Top 25 Hottest young names in Hollywood

From big stars like Harry Potter’s Daniel Radcliffe and FHM’s #1 sexy female of 2008 Megan Fox to relatively unknowns ones such as Gemma Arterton of new James Bond flick Quantum of Solace and Anton Elchin of Terminator 4, they range but one thing they all have in common is being young and hot in Hollywood.

AOL’s Moviefone.com offered its 2nd Annual list of top 25 stars under age 25, and among popular celebrities there is Oscar-nominated Keira Knightley, 23, as well as Michael Cera, 20, of Juno.

Moviefone editor-in-chief Scott Robson said:

There are several returning people, but what’s really exciting is there’s this whole new crop coming up. We look at what they’ve done in the past, but we’re mostly concerned with what they have coming over the course of the next year and where it positions them.”

What’s the difference between such stars as Daniel Radcliffe, Megan Fox and Keira Knightley? Until recently they were united by nothing, except cinema, but now all of them entered a general rating – 25 hottest Hollywood stars aged till 25 years. These days it seems like Hollywood has been overrun by the young. Some have been around and onscreen for much of their lives like Scarlett Johansson, while others are new fresh faces on the scene.

So which stars will be entertaining us in 2018 or even in 2028?

Meet them, here they are!

1 Megan Fox

Age 22

22-year-old Megan Fox sizzles at the first place of a rating. She already had time to subdue tops of many ratings of the most attractive and sexual due to her boldness and amazing body. Sultry brunette star has drawn comparisons to Angelina Jolie. And, her last name is Fox!

Famous For: Megan is famous for Transformers and being the FHM’s sexiest female of 2008.

What’s Next: This fall’s comedy How to Lose Friends and Alienate People; Whore(really!?), Jennifer’s Body (a comedy horror by Juno scribe Diablo Cody); and Transformers 2.

2 Michael Cera

Age 20

20-year-old Michael Cera occupies the second line. In his filmography there are already more than 30 pictures. One of films with his participation – Juno (2007) – was even nominated on Oscar.

Famous For: Cera made the leap from TV star Arrested Development to box office draw with the Superbad and the Oscar-nominated Juno.

What’s Next: He’ll follow up October’s Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist with starring roles in Year One, Youth in Revolt and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.

3 Emma Watson

Age18

The girl from the secular society, the bright Hermione, the good girl fashionista Emma Watson.

Famous for: A role of Hermione in a series of films about Harry Potter brought her real fame. By the way, Daniel Radcliffe, who played Harry, also entered to this list, having occupied the eighth line. We witnessed her transformation right from a cute kid into a hot adult.
Harry Potter‘ producer David Heyman says of Emma:

She is one of the brightest people I have ever met, with a razor-sharp mind. After seeing her work in Half-Blood Prince, I can assuredly say she can do it all. She is a great comedienne, and brings real gravitas to the dramatic scenes.”

What’s Next: She’ll voice Princess Pea in this winter’s The Tale of Desperaux, then really break out of the Potter mold in 09’s Napoleon and Betsy.

4 Dakota Fanning

Age14

Famous For: The mature-beyond-her-years teen has done blockbusters War of the Worlds, Oscar bait I Am Sam and edgy indie fare Hounddog.

What’s Next: She appears in fall’s Secret Life of Bees before next year starring in and swearing in the sci-fi thriller Push and voicing the title character in Henry Selick’s stop-motion animated Coraline.

5 Amanda Seyfried

Age 23

Famous For: Made polygamy palatable in HBO’s Big Love and ABBA au courant as the lead in this summer’s Mamma Mia! co-starring with Meryl Streep.

What’s Next: She co-stars with Megan Fox in Jennifer’s Body and just landed opposite Channing Tatum in Lasse Hallstrom’s adaptation of a Nicholas Sparks novel, Dear John.

