performances: Inside Llewyn Davis (2013); Tracks (2014); Hungry Hearts (2014); Paterson (2016); Silence (2016)
Academy Award recognition: none


6. JENNIFER LAWRENCE
Born: August 15, 1990 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA - age 26
Breakthrough performance: The Burning Plain (2009)
Distinguished performances: Winter's Bone (2010); The Hunger Games (2012); Silver Linings Playbook (2012); American Hustle (2013); The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013); Joy (2015)
Academy Award recognition: 4 nominations | 1 win - Best Actress for Silver Linings Playbook


7. ANDREW GARFIELD
Born: August 20, 1983 in Los Angeles, California, USA - age 33
Breakthrough performance: Boy A (2007)
Distinguished performances: Boy A (2007); Never Let Me Go (2010); The Social Network (2010); The Amazing Spider-Man (2012); 99 Homes (2015); Hacksaw Ridge (2016); Silence (2016)
Academy Award recognition: 1 nomination


8. MIA WASIKOWSKA
Born: October 14, 1989 in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia - age 27
Breakthrough performance: Alice in Wonderland (2010)
Distinguished performances: That Evening Sun (2009); Alice in Wonderland (2010); The Kids Are All Right (2010); Jane Eyre (2011); Restless (2011) Tracks (2014); Maps to the Stars (2014); Crimson Peak (2015)
Academy Award recognition: none
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