Actors who appeared first in major roles in series which aired first in the last two years. I am curious which actors will have a carrer in TV or movies after their currenct show ends.
Actress | House of Cards
Rachel Brosnahan was born in in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1990 and is an American actress. She is best known for her role as 'Midge' Maisel in the Amazon Prime Video series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017) for which she has won two Golden Globes for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television ...
Actress | Perry Mason
Tatiana Gabrielle Maslany was born September 22, 1985 in Regina, Saskatchewan, to Renate, a translator, and Dan, a woodworker. She graduated from Dr. Martin LeBoldus High school in 2003. She was a well respected student, and participated as often as possible in school productions. She is well known...
Actress | The Lucky One
Taylor Schilling (born July 27, 1984) is an American actress. She is known for her role as "Piper Chapman" on the Netflix original comedy-drama series, Orange Is the New Black (2013) (2013-present), for which she won the 2013 Satellite Award for Best Actress in a Television Series - Musical or ...
Actor | It
Bill Istvan Gunther Skarsgard is a Swedish actor, producer, director, writer, voice actor, and model. He is best known for portraying Pennywise the Dancing Clown in the supernatural horror films It (2017) and It Chapter Two (2019), based on Stephen King's novel of the same name. He also voiced the ...
Actress | Gone Girl
Originally from Copley, OH, Carrie Coon is a Chicago-based theatre, television and film actress. She received a BA in English and Spanish from the University of Mount Union, followed by her MFA in Acting at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Coon was nominated for a Tony Award in the Best ...
Actor | The Flash
Thomas Grant Gustin, better known as Grant Gustin, is an American actor and singer. He is known for his roles as Barry Allen / Flash on the CW series The Flash and as Sebastian Smythe on the Fox series Glee.
Gustin was born on January 14, 1990 in Norfolk, Virginia. He is the son of Dr. Tina Lynne (...
Actress | Jeruzalem
Yael Grobglas is a French-Israeli actress based in Los Angeles.
She is known for her roles of Petra Solano and her twin sister Anezka in the critically acclaimed CW series "Jane the Virgin", the feature "Interview with God" and a number of recurring roles on television series including "Reign" and "...
Actress | The Flash
Raised in Plano, Texas, Candice continued her childhood dream of becoming an actress by attending Southern Methodist University in Dallas where she graduated Summa Cum Laude with a B.F.A in Theatre. It was here that she was scouted by The Young and the Restless for a CBS Soap Star Contest and flew ...
Actor | The Flash
Valdes moved to Miami at age 5 from Colombia, then moved again at age 12 to Marietta, Georgia. He studied at the University of Michigan with the actors of the theater group StarKid Productions. In 2011, after graduating, Valdes was devoted entirely to the theater.Between 2009 and 2011, he ...
Actor | Gotham
Cory Michael Smith was born on November 14, 1986 in Columbus, Ohio, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Gotham (2014), Utopia (2020) and Carol (2015).
Actor | The 100
Born in Taegu, South Korea. Adopted by parents of Irish and French-Canadian descent. