My Favorite Actresses

1. Kristen Stewart

Though most famous for her role as Isabella "Bella" Swan in The Twilight (2008) Saga, Kristen Stewart has been a working actor since her early years in Los Angeles, California. Her parents, John Stewart and Jules Stewart, both work in film and television. The family includes three boys, Kristen's ...

Movies: Catch That Kid, The Twilight Saga, Zathura, The Runaways, etc. Age: 21

2. 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 ...

Movies: War Of The Worlds, The Secret Life Of Bees, New Moon, Eclipse, Hounddog, Coraline, I Am Sam, Push, etc. Age: 17

3. Selena Gomez

Actress | Spring Breakers

Actress and singer Selena Gomez was born on July 22, 1992 in Grand Prairie, Texas. She is the daughter of Mandy Teefey and Ricardo Gomez. Her mother is of part Italian ancestry, and her father is of Mexican descent. She was named after Tejano singer Selena, who died in 1995.

Her first acting role ...

Movies: Ramona And Beezus, Another Cinderella Story, Princess Protection Program, Wizards Of Waverly Place: The Movie, etc. TV Shows: Plays Alex Russo in Wizards Of Waverly Place, guest appearances on Hannah Montana and The Suite Life on Deck, etc. Music: Kiss And Tell CD, A Year Without Rain CD, etc. Age: 19

4. Demi Lovato

Soundtrack | Camp Rock

Demi Lovato is a GRAMMY-nominated and award-winning musician, actor, advocate and New York Times best-selling author. She was first known for her onscreen talents, and soon after became a musical phenomenon for her remarkable vocal ability. With an audience of over 266 million on social media, Demi...

Movies: Camp Rock, Camp Rock 2:The Final Jam, Princess Protection Program, etc. TV Shows: Plays Sonny Monroe in Sonny With a Chance, etc. Music: Don't Forget CD, Here We Go Again CD, etc. Age: 18

5. Miley Cyrus

Soundtrack | Hannah Montana

Miley Ray Cyrus was born Destiny Hope Cyrus on November 23, 1992 in Franklin, Tennessee and raised in Thompson's Station, Tennessee to Tish Cyrus & Billy Ray Cyrus. She has five siblings - two half-brothers, a half-sister, and a younger brother and sister. Her parents named her because they hoped ...

Movies: Hannah Montana: The Movie, Bolt, The Last Song, etc. TV Shows: Plays Hannah Montana/Miley Stewart in Hannah Montana, etc. Music: Hannah Montana CD, Hannah Montana 2 CD, Hannah Montana 3 CD, Breakout CD, The Time of Our Lives CD, Can't be Tamed CD, etc. Age: 18

6. Emily Osment

Actress | Hannah Montana: The Movie

Emily Jordan Osment was born on March 10, 1992 in Los Angeles. She is the younger sister of The Sixth Sense star, Haley Joel Osment. Her father Eugene is also an actor of some renown. Following in their footsteps, Emily started her acting career performing in several commercials, including a radio ...

Movies: Hannah Montana: The Movie, Dadnapped, Spy Kids 2, Soccer Mom, etc. TV Shows: Plays Lily Truscott in Hannah Montana, etc. Music: All The Right Wrongs EP CD, Fight Or Flight CD, etc. Age: 19

7. Miranda Cosgrove

Actress | Despicable Me 2

Miranda Taylor Cosgrove was born May 14, 1993 in Los Angeles, California, to Christina (Casey) and Tom Cosgrove, who owns a dry-cleaning business. She was discovered at a young age singing and dancing around a table in a restaurant, where an agent saw her talent and quickly signed her. Miranda's ...

Movies: School Of Rock, The Wild Stallion, Despicable Me, Yours Mine And Ours, Drake And Josh Go Hollywood, etc. TV Shows: Played Megan Parker in Drake And Josh, plays Carly Shea in iCarly, etc. Music: Sparks Fly CD, High Maintenance EP CD, etc. Age: 18

8. Raven-Symoné

Actress | That's So Raven

Raven-Symoné Christina Pearman was born on December 10, 1985 in Atlanta, Georgia and raised in Ossining, New York to Lydia Louise Pearman (née Gaulden) & Christopher Blaize Pearman. While they lived there, Raven signed with the Ford Modeling Agency, who sent her out on an audition for a movie called...

