60 Up-and-Coming Child Actresses (15 and under)

by emilygirlonfire | created - 30 Nov 2014 | updated - 11 Nov 2016 | Public

1. Siena Agudong

Actress | Resident Evil

Siena can currently be seen starring in the 2022 Netflix franchise live action series, "Resident Evil" as well as in the recently released, blockbuster franchise film, "F9" / "Fast and Furious 9" in a supporting role. The Disney + original movie, "Upside Down Magic", was released in 2020 with Siena...

2. Mackenzie Aladjem

Actress | Nurse Jackie

Mackenzie has recently returned to performing after taking time off to concentrate on her education. Mackenzie has been performing since age four. She appeared in television shows including Nurse Jackie (6 years-series regular), Hawaii Five-O, Criminal Minds, Grey's Anatomy, Parenthood, About A Boy...

3. Aubrey Anderson-Emmons

Actress | Modern Family

Aubrey Anderson-Emmons was born in Santa Monica, California. She is an actress, best known for her role on Modern Family (2009) as "Lily," the adopted daughter of Mitchell Pritchett and Cameron Tucker. She also appeared in Distance (2014), the story of a man about to embark on a journey of ...

4. Onata Aprile

Actress | What Maisie Knew

Onata Aprile was born on May 18, 2005 in Mohnton, Pennsylvania, USA. She is an actress, known for What Maisie Knew (2012), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) and Yellow (2012).

5. Rowan Blanchard

Actress | Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World

Rowan Blanchard is an American actress best known for her role as Riley in Girl Meets World (2014) which earned her Young Artist Award nominations. She has since had roles as Jackie Geary on the ABC Sitcom The Goldbergs (2013) and Alexandra Cavill in the TNT Series Snowpiercer (2020). Rowan's other...

6. Francesca Capaldi

Actress | The Peanuts Movie

Francesca Angelucci Capaldi was born on June 8th, 2004 to parents of Italian descent. She was born in the neighborhood of La Jolla, which is located in San Diego, California. Capaldi is best known for her role as Chloe James on Disney's Dog With a Blog, since 2012. She appeared in the Goodwin Games...

7. Caitlin Carmichael

Actress | Wheelman

After starting her professional acting career at just three years old, Georgia-born Caitlin Carmichael has continued to make her mark on Hollywood as one of the brightest young actors.

Carmichael can be seen in Lionsgate's film "Midnight in the Switchgrass" as 'Tracey Lee.' This thriller revolves ...

8. Lola Cook

Actress | World Trade Center

Lola Cook is known for World Trade Center (2006), Hostages (2013) and In Our Nature (2012).

9. Lilla Crawford

Actress | Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin

Lilla Crawford was a series regular on Netflix's The Who Was? Show; starred in the recent ABC pilot, Relatively Normal; and voiced the lead role of Sunny in Nickelodeon's animated series, Sunny Day. Lilla made her feature film debut as Little Red in Disney's film adaptation of Into the Woods ...

10. Millie Davis

Actress | Good Boys

Millie Davis is a Canadian-born actress known for television roles on "Odd Squad" (Ms. O), "Orphan Black" (Gemma Hendrix) and the feature films, "Wonder" (Summer), "Good Boys" (Brixlee) and "The Best Man Holiday" (Hope). She was born in Toronto, Ontario.

Millie's first on-screen appearance came when...

11. Kyla Deaver

Actress | The Conjuring

Kyla Deaver was born in South California, USA. She is an actress, known for The Conjuring (2013), Before I Wake (2016) and Austin Found (2017).

12. Aryana Engineer

Actress | Resident Evil: Retribution

Aryana Engineer was born on March 6, 2001 in British Columbia, Canada. She is an actress, known for Resident Evil: Retribution (2012), Orphan (2009) and Dreaming of Peggy Lee (2015).

13. Elsie Fisher

Actress | Eighth Grade

Elsie Kate Fisher is an American actor. They began their career in 2009 with a role in the television series Medium at age 6, before voicing Agnes in the first two Despicable Me films. In 2018, they received critical acclaim for their performance as the socially-struggling teenager Kayla Day in the...

14. Emma Fuhrmann

Actress | Blended

Emma Fuhrmann is an up and coming young talent with a deep body of work seldom seen in someone of her age. At just 9 years old she worked opposite Morgan Freeman in the Rob Reiner directed feature, "The Magic of Belle Isle", playing a girl who just wanted to learn more about imagination and where ...

15. Alexa Gerasimovich

Actress | World Trade Center

Alexa Gerasimovich was born on April 11, 2002 in New York, USA. She is an actress, known for World Trade Center (2006), All My Children (1970) and As the World Turns (1956).

16. Ashley Gerasimovich

Actress | We Need to Talk About Kevin

Ashley Gerasimovich was born on February 1, 2004 in New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011), Fair Game (2010) and The Detour (2016).

17. Erin Gerasimovich

Actress | Prisoners

Erin Gerasimovich was born on August 26, 2005 in Mineola, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for Prisoners (2013), Delivery Man (2013) and Odd Mom Out (2015).

18. Harley Graham

Actress | Chasing Mavericks

Harley Graham was born on August 6, 2001 in Florida, USA. She is an actress, known for Chasing Mavericks (2012), Thor (2011) and Hot Pursuit (2015).

19. Nikki Hahn

Actress | Adventures in Babysitting

Sofia Nicole Hahn was born in San Antonio, Texas, USA

This Texas native began building a solid resume almost immediately after arriving in Hollywood at age 3. Before her first television appearance, Nikki enjoyed modeling for Disney Campaigns, GAP, American Girl, Little Marc Jacobs & Jessica Simpson...