6 Shia LaBeouf

Age 22

Famous For: From Disney teen Even Stevens, Holes to blockbuster action star Transformers co-starring hottie Megan Fox, Indiana Jones and Wanted co-starring with Angelina Jolie. Innocent looking stud reunited with Disturbia director Caruso in this month’s thriller Eagle Eye.

What’s Next: Next summer’s Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen.

7 Keira Knightley

Age 23

Famous For: She’s the most favorable one for out of the list. She was equally amazing in the Pirates Of The Caribbean’s series and Oscar-nominated period dramas Pride and Prejudice and stunning leads in Atonement and her latest The Duchess.

What’s Next: Highbrow drama King Lear.

8 Daniel Radcliffe

Age 19

Famous For: He is the beloved wizard boy Harry Potter! He’s also made headlines by going full frontal for the London stage revival of Equus.

What’s Next: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is due in theaters next summer, and after putting his “wand” on display in the Broadway run of Equus he’ll return to London to begin filming the two-part Potter finale, The Deathly Hallows.

9 Kristen Stewart

Age 18

Famous For: She co-starred Jodie Foster in Panic Room, Stewart’s continued to shine in both critical faves Into the Wild and duds Jumper.

What’s Next: She’s Bella in Twilight, the teen vampire flick widely touted to be the next Harry Potter.

10 Ellen Page

Age 21

Famous For: She played Kitty Pride in X-Men: The Last Stand, but her turn as a pregnant teen in Juno made her a household name and scored her an Oscar nod.

What’s Next: She’ll star in the thriller Peacock, play a roller derby skater in Drew Barrymore’s Whip It! and take the title role in a new adaptation of Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre.

11 Saoirse Ronan

Age 14

Famous For: Oscar nomination for Atonement co-starring Keira Knightley

What’s Next: Most notably, she headlines Peter Jackson’s anticipated adaptation of The Lovely Bones.

12 Anton Elchin

Age 19

Star of Russian origin, Anton Elchin, was born in Saint Petersburg in a family of figure skaters. At the age of one and a half parents took him to the US, where Anton lives now.

Elchin started to act in films and serials since 11 years. Last picture with his participation – is Terminator 4: The Future Begins.

Famous For: The next big thing! He’s impressed in movies that had trouble finding audiences Alpha Dog co-starring Justin Timberlake, Fierce People, Charlie Bartlett.

What’s Next: The actor’s next two projects Star Trek and Terminator Salvation should have no such trouble as finding audience. Both are slated for a summer 2009.

13 Brandon T. Jackson

Age 24

What He’s Done: After roles in the sleeper hits Roll Bounce and This Christmas, Jackson emerged as a comic force playing Alpa Chino in the summer blockbuster Tropic Thunder.

What’s Next: Jackson continues his string of great character names as Lil 1 in the Crash-like ensemble drama Days of Wrath.

14 Emma Stone

Age 19

What She’s Done: Comedy actress from the super hit Superbad to lesser films The Rocker and The House Bunny.

What’s Next: Matthew McConaughey romantic chick-flick The Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, by Mean Girls director Mark Waters.

15 Zac Efron

Age 20

High School Musical‘s hunkiest heartthrob is on the minds of girls everywhere.

Famous For: The pinup’s made a smooth transition from small screen High School Musical to big Hairspray.

What’s Next: He plays a young Matthew Perry in the Big-like fantasy Seventeen Again and gets dramatic in Me and Orson Welles.

16 Olivia Thirlby

Age 21

What She’s Done: With credits like Juno, Snow Angels, and The Wackness under her belt, she’s the closest thing to an Indie It-Girl.

What’s Next: After early 09’s ‘New York I Love You, she’ll co-star with Anna Paquin and Matt Damon in Margaret and Hilary Duff in Safety Glass.

17 Christopher Mintz-Plasse

Age 19

What He’s Done: He’s the McLovin, he earned a permanent place in the Movie Nerd Hall of Fame in last year’s Superbad.

