Each year there’s a new face to keep your eyes peeled for in the movie world, those that blast onto the big screen with breakthrough roles, and it looks as though that trend is going to continue in 2015.
Hollywood’s elite best watch out as there are some incredibly talented actors on the rise that will be making a name for themselves over the next twelve months.
Here are the names that you need to know.
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Zoe Kravitz
Zoe Kravitz is definitely more than a celebrity with famous parents, she’s the daughter of Lenny Kravitz and Lisa Bonet. Not only does she front a band, Lolawolf, she has a string of credits to her name, including blockbuster films like Divergent and X-Men.
There's a whole load to expect from her this year too, with Good Kill, Viena and the Fantomes, Dope and of course, one of the most exciting films of the year Mad Max: Fury Road.
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Ezra Miller
Ezra Miller was cast in The Flash last year, making headlines as he was the first openly gay actor to be cast as the lead in a superhero movie. He's made his mark on the industry already with excellent roles in We Need to Talk About Kevin and Perks of Being a Wallflower, and this year there's plenty more to look forward to from him.
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Chadwick Boseman
The actor had an incredible year in 2014 with films like Draft Day and Get on Up, and there's plenty more to see of him in the coming years. He's playing Black Panther in the Marvel Universe, where he'll pop up in Captain America: Civil War, as well as the lead in his own film too.
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Gal Gadot
The Israeli actress and model made her film debut in the fourth instalment of Fast and Furious, appearing in each subsequent film – most recently Furious 7 which has just been released into cinemas nationwide.
Gal Gadot is set to become a Hollywood megastar with the role of Wonder Woman coming up in 2017, but while we wait to see her as the amazing Amazon princess (her first appearance will be in Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice), we can catch her in crime dramas Criminal and Triple Nine, set for release in August and September respectively.
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Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Gugu Mbatha-Raw was nominated for the EE Rising Star Award, she garnered a whole host of attention for her role in Belle, as well as Jupiter Ascending, The Whole Truth and more. There's plenty more to come from the actress and we can't wait to see her in The Free State of Jones alongside Matthew McConaughey and Keri Russell.
Gugu Mbatha-Raw
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Cara Delevingne
Cara Delevingne has already made quite the impact on 2015 with her role in The Face of an Angel and with plenty more on the schedule, we predict a huge year for the model-turned-actress.
We’ve gone into detail about What’s coming up for Cara Delevingne, but you can expect to see her in Paper Towns, Tulip Fever, London Fields, Kids in Love and Pan too. She certainly likes to keep busy.
Cara Delevingne
Nat Wolff
With a musician father and actress mother, Nat Wolff was always set for superstardom, starting his career Off-Broadway. He’s appeared on TV and film, with his most notable role to date playing Issac in The Fault in Our Stars, a role in which he stole many of the film’s scenes. In 2015 he stars in another John Green adapted novel, Paper Towns, alongside Cara Delevingne, as well as Grandma, Ashby, The Intern and In Dubious Battle.
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Lily James
We’ve already hailed Lily James as your new style icon, and it’s set to be a great year for her acting-wise too. She’s already starred as Cinderella in the live action version from Kenneth Branagh, and she has a few more roles that are set to continue her journey to superstardom.
James has already completed work on Pride and Prejudice and Zombies - a new take on the novel by Jane Austen.
Lily James stands out in Mary Katrantzou
John Boyega
John Boyega is not someone you might know by name right name, but by the end of the year you definitely will. The actor is the new star of Star Wars: The Force Awakens so expect to see him everywhere from December and beyond.
The actor made his TV debut in 2011 and things have gone from strength to strength since then.
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Other actors, you need to keep your eyes peeled for include Taron Egerton and Miles Teller who we've looked at in depth.
Good Kill with Zoe Kravitz is in cinemas April 10 and Furious 7 with Gal Gadot is in cinemas nationwide now.