Jun 10, 2013

Top 25 Actresses of 2012

1. Lyndsy Fonseca
Actress, Kick-Ass

Lyndsy Marie competed in the International Modeling & Talent Association, where she was recognized as the second runner-up for "Young Miss Dancer of the Year" and was the first runner-up for "Miss Barbizon Young Miss Talent of the Year as well."


She was noticed by a manager & agent, and then she moved to Los Angeles right away for her first pilot season at the age of 13. "Colleen Carlton" became her breakthrough role on the CBS soap opera, "The Young and the Restless" (1973), on which she starred for years.



2. Anna Kendrick
Actress, Up in the Air

Anna work-shopped "Jane Eyre" & "The Little Princess" for Broadway and starred in the feature film Camp (2003) with director Todd Graff. She has been traveling around the world for the premieres. Her manager, Kim Matuka, at Online Talent Group / Schuller Talent since 1953, has been working with her exclusively since the age of 10.

Anna Kendrick was nominated for a Tony Award (second youngest ever) for her role as "Dinah" in "High Society" on Broadway, Fany Award (best actress featured in a musical) and a Drama Desk Award. Her outstanding performance brought her Theatre World Award and the Drama League.


She also had the privilege of working with director Scott Ellis and choreographer Susan Stroman at the New York City Opera House with Jeremy Irons amongst many more celebrity status actors, playing the role of "Fredika" in "A Little Night Music". She was a lead performer with Cabaret's Kit Kit Club at "Carnegie Hall Live" in "Great Performances: My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies (#28.4)" (1999) TV.



3. AnnaSophia Robb
Actress, Bridge to Terabithia

You might say that AnnaSophia has danced her way to the movies, since she started by excelling equally well in jazz, hip-hop, break-dancing, and the Irish jig. But, she's also pretty terrific at swimming, skiing, running, and modeling. And when she's not working with animals, she's telling jokes and doing a bit of singing. AnnaSophia is managed by Gem Entertainment Group Inc. and represented by Cunningham, Escott, Dipene, & Associates talent agency.

AnnaSophia began her career on a church stage in front of 500 people in Colorado, USA. She started her movie carrier playing Anna in the Christie Eckert movie "Daddy's Day". Then there's the just-completed television guest-starring role for Nickelodeon, where she plays Liza in "Drake & Josh" (2004). AnnaSophia was on location in Toronto playing the lead in An American Girl Holiday (2004) (TV), a TV movie for Warner Bros. In the summer of 2005, she began filming Tim Burton Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) portrayed the role of the gum-chewing Violet Beauregarde starring opposite Johnny Depp.


 AnnaSophia was ready for her busy life infront of the camera. She has competed in gymnastics since she was five, has won award  in Irish dance as early as seven, landed a national recurring radio voice-over at eight, and got her first TV and print commercial in Denver six months later (the ad is still in use).




4. Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Actress, Final Destination 3
 

Mary Elizabeth Winstead was born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. She grew up in Salt Lake City and North Carolina many years of her life and actually had an ambition to become a ballerina, for which she attended Joffrey Ballet School in Chicago at the age of 11 and started taking acting lessons too.

Her theatre credits include "The Nutcracker" and the Broadway production of "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" with Donny Osmond.

Her most notable roles are in movies such as Sky High (2005), Final Destination 3 (2006), The Ring Two (2005) and the horror remake, Black Christmas (2006).

On the small screen, Winstead is probably best known for her role as "Jessica Bennett" in the popular NBC daytime drama "Passions" (1999), for which she received nominations from the Hollywood Reporters' Young Star Awards and the Young Artist Awards for her performance on the show. Other television credits include the CBS series "Wolf Lake" (2001), the MTV original telepic Monster Island (2004) (TV) and guest roles in popular shows such as "Touched by an Angel" (1994), "Tru Calling" (2003) and "Promised Land" (1996). She ia a distant cousin of Ava Gardner.




5. Jodelle Ferland
Actress, Tideland
 
Jodelle Micah Ferland has built up an impressive resume filled with roles in film, television and, at the beginning of her career, commercials. Born on October 9, 1994, she got her start in an episode of CTV's "Cold Squad" (1998), before landing the lead role in her first film, Mermaid(2000) (TV) at an early age. Her portrayal of the heartbroken "Desi" earned her a Daytime Emmy Award nomination, making her the youngest nominee in history, as well as a Young Artist Award.

Since then, she has appeared in films including They (2002), Trapped (2001) (TV) and Carrie (2002) (TV), and has made appearances on"Smallville" (2001), "Dark Angel" (2000) and "The Collector" (2004). She can also be seen starring in Stephen King's "Kingdom Hospital" (2004), playing a tortured young girl who haunts the hospital's halls. In 2004, she landed the lead role of "Jeliza-Rose" in Terry Gilliam's Tideland (2005), a film about a disturbed young girl who finds solace in her own imagination after the death of her parents. Several roles have followed, including taking on three characters in the horror, Silent Hill (2006), a despondent foster child in Hallmark's Pictures of Hollis Woods (2007) (TV), starring with RenĂ©e Zellweger in Case 39 (2009), Matthew Broderick's dour daughter in Wonderful World (2009), and a surprise character in Drew Goddard and Joss Whedon's The Cabin in the Woods (2011). Her latest role is playing the newly-turned vampire, "Bree", on the highly anticipated "Twilight" movie, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010).


When not performing, Jodelle spends her time in gymnastics and art. She played violin when she was younger but now is learning guitar. She also loves to hang out with her family and friends.