What’s Next: He stars in the fall comedy Role Models with Paul Rudd. In 2009, he’ll reunite with Michael Cera in Year One and co-star with Nicolas Cage in Kick-Ass. He’s still a nerd.

18 Blake Lively

Age 21

Famous For: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Accepted, oversexed teen Serena of the Gossip Girl.

What’s Next: She’s in for more sex and high school intrigue on ‘GG‘ season 2, and she’ll return to the big screen in The Private Lives of Pippa Lee.

19 Josh Peck

Age 22

What He’s Done: Mean Creek, The Wackness, he was still better known to the Nickelodeon set as one-half of Drake and Josh.

What’s Next: American Primitive and Safety Glass.

20 Kat Dennings

Age 22

Famous For: She was Catherine Keener’s not-quite-sexually-active daughter in 40-Year-Old Virgin; played a goth girl who gets an Anna Faris makeover in The House Bunny.

What’s Next: She plays Michael Cera’s possible soul mate in Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist, then stars in Robert Rodriguez’s kid-friendly Shorts and the college football flick End Zone.

21 Keke Palmer

Age 15

What She’s Done: The actress/singer first drew audiences under her spell in Akeelah and the Bee, and has since starred in Madea’s Family Reunion and The Longshots.

What’s Next: Madea Goes to Jail before co-starring with Kevin Spacey in Shrink and playing rap pioneer Roxanne Shante in Vapors.

22 Miley Cyrus

Age 15

With the popularity of Hannah Montana, there’s Miley Mania everywhere for this young Disneyote, and she’s only 15! And she’s already involved in scandals of sexual manner.

Famous For: Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds concert flick shocked the movie industry with a $31 million opening weekend.

What’s Next: She lends her voice to fall’s animated Disney flick Bolt, Hannah Montana

23 Robert Pattinson

Age 22

What He’s Done: The Londoner was Hufflepuff Quidditch stud Cedric Diggory in two installments of Harry Potter (Goblet of Fire and Order of the Phoenix).

What’s Next: Hopefully Potter hysteria prepared him well for playing vampire dreamboat Edward Cullen in the next page-to-screen phenomenon, Twilight.

24 Gemma Arterton

Age 22

What She’s Done: The new Brit on the block is bursting on the scene with a pivotal role in this year’s Bond, Quantum of Solace, and a part in Guy Ritchie’s Rocknrolla.

What’s Next: English comedy The Boat That Rocked, but you’re sure to see her in the epic action The Prince of Persia.

25 Scarlett Johansson

Age 23

She first made her onscreen debut at age 14 in Horse Whisperer and has gone on to become Woody Allen’s muse and Ryan Reynold’s real life leading lady.

Famous For: Girl With A Pearl Earring, Match Point, Lost in Translation, she’s been Woody Allen’s muse in a trifecta of films and generally made men swoon. She’s a face to luxurious brands.

What’s Next: She’ll star opposite Jennifer Aniston and Drew Barrymore in He’s Just Not That Into You, and will play a comic-book vixen in The Spirit.

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1. joanna Says:
   October 1st, 2008 at 9:49 am

   Couldnt you have picked a more up to date photo of Rob Pattinson! There are so many gorgeous ones to choose from.

2. Brain Says:
   October 2nd, 2008 at 11:46 am

   These days it seems like Hollywood has been overrun by the young. Some have been around and onscreen for much of their lives like Scarlett Johansson, while others are new fresh faces on the scene.

3. Anonymous Says:
   October 5th, 2008 at 6:12 am

   wheres vanessa hudgens… i dont even know some faces that you posted here?!!!! except zac efron….

4. nichole olund Says:
   February 6th, 2009 at 1:56 pm

   OMG…Shia labeouf is soo cute

5. TheSevenSeas Says:
   May 5th, 2009 at 2:36 pm

   Wow. How the hell can you NOT know who everyone is, save for Zac? What, do you live under a rock or something?