Movies: College Road Trip, Revenge of the Bridesmaids, The Cheetah Girls 1 and 2, Zenon: Z3, For One Night, Dr. Doolittle, etc. TV Shows: Played Raven Baxter in That's So Raven, guest appearance in Sonny With a Chance and Cory In the House, etc. Music: This Is My Time Cd, Raven Symone Cd, etc. Age: 25

9. Jennette McCurdy

Actress | iCarly

Jennette McCurdy is a writer/director who specializes in character-driven pieces that explore serious subject matter in a funny, offbeat way. Her favorite themes to explore are family dysfunction, childhood, and disillusionment. She has directed several short films which has been recognized by ...

Movies: Best Player, Minor Details, Tiger Cruise, etc. TV Shows: Plays Sam Puckett in iCarly, guest appearance in True Jackson, etc. Music: So Close Single, Generation Love Single, etc. Age: 19

10. Victoria Justice

Actress | Victorious

Victoria Justice is an American actress and singer. She was born on February 19, 1993 in Hollywood, Florida, USA. She is the daughter of Serene Reed and Zack Justice. Her mother has Puerto Rican ancestry, while her father is of English, German, and Irish descent. She has a younger half-sister, ...

Movies: Spectacular!, The Boy Who Cried Werewolf, etc. TV Shows: Played Lola Martinez in Zoey 101, plays Tori Vega in Victorious, guest appearance in The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, etc. Music: Spectacular! Soundtrack, Victorious Show Soundtrack, etc. Age: 18

11. Emma Roberts

Actress | We're the Millers

Emma Roberts was born in Rhinebeck, New York. She was a baby when her parents separated, and she grew up living with her mother, Kelly Cunningham. She was educated at Archer School for Girls in Los Angeles, California.

Emma is the daughter of Oscar-nominated actor Eric Roberts, and the niece of ...

Movies: Aquamarine, It's Kind Of A Funny Story, Nancy Drew, Valentine's Day, Twelve, Hotel For Dogs, Wild Child, etc. TV Shows: Played Addy Singer in Unfabulous, etc. Music: Unfabulous Soundtrack, etc. Age: 20

12. Sara Paxton

Actress | The Innkeepers

Sara Paxton was born in Woodland Hills, California. At a young age she began acting in television commercials.

She was cast in her first film at the age of 8 as a child at school and at the party in Liar Liar (1997). Her first major television series role was on the WB's Greetings from Tucson (2002)....

Movies: Sleepover, Superhero Movie, Aquamarine, Sydney White, etc. TV Shows: Played Darcy Fields in Darcy's Wild Life, Guest appearance in JONAS, etc. Age: 24

13. JoJo

Actress | Aquamarine

JoJo was born Joanna Noëlle Levesque on December 20, 1990 in Brattleboro, Vermont and raised in Foxborough, Massachusetts to Diana Lynn Levesque (née Blagden) & Joel Maurice Levesque. She has Polish, English, Irish & Scottish ancestry on Diana's side and French-Canadian ancestry on Joel's side. Her...

Movies: RV, Aquamarine, True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet, etc. Music: JoJo CD, The High Road Cd, etc. Age: 21

14. Emma Watson

Actress | The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson was born in Paris, France, to British 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,...

Movies: Harry Potter series, Ballet Shoes, The Tale of Desperaux, etc. Age: 22

15. Brie Larson

Actress | Room

Brie Larson has built an impressive career as an acclaimed television actress, rising feature film star and emerging recording artist. A native of Sacramento, Brie started studying drama at the early age of 6, as the youngest student ever to attend the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco...