20. Mia Hays

Actress | Eastwick

Mia Hays is known for Eastwick (2009), CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000) and Timeless (2011).

21. Skai Jackson

Actress | Arthur

Skai Jackson stars as the adorable "Zuri Ross" on the Disney Channel sitcoms Jessie (2011), with Debby Ryan, and Bunk'd (2015). Before that, we've seen her in small roles on Boardwalk Empire (2010) and Royal Pains (2009), and even in the film, The Smurfs (2011).

22. Maggie Elizabeth Jones

Actress | We Bought a Zoo

Maggie Elizabeth Jones was born on October 10, 2003 in Atlanta, Georgia. This young actress has worked with a number of the industry's biggest stars and directors in a variety of diverse and challenging roles. Maggie received rave reviews for her role as Matt Damon's daughter in Cameron Crowe's ...

23. Mary-Charles Jones

Actress | Naomi

At a very young age, Mary-Charles Jones' family quickly noticed that she had an ability to captivate strangers with her outgoing personality. And at the ripe young age of 4, her family decided to bring her to an open call held by local agent Joy Pervis where she was immediately signed for both ...

24. Alyvia Alyn Lind

Actress | Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors

Alyvia Alyn Lind grew up in Los Angeles, in a houseful of actresses. She began her career at the age of 3 and at such a young age, has an impressive list of credits. This fall, Alyvia will be seen in the highly anticipated post-apocalyptic, genre-bending "Daybreak" for Netflix, playing the role of ...

25. Emily Alyn Lind

Actress | Revenge

Emily Alyn Lind's body of work would be impressive for any Hollywood actress, but for a rising star of such a young age, it is quite remarkable. Emily will next star alongside Ewan McGregor and Rebecca Ferguson in the Warner Bros. film Doctor Sleep (2019). Based on the popular Stephen King novel, ...

26. Ramona Marquez

Actress | Arthur Christmas

Ramona had no acting training prior to her role on Outnumbered (2007), making her exactly what the producers were looking for. When Ramona was five, she was spotted by the script writer's wife at a birthday party and was immediately recommended for the role of "Karen" because of her "Interesting ...

27. Madeleine McGraw

Actress | The Black Phone

Madeleine McGraw recently starred as fan-favorite "Gwen" in the feature film THE BLACK PHONE from Blumhouse, Universal Pictures and director Scott Derrickson, and she can be seen as a series regular in season 3 of the Disney Channel series SULPHUR SPRINGS. Maddy voices the role of "Bonnie" in the ...

28. Savannah McReynolds

Actress | The Wrong Woman

Savannah McReynolds was born on December 1, 2001. She is an actress, known for The Wrong Woman (2013), Private Practice (2007) and By God's Grace (2014).

29. Kylie Rogers

Actress | Yellowstone

Kylie Rogers was born as Kylie Ann Rogers on February 18, 2004 in Texas, USA. She moved to Los Angeles in 2012 at the age of 8. Kylie's first major film was the lead role of "Sunshine" in Space Station 76 (2014), working alongside Patrick Wilson, Liv Tyler, Matt Bomer and Marisa Coughlan. That role...

30. Mia Talerico

Actress | Good Luck Charlie

Mia Talerico is the adorable baby Charlotte "Charlie" Duncan in Disney Channel's Good Luck Charlie (2010). Her parents are Chris and Claire Talerico. She was born in Santa Barbara, California. Her infancy is seen in her character in the comedy series. Phil Baker, co-creator of the show, said that ...

31. Quvenzhané Wallis

Actress | Beasts of the Southern Wild

Wallis was born in Houma, Louisiana, to Qulyndreia (Jackson) Wallis, a teacher, and Venjie Wallis, Sr., a truck driver. She has one sister, Qunyquekya, and two brothers, Vejon and Venjie, Jr. "Quven", the first part of her name, combines the first syllables of her parents' first names. Wallis, at ...

32. Skyler Wexler

Actress | Orphan Black

Skyler Wexler is known for Orphan Black (2013), Warehouse 13 (2009) and Alphas (2011).

33. Eden Wood

Actress | The Little Rascals Save the Day

Eden Wood is a child singer,dancer,actress and model. She has been a guest and performer on numerous shows both in the United States and Europe. Eden has been involved in television, stage and film. Eden has studied dance in South Mississippi at the Jo Carlisle and Blake Nagy School of Performing ...

34. Rhiannon Leigh Wryn

Actress | The Last Mimzy

Rhiannon Leigh Wryn was born in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress, known for The Last Mimzy (2007), Hulk (2003) and Camping (2018).

35. Lennon Wynn

Actress | Flashforward

Lennon Wynn is known for Flashforward (2009), Promised Land (2012) and The Conjuring (2013).

36. Breanna Yde

Actress | School of Rock

Breanna Yde is a talented young actress who currently stars in the role of "Tomika" in Nickelodeon's highly anticipated new series School of Rock, which premieres in 2016. She will also recur as "Ronnie Anne" on Nickelodeon's upcoming animated series The Loud House, premiering in 2016. Breanna ...

37. Shelby Zemanek

Actress | Angels & Demons

Shelby Zemanek was born on September 18, 2000 in Tacoma, Washington, USA. She is an actress, known for Angels & Demons (2009), Yes Man (2008) and Grey's Anatomy (2005).

38. Maddie Ziegler

Actress | Music

Maddie Ziegler was born as Madison Nicole Ziegler on September 30, 2002 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Since the age of two, Maddie Ziegler has had a passion for performance. Raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Maddie's mother Melissa enrolled her and her younger sister, Mackenzie Ziegler, in dance ...



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