   Or maybe you’re just twelwe. And all of these faces are well-recognized, so I can’t see how you don.t

6. kwan Says:
   May 28th, 2009 at 4:33 pm

   Emma Watson!!!!!

7. malia Harris Says:
   June 3rd, 2009 at 1:50 am

   all are beautiful people and Iwould like to meet some of you.
   can anyone of you would like to play the role in an upcoming movie for Liberia. If so contact malis Harris 6068 Rock Island road, San Diego Ca 92139

8. true player Says:
   June 10th, 2009 at 8:52 am

   i looooove BLAKE LIVELY…. want to fuck her very very hard…. her ass, lips, whole body is so perfect…lots of fucks to u blake…..wish i cud insert into u someday before u get very old…. u r so good …. many fucks….

9. Beavis Says:
   June 12th, 2009 at 4:35 pm

   If this poll was by brits alone, Jamie Bell might be in it.

   He was in Billy Elliot as the title character as well Jimmy the cabin boy in King Kong and has recently been in Defiance in which he snogged an aussie teen called Mia Wasikowska.

   He is soon to be Tintin in Peter Jackson’s next project.

   Wasikowska is also a name to watch as she is set to go down a rabbit hole in one of Tim Burton’s next projects.

10. sara Says:
    July 3rd, 2009 at 10:12 pm

    OMG I love Blake Lively and Miley Cyrus!!!! Zac is sooo Hot!!!! Shia is sooo cute!!! I love these all of them!!!! they are my favorites EVER!

11. lils Says:
    July 20th, 2009 at 8:47 am

    Emma Watson is the most gorgeous, talented and intelligent person in young Hollywood!!!!! I can`t belive that slut Megan Fox is infron of her in this list! But Emma is No1!!!!!

12. Jess Says:
    August 1st, 2009 at 4:48 am

    I think Kristen Stewart should not be ranked number 9 because she is very talented and beautiful. I bet it would be every girls dream to spend a day with her. I know its mine. Megan Fox is pretty in all, but not as good as Kristen.

13. maleti Says:
    August 1st, 2009 at 9:42 pm

    here the hell is vanessa hudgens shes hoter then emma miley blake kristen dakota saoirsa keke keira ellen emma stone olivia kat gemma

    VANESSA IS HOTTER AND SHES GOT ZAC

14. maleti Says:
    August 1st, 2009 at 9:43 pm

    WHERE IS VANESSA HUDGENS

15. alenazi Says:
    September 14th, 2009 at 3:57 pm

    i love you emma watson
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16. alenazi Says:
    September 14th, 2009 at 4:21 pm

    i love you dakota fanning and keira knightley and kristen stewart and ellen page and saoirse ronan and emma stone andolivia thirlby and blake lively and miley cyrus and scarlett johansson and megan fox
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17. lynn Says:
    September 15th, 2009 at 1:39 pm

    WHERE THE HECK IS VANESSA???!!! SHE IS THE HOTTEST GIRL IN THE WORLD AND OF COURSE HOTTER THAN MILEY KEKE MEGAN SCARLETTE GEMMA KAT BLAKE OLIVIA BOTH EMMAS SAOIRSE ELLEN KRISTEN KEIRA AMANDA AND DAKOTE EVEN IF WE PUT THEM TOGHETHER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! VANESSA IS THE BEST NEXT YEAR SHE SHOULD BE TOP 1

18. Shanni Says:
    October 15th, 2009 at 12:01 pm

    Wow, a lot has changed since last year!
    I would be surprised to see anyone but Rob no.1 on this years list.. and not forgetting Taylor Swift and Lautner!
    Things really can change quickly!

19. hana Says:
    October 31st, 2009 at 7:14 am

    wtff miley shud be number 1. she is the hottest! i love her the most. she is the best. shes sucha goodd actress andd singer.
    shess gorrrrgeousss!!!!

20. melissa Says:
    December 8th, 2009 at 3:15 pm

    stupid, where the hell is vanessa hudgens, and oh i think taylor swift’s hotter and prettier than anyone there, with emma watson comin’ in 2nd then kristen stewart.

