Mini Adults: 10 Of The Most Mature Child Stars Working Today
You have your Olsen twins, your Sprouse twins, your Zendayas and your Shia LeBeoufs. The film and TV industry employs many young people, and can often be unkind to them once they've passed their peak level of cuteness. If you're at all interested in entertainment, you've probably followed the career of at least a few child actors as they've made their way to higher-profile careers.
However, there are some child actors who go above and beyond their acting duties to truly build a career for themselves at a young age. Here are 10 of the most mature child stars working today.
10 Millie Bobbie Brown
If you've tuned in for the Netflix original science fiction, '80s nostalgia series, Stranger Things, you'll likely recognize Millie Bobbie Brown for playing the dangerously powered stranger from out of town, Eleven. However, this young English actor has a lot more under her sleeve.
At the age of 15, Mille Bobbie Brown has already appeared in the hit TV shows Modern Family, NCIS and Once Upon a Time. She has already been nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards and has won numerous Teen Choice Awards. She is definitely a star to watch out for!
9 Skai Jackson
Skai Jackson is a star to look out for. The young actress was born in New York City and has been working as an actor and model from a young age, including commercial work. At the age of 17, she already has an impressive acting resume.
She has moved on from Bandaid commercials to more onscreen roles. She starred as Zuri Ross on Disney Channel's family sitcom Jessie, and Bunk'd. She's also appeared in numerous TV shows and movies like Arthur, The Rebound, The Smurfs, Liberty Kid, and Boardwalk Empire.
8 Priah Ferguson
Priah Ferguson was born in Atlanta, Georgia and is known for her breakout role as Erica Sinclair, on the Netflix Original Series, Stranger Things. Although she is new to the game of onscreen acting Ferguson has been performing as an actor and a dancer since she was five years old. At 13, she's recognized for her old-soul wit and her comedic timing.
Priah has also acted on Donald Glover's hit series Atlanta, The Oath, and Mercy Street. Keep your eyes peeled for what is in store for this young actor.
7 Finn Wolfhard
Finn Wolfhard is a 17-year-old Canadian actor known for his role as Mike, in Stranger Things. He's stated that he wanted to be an actor after seeing Spiderman, and he works hard at improving his craft. Wolfhard's been beefing up his resume and acting in series and movies.
He's appeared in Carmen Sandiego, The Adams Family, It and It: Chapter Two. He's also won a Screen Actor's Guild award for outstanding performance by an ensemble in a drama series as well as an MTV award for the best onscreen team. You can catch him again next year in the highly anticipated Ghostbusters: Afterlife.
6 JD McCrary
JD McCrary is a 12-year-old singer and actor known for lending his voice to young Simba in the 2019 remake of The Lion King. Not only did he play this iconic role in a film alongside Beyonce and Donald Glover, but this up and coming actor has also released his first album titled Shine, earlier this year.
JD McCrary also played Isaac in the 2019 film Little, Kenny Payne in The Paynes and a young Michael Jackson in American Soul. JD McCrary is definitely a star to watch out for.
5 Jacob Tremblay
Jacob Tremblay is a Canadian child actor from a family of young actors. His sisters Erica and Emma also caught the bug and even his father was once a child actor. Although he is only 13 years old, Tremblay has already played some notable roles in TV and film.
He starred opposite Brie Larson in Room, he played Cody in Before I Wake, and he voices Pete the cat in the Pete The Cat series. He will also lend his voice to Flounder in the upcoming The Little Mermaid movie.
4 Miya Cech
Miya Cech is originally from Tokyo, Japan but was adopted into a family in Los Angeles, California. She started out as a child model at age four and has already made her way into many impressive onscreen roles at the young age of 12.
Cech has played a young Ali Wong in Always Be My Maybe, as well as her daughter in American Housewife. She's also appeared in American Horror Story, Hawaii Five-0, and she played the character of Zu alongside Amandla Stenberg and Mandy Moore in The Darkest Minds.
3 Sophia Lillis
Sophia Lillis is from Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York and got her big break appearing in It and It Chapter Two. She actually started acting at the young age of 7 and took classes at The Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute.
You can see Sophia Lillis has had an impressive career already, and although she is only 17, she's already flexing her acting skills onscreen. She played young Camille in Sharp Objects, Sydney in I'm Not Okay With This (premiering in 2020) and Nancy in Nancy Drew and The Staircase.
2 Mckenna Grace
Mckenna Grace is an American actor and has been acting since she was a mere 6 years old. At 13, she's been on many TV series and movies you've surely watched.
Not only did Mckenna Grace work on The Young and The Restless, but in recent years she also played young Theodora on The Haunting of Hill House, young Sabrina in the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, and acts in I, Tonya, Designated Survivor, Young Sheldon, and Fuller House. Mckenna Grace is an actor with a bright future ahead of her.
1 Marsai Martin
Marsai Martin began acting at the age of 5 and began doing commercial work in LA before landing the role of Diane Johnson, the older wisecracking twin on the ABC family sitcom Black-ish.
Marsai Martin is now 15 years old, and at the age of 13 became the youngest person to produce a film when she starred in and executive produced the film Little, alongside Issa Rae and Regina Hall. Martin's knack for comedy and her hard work has even taken her to A Black Lady Sketch Show this year.
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