You may not know the names Brit Marling, Greta Gerwig or Benjamin Walker just yet—but after the summer blockbusters have sizzled and 2012 turns into 2013, we guarantee these 17 young actors' faces will be plastered on magazine covers and movie promo billboards across the country.
From co-starring alongside established A-list names to rising up through the ranks of indie films into blockbuster bonanzas, we believe these kids have what it takes to get the Oscar gold.
Here's why ...
Brit Marling
AGE: 29
WHERE YOU'VE SEEN HER: Last year's "Another Earth."
WHAT'S NEXT: Marling has three films out this year, "Arbitrage" co-starring Richard Gere, the Robert Redford directed "The Company You Keep" and "The East" with Ellen Page and Alexander Skarsgård.
WHY SHE WILL BE BIG: The actress writes her own roles, winning Best Actress awards for her role in self-written "Another Earth." With three films out this year with Hollywood A-listers, it's going to be pretty tough to miss the darling Marling.
FUN FACT: Marling graduated with a degree in economics from Georgetown and turned down a job offer with Goldman Sachs to pursue a career as an artist.
Greta Gerwig
AGE: 28
WHERE YOU'VE SEEN HER: Gerwig starred in last year's summer blockbuster, "No Strings Attached" and "Arthur" with Russell Brand. She was also in Ben Stiller's 2010 flick "Greenberg."
WHAT'S NEXT: The actress has two indie films coming out this year: "Damsels in Distress" and "Lola Vs." She's currently co-starring alongside Jesse Eisenberg and Ellen Page in Woody Allen's "To Rome with Love."
WHY SHE WILL BE BIG: She's a triple threat, co-writing, co-directing and co-starring in "Nights and Weekends."
FUN FACT: Gerwig originally planned on becoming a playwright. She also voices a main character on an Adult Swim cartoon, "China IL."
Dane DeHaan
AGE: 25
WHERE YOU'VE SEEN HIM: The Golden Globe winning drama "In Treatment" as well as this year's super powers gone wrong film "Chronicle."
WHAT'S NEXT: Starring as Shia LaBeouf's best friend in the new western "Lawless" as well as "Blue Valentine" director Derek Cianfrance's next film "The Place Beyond the Pines" as Ryan Gosling's son.
WHY HE WILL BE BIG: DeHaan's look and performances are already drawing comparisons to a young Leonardo DiCaprio and the actor is getting prime roles for the next two years like the 2013 Beat Poet drama "Kill Your Darlings" where he'll play the gay lover of Daniel Radcliffe's Allen Ginsberg.
FUN FACT: DeHaan got his acting start as Haley Joel Osment's understudy in the Broadway revival of "American Buffalo". The play closed after only eight performances.
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