Hollywood’s Top Up and Coming Actresses
6. Malin Ackerman
At 30, this Swedish-born Canadian is the oldest actress on this list. She began her career in modeling, before turning to the silver screen in recent years. But even with a late start, she’s made a fast climb up the rungs of Hollywood. She’s appeared in a few comedies and has begun to branch out to to other genres.
First Major Hollywood Role: Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, as Liane the wife of Freakshow.
Movie You Shouldn’t Miss: 27 Dresses, admittedly a female-oriented romantic comedy, she looks fantastic as Katherine Heigl’s sister Tess.
Upcoming Feature: The Watchmen, director Zack Snyder’s follow-up to his mega-hit 300, it is based on a group of costumed superheros who investigate a murder of one of their own. For a trailer, click here.
5. Kat Dennings
She’s recently appeared in a pair of comedies, The House Bunny and Nick and Nora’s Infinite Play List, and has made her mark in a number of male-oriented comedies over the last few years. The 22 year old got her start in commercials as a child, and first appeared on television in 2000 with a role on HBO’s Sex and the City. And a bonus, she has her own blog.
First Major Hollywood Role: The 40 Year Old Virgin, as the daughter of Catherine Keener’s Trish, the love interest of Steve Carrell.
Movie You Shouldn’t Miss: Charlie Bartlett, a teen dramedy where she stars as Susan Gardner: the love interest of Anton Yelchin’s Charlie Barlett and daughter of Robert Downey, Jr.’s Principal Nathan Gardner.
Upcoming Feature: Shorts, the Robert Rodriguez family film about a young boy’s discovery of a colorful, wish-granting rock.
