Craig McDean

Odessa Young

June 5, 2017

AGE: 19. HOMETOWN: Sydney. UP NEXT: Assassination Nation, an update of the Salem witch trials (sort of) for the social media set, with Hari Nef and Suki Waterhouse; the Western-tinged thriller Sweet Virginia, with Christopher Abbott, Jon Bernthal, and Imogen Poots.

Letitia Wright

June 5, 2017

AGE: 23. HOMETOWN: Born in Guyana. Grew up in London. UP NEXT: As the ass-kicking Princess Shuri in Marvel’s Black Panther with Chadwick Boseman and Lupita Nyong’o; in the Steven Spielberg-directed sci-fi thriller Ready Player One; and in The Commuter, with Liam Neeson.

Hannah Gross

June 5, 2017

AGE: 27. HOMETOWN: Toronto. UP NEXT: David Fincher’s new Netflix series, the FBI thriller Mindhunter; Michael Almereyda’s Marjorie Prime, alongside Jon Hamm and Geena Davis.

Mikey Madison

June 5, 2017

AGE: 18. HOMETOWN: Los Angeles. UP NEXT: The Alex Ross Perry-penned dramatic ensemble Nostalgia, starring Catherine Keener and Jon Hamm; Monster, an indie with Jeffrey Wright and Jennifer Hudson.

Damson Idris

June 5, 2017

AGE: 25. HOMETOWN: Peckham, London. UP NEXT: Snowfall, John Singleton’s new ‘80s-set FX series about the rise of crack epidemic; the action thriller The Commuter, co-starring Liam Neeson.

Harris Dickinson

June 5, 2017

AGE: 20. HOMETOWN: London. I was born in Leytonstone, which is where Hitchcock was born. UP NEXT: As Frankie, an aimless teenager grappling with his sexuality in the Sundance sensation Beach Rats; in The Darkest Minds, forthcoming, with Amandla Stenberg and Patrick Gibson; as the kidnapped scion J. Paul Getty III in Danny Boyle’s FX series Trust.

Bill Skarsgård

June 2, 2017

DNA be damned: the Swedish performer, who is about to reinvent one of film’s most blood-curdling villains, is making a plan for stardom entirely on his own.

Tom Holland

June 2, 2017

The latest addition to the Marvel universe brings a brainy charm to the world’s most beloved web-slinging superhero.

Zazie Beetz

June 2, 2017

The animal-loving, eco-conscious, sort of hippie stole our hearts on TV’s Atlanta. With her performance in the highly anticipated Deadpool sequel, it’s the spotlight she’s now after.

Mackenzie Davis

June 2, 2017

Whether she’s playing a coder or a night nurse, the Canadian actress—funny, intelligent, and captivating to watch—is redefining the modern-day ingénue.

Timothée Chalamet

June 2, 2017

While filming his big-screen debut, Christopher Nolan’s astrophysical drama “Interstellar,” Timothée Chalamet knew very little of Hollywood, let alone the world.

Collections

March 27, 2017

A modern bag lady recontextualizes the most forward looks of the collections with a tour of the local mall.

Brit Marling

February 24, 2017

After a brush with a banking career, Brit Marling, class valedictorian, plotted her own course, creating, in her Sundance hits and incredibly absorbing Netflix show, some of the most mysterious and compelling worlds.

No Compromise

September 26, 2016

Fashion’s current most influential are united in their unwavering individuality.

Parker Posey

September 25, 2016

She is, of course, the undisputed “Queen of the Indies,” an incomparable style icon, a Southerner who became a New York icon, one of the most continually thrilling performers of her generation . . . and an App designer. Parker Posey is so predictably unpredictable.

Peter Philips

September 12, 2016

The Belgian makeup artist has spent years upending the creative paradigm of beauty on and off the runway and in fashion’s most rarefied magazines. Now, as the creative and image director for Dior makeup, he is seducing the world one impeccably packaged product at a time.

Idris Elba

July 4, 2016

Villain, hero, warlord . . . superspy? There is nothing in this world—or in the galaxies beyond—that Idris Elba can’t do. Thankfully for us, the actor, DJ, and aspiring director has a store of ambition to match his many talents

Jeff Goldblum

June 21, 2016

Jazz is life for the great, multi-hyphenate performer. And no one lives their life with more jazzy ebullience and verve.

Prep Goth

June 19, 2016

The opposite of all-American squeaky clean.

Pico Alexander

June 5, 2016

AGE: 25. ALMA MATER: Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers. SEEN IN: A Most Violent Year; Simon Stephens’s play Punk Rock at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in New York. UP NEXT: The Philip Roth adaptation Indignation and War Machine, alongside Brad Pitt.