Child actors of note
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UPDATED: Thursday, September 3, 2026 09:35
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Maggie Elizabeth Jones as Rosie in We Bought a Zoo
That kid was terrific!
Lately on TV with Garrett Dillahunt.
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Kodi Smit-McPhee - 13 in The Road, 14 in Let Me In, 17 in Romeo & Juliet (2013) and 18 in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.
Jena Malone - 12 in Bastard Out of Carolina, 13 in Contact (as the young Jodie Foster character), 14 in Stepmom, 15 in For Love of the Game, 17 in Donnie Darko.
Alicia Witt - 9 in David Lynch's Dune, 15 in "Twin Peaks," 18 in Bodies, Rest & Motion.
Evan Rachel Wood - 8/9 in the "American Gothic" TV series, 11 in Practical Magic, 15 in S1m0ne, 16 in Thirteen and The Missing.
Pierce Gagnon - 5 in The Crazies, 7 in Looper, 9 in Wish I Was Here, "Extant," Rio 2 and A Merry Friggin' Christmas.
Hailee Steinfeld - 14 in True Grit, 17 in Romeo & Juliet and Ender's Game, 18 in 3 Days to Kill and The Homesman.
Tye Sheridan - 15 in The Tree of Life, 16 in Mud, 17 in Joe, 18 in The Forger and "Last Man Standing." (with seven other projects in various stages of production)
Since you included Elizabeth Taylor, then we should also recognize other now established stars who began as children or teens, among them Ron Howard, Christian Bale and Jodie Foster.
I agree with Hailee Steinfeld, Jodie Foster.
Most of the rest I did not see, other than Jena in Contact - I had thought she was in something earlier than what imdb shows. Didn't see Christian Bale before he was 18. Ron Howard was good with Andy, but Happy Days seemed to have a bunch of mailed-in performances, other than the Fonz.
Also agree with Haley Mills, Natalie Wood in Miracle.
And remembered Tina Majorino in Waterworld. Have not recognized her on Bones.
And Tatum O'Neal in Bad News Bears was believable.
And I liked Costner's daughter Anne (13yo) in The Postman. Speaking of which, that was 2013.
Edit: Postman was 1997.
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Can't forget Angela Cartwright!!
Make Room For Daddy
The Sound Of Music
Lost In Space
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Also Lucy Deakins in The Boy Who Could Fly, age 15 in year of release.
Lucas Black in Sling Blade, age 14 in year of release.
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Lucas Black in Sling Blade, age 14 in year of release.
And one year prior to that he was Caleb Temple in one of my other favorite TV shows, "American Gothic."
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Lucas Black in Sling Blade, age 14 in year of release.
And one year prior to that he was Caleb Temple in one of my other favorite TV shows, "American Gothic."
I see that on imdb, but at the time I thought that followed his work on Slingblade. Should we consider his Slingblade work was filmed prior to the show?
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Not that it matters, but the pilot for "American Gothic" was likely filmed in spring of '95 and it premiered in September of that year. IMDb shows Sling Blade for '96 but it wasn't released until March '97, so it probably filmed in summer of '96, after the series was already canceled.
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Forgot about Angela Cartwright, my early TV crush. But Lost in Space was one of my fav TV shows - "Danger Will Robinson".
SGG
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Lucas Haas in Witness
SGG
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I had enjoyed Scarlet Johanssen in Horse Whisperer (14) and Ghost World (17) but felt she was overshadowed by Kristin and Thora, had not yet fulfilled her potential.
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