21. Courtney Says:
    December 14th, 2009 at 6:23 am

    I luv vanessa hudgens way more!
    Ywah I agree with melissa
    Taylor Swift should be in there!

22. twilightsagamaniac96 Says:
    December 23rd, 2009 at 9:47 am

    But This Year iS BETTER!!I Want Kristen Stewart And Robert Pattinson To be The Most Hottest cOUPLE IN 2009!!!And,Taylor Swift should be in there!!She’s so cool!!Not Like Gemma and Kat,they’re a fake bitch!!!

23. Bella Says:
    January 10th, 2010 at 6:48 am

    wat ever kristen and robert should be #1 and #2!!!

24. paula Says:
    January 10th, 2010 at 8:59 pm

    o daniel radcliffe e o melhor de todos ele tem q ficar em primeiro lugar e a emma em segunto porra dan é o melhor de tds

25. sofia Says:
    January 24th, 2010 at 7:34 pm

    i believe megan fox is a slut who for media exposure takes of her shirt and dont be mad at me for calling her slut but thats what she wants to be known for a fucking bitch and a frucking cock sucker!

26. beth Says:
    January 29th, 2010 at 10:43 pm

    shia is not in wanted. that’s james mcavoy.

27. zeman Says:
    February 7th, 2010 at 1:45 am

    WOw, get a life you celebrity addled losers. You must all be a) 12 years old, ie dumb kids, or b) true doe-eyed morons.

28. Emerald Says:
    February 19th, 2010 at 4:16 am

    Shia LaBeouf was in Wanted…?

    Think they confused them with James McAvoy. Who seems conspicuously missing…

29. rochelle Says:
    March 15th, 2010 at 7:14 am

    hey!were is vanessa hudgens?!!

    she is good!and she shot!because she got zac efron on her side so she must in here!!

    i am not satisfied!!

30. uyguyig Says:
    March 17th, 2010 at 6:01 am

    Whoever thinks kristen stewart deserves to be on that list obviously dont know talent. Their are way better actresses than her that should be on that list.

31. jesper Says:
    May 18th, 2010 at 9:11 pm

    yeaaaaaaass my sweet megan fox in top 1 hell yes i want to fuck meganshe’s hafte the best lips in the world

32. sharmaine Ashendorff Says:
    May 31st, 2010 at 8:26 pm

    wow zac efron is the hottest guy alive i mean hes gt evrything hot from head to toe GODS just given him everythng nd i so luv him.

33. mriganka Says:
    June 8th, 2010 at 5:51 pm

    i love Scarlett Johansson, zac effron, blake lively a lot…..

34. danny Says:
    June 8th, 2010 at 9:03 pm

    OMG!! get a life u guys!!…sick!!…such perverts!!…bleugh!!…..
    anyways, this is not the most updated top 25 as u can c dat the ages mentioned is incorrect…definitely not fit for 2010…

35. dipika Says:
    June 12th, 2010 at 10:34 am

    i really love daniel………

36. Carter Says:
    June 26th, 2010 at 6:24 pm

    WHY ISIN”T JUSTIN BIEBER UP THERE!!!
    (he is so so so so so cute!)

37. meggie Says:
    August 1st, 2010 at 6:50 pm

    i love Robert pattinson and kristen stewart

    i love Robsten !!><"

38. Hayley Rock Says:
    September 1st, 2010 at 6:15 am

    hey this list needs to be updated to.we are in 2010 not 2008.and why is taylor lautner and taylor swift not up there?????ohhh and jessica alba is by far the cutest living young hottie aong with taylor swift!!!ohhh and i just think everybody is sooooo freaking hot.ooo and i forgot to mension how cute amanda seyfried is:)no one ever could of acted savanna curtis better in “dear john” than she did!!!ohhh and duhhh zac efron and robert pattinson are still the sexiest men in the world along with taylor lautner!!!