Movies: Sleepover, Hoot, Scott Pilgrim VS. The World, 13 Going On 30, etc. Music: Finally Out Of P.E. Cd, etc. Age: 22

16. Blake Lively

Actress | Gossip Girl

Blake Ellender Lively was born Blake Ellender Brown on August 25, 1987 in Los Angeles, California to Elaine Lively & Ernie Lively. Her brother is actor Eric Lively, and her half-siblings are actors Lori Lively, Robyn Lively and Jason Lively. She followed her parents' and siblings' steps. Her first ...

Movies: Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 1 and 2, The Town, The Private Lives of Pippa Lee, etc. TV Shows: Plays Serena van der Woodsen in Gossip Girl, etc. Age: 24

17. Alexis Bledel

Actress | Gilmore Girls

Kimberly Alexis Bledel was born in Houston, Texas, to Nanette (Dozier) and Martin Bledel. Her parents are both Spanish-speakers (her mother was born in Arizona and raised in Mexico, and her father was born in Argentina), and Alexis's ancestry includes Danish, Welsh, English, Scottish, Irish, and ...

Movies: Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 1 and 2, Post Grad, Tuck Everlasting, Sin City, etc. TV Shows: Played Rory Gilmore in Gilmore Girls, etc. Age: 30

18. Hayden Panettiere

Actress | Heroes

Hayden Lesley Panettiere was born on August 21, 1989 in Palisades, New York, to actress Lesley Vogel and fire department captain Skip Panettiere. Her younger brother was actor Jansen Panettiere (1994-2023). Her parents are both of half Italian descent, along with German and English. Her mother got ...

Movies: Ice Princess, I Love You Beth Cooper, Bring It On: All Or Nothing, etc. TV Shows: Played Claire Bennett in Heroes, guest appearance in Malcolm in the Middle, etc. Age: 22

19. Aly Michalka

Actress | Easy A

Aly Michalka was born in Torrance, California, to Carrie (Begley), a musician, and Mark Michalka, who owns a contracting company. She has German, as well as English, Irish, Scottish, and Welsh, ancestry. Aly began acting at the age of five in stage productions by churches her family attended ...

Movies: The Roomate, Easy A, Cow Belles, Super Sweet 16: The Movie, Now You See It, etc. TV Shows: Played Keely Teslow in Phil of the Future, plays Marti Perkins in Hellcats, etc. Music: Member of band Aly and AJ, newly named 78violet, etc. Age: 23

20. AJ Michalka

Actress | Super 8

Amanda was born in Torrance, California, to Carrie (Begley), a musician, and Mark Michalka, who owns a contracting company. She has German, as well as English, Irish, Scottish, and Welsh, ancestry. She began seriously studying acting at the age of 9, landing a lead role in a church musical, "...

Movies: The Lovely Bones, Secretariat, Cow Belles, Super Sweet 16: The Movie, etc. Music: Member of band Aly and AJ, newly named 78violet, etc. Age: 21

21. Ashley Tisdale

Actress | Phineas and Ferb

Ashley Michelle Tisdale (born July 2, 1985) is an American actress, singer, and producer. During her childhood, she appeared in more than 100 TV advertisements and had roles in theatre and television shows. In 2004, she was cast as Maddie Fitzpatrick in Disney Channel's The Suite Life of Zack & ...

Movies: Aliens In The Attic, High School Musical 1, 2, and 3, Picture This, etc. TV Shows: Played Maddie Fitzpatrick in The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, plays Savannah Monroe in Hellcats, voices Candice Flint in Phineas and Ferb, etc. Music: Headstrong CD, Guilty Pleasure CD, High School Musical Soundtracks, etc. Age: 27

22. Vanessa Hudgens

Actress | High School Musical 3: Senior Year

Vanessa Anne Hudgens was born in Salinas, California. Her family moved to San Diego, California, while she was still a toddler. She has a younger sister, Stella Hudgens, who is also an actress. Her mother, Gina Hudgens (née Guangco), an office worker, is from the Philippines. Her father, Greg ...

Movies: High School Musical 1, 2, and 3, Beastly, Thunderbirds, Thirteen, Bandslam, etc. TV Shows: Guest appearances in The Suite Life of Zack and Cody and Drake and Josh, etc. Music: V CD, Identified CD, etc. Age: 23

23. Brenda Song

Actress | Dollface

Brenda Song was born in Carmichael, California. Her father is Hmong and her mother is Thai-American. Brenda, her parents, and her younger brothers Timmy and Nathan now live in a suburb of Los Angeles.

Brenda was named an All-American Scholar in ninth grade and holds a black belt in Tae Kwon Do.

She ...

Movies: The Social Network, Special Delivery, College Road Trip, Wendy Wu Homecoming Warrior, Stuck in the Suburbs, etc. TV Shows: Plays London Tipton in The Suite Life of Zack and Cody and The Suite Life on Deck, etc. Age: 24

24. Camilla Belle

Actress | Practical Magic

Belle was born as Camilla Belle Routh in Los Angeles, California, to Deborah, 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...

Movies: 10,000 B.C., When A Stranger Calls, Push, Rip Girls, The Quiet, etc. Age: 25

25. Amanda Seyfried

Actress | Les Misérables

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 ...

Movies: Dear John, Letters To Juliet, Chloe, Mamma Mia, Red Riding Hood, Jennifer's Body, Mean Girls, etc. Music: Dear John Soundtrack, etc. Age: 26

26. Tiffany Thornton

Actress | Hatching Pete

Tiffany Thornton was born on February 14, 1986 in College Station, Texas, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Hatching Pete (2009), Sonny with a Chance (2009) and I Have Friends (2011). She has been married to Josiah Capaci since October 7, 2017. They have two children. She was previously ...

Movies: Hatching Pete, etc. TV Shows: Plays Tawni Hart in Sonny With a Chance, guest appearances in Hannah Montana and Wizards of Waverly Place, etc. Music: Tinkerbell Soundtrack, etc. Age: 26

27. Keira Knightley

Actress | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

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

Movies: Pirates of the Caribbean 1, 2, and 3, Atonement, Pride and Prejudice, The Duchess, Love Actually, King Arthur, etc. Age: 27

28. Jennifer Aniston

Actress | Friends

Jennifer Aniston was born in Sherman Oaks, California, to actors John Aniston and Nancy Dow. Her father was Greek, and her mother was of English, Irish, Scottish, and Italian descent. Jennifer spent a year of her childhood living in Greece with her family. Her family then relocated to New York City...

Movies: Bounty Hunter, The Break-Up, Marley and Me, Love Happens, The Switch, He's Just Not That Into You, Rumor Has It, etc. TV Shows: Played Rachel Green in FRIENDS, etc. Age: 43

29. Cameron Diaz

Actress | Vanilla Sky

Cameron Diaz, an American actress, was born in 1972 in San Diego, the daughter of a Cuban-American father and a German mother. Self described as "adventurous, independent and a tough kid," Cameron left home at 16 and for the next 5 years lived in such varied locales as Japan, Australia, Mexico, ...

Movies: Shrek 1, 2, 3, and 4, The Holiday, In Her Shoes, Charlie's Angels, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, There's Something About Mary, etc. Age: 39

30. 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.

Recently, Breslin headlined the first season of the horror-comedy series, Scream Queens (2015)...

Movies: The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement, Nim's Island, Kit Kittredge, My Sister's Keeper, Zombieland, Rango, No Reservations, Definetly Maybe, etc. Age: 16

31. Sandra Bullock

Producer | The Proposal

Sandra Annette Bullock was born in Arlington, a Virginia suburb of Washington, D.C. Her mother, Helga Bullock (née Helga Mathilde Meyer), was a German opera singer. Her father, John W. Bullock, was an American voice teacher, who was born in Alabama, of German descent. Sandra grew up on the road ...

Movies: The Proposal, The Blind Side, Miss Congeniality 1 and 2, The Lake House, All About Steve, Two Weeks Notice, etc. Age: 48

32. Shailene Woodley

Actress | Divergent

Actress and activist 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 ...

Movies: Moola, Once Upon A Mattress, Felicity: An American Girl, A Place Called Home, etc. TV Shows: Plays Amy Juergens in The Secret Life of the American Teenager, etc. Age: 20

33. Ashley Greene

Actress | Twilight

Ashley Michele Greene was born in Jacksonville, Florida to parents Michele (Tatum), an insurance broker, and Joseph Lacy Greene, US Marine who runs a concrete business. A self-confessed tomboy and "daredevil", Ashley loved to try to keep up with her older brother Joe, taking on activities such as ...

Movies: The Twilight Saga, Skateland, Summer's Blood, etc. Age: 25

34. Nikki Reed

Actress | Thirteen

Actress and screenwriter Nicole Houston Reed was born in Los Angeles, California. She is the daughter of Cheryl Houston, a hairdresser and beautician, and Seth Reed, a set designer. She has two brothers. Her ancestry includes Ashkenazi Jewish, German, British Isles, and one eighth Italian. Reed's ...

Movies: The Twilight Saga, Last Day of Summer, Thirteen, Cherry Crush, etc. Age: 24

35. Anne Hathaway

Actress | Les Misérables

Anne Jacqueline Hathaway was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Kate 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 ...

Movies: The Devil Wears Prada, Ella Enchanted, Bride Wars, Get Smart, Alice In Wonderland, Valentine's Day, Passengers, Rachel Getting Married, Becoming Jane, Brokeback Mountain, The Princess Diaries, The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement, etc. Music: Ella Enchanted Soundtrack, etc. Age: 29

36. Kate Hudson

Actress | Almost Famous

Almost everyone who has spent time with Kate Hudson -including directors, family members, co-stars and interviewers - is quick to comment on her ability to light up a room. Through some combination of a winning smile, solid work ethic, and good old-fashioned talent, the young actress has gone from ...

Movies: How To Lose A Guy in 10 Days, Bride Wars, Almost Famous, Nine, My Best Friend's Girl, Fool's Gold, You Me and Dupree, Alex and Emma, etc. Age: 33

37. Ariana Grande

Soundtrack | Don't Look Up

Ariana Grande was born Ariana Grande-Butera on June 26, 1993 in Boca Raton, Florida to Joan Grande, a chief executive officer for Hose-McCann Communications & Edward Butera, a graphic designer, photographer, artist and Ibi Designs Inc. owner/founder. She starred in the 2008 musical, 13 before ...

TV Shows: Plays Cat Valentine in Victorious, etc. Music: Victorious Soundtrack, etc. Age: 18

38. Elizabeth Gillies

Actress | Dynasty

Elizabeth Gillies (born July 26, 1993) is an American actress and singer. Shortly after her Broadway debut in the musical "13", she landed the role of Jade West in the hit Nickelodeon series, Victorious (2010). She soon started appearing on other Nickelodeon shows, most notably as the voice of ...

TV Shows: Plays Jade West in Victorious, etc. Music: Victorious Soundtrack, etc. Age: 18

39. Amanda Bynes

Actress | Hairspray

Amanda Laura Bynes was born on April 3, 1986, in Thousand Oaks, California, the youngest of three children of Lynn (Organ), a dental assistant, and Richard Bynes, a dentist. Her father is of Lithuanian, Irish, and Polish descent, and her mother is from an Ashkenazi Jewish family from Toronto. ...

Movies: She's The Man, Hairspray, Easy A, Sydney White, Love Wrecked, Robots, What A Girl Wants, Big Fat Liar, etc. TV Shows: Played herself in The Amanda Show, played Holly Tyler in What I Like About You, etc. Music: Hairspray Soundtrack, etc. Age: 26

40. Saoirse Ronan

Actress | Hanna

Saoirse Una Ronan was born in The Bronx, New York City, New York, United States, to Irish parents, Monica Ronan (née Brennan) and Paul Ronan, an actor. When Saoirse was three, the family moved back to Dublin, Ireland. Saoirse grew up in Dublin and briefly in Co. Carlow before moving back to Dublin ...

Movies: The Lovely Bones, City of Ember, Atonement, Hanna, etc. Age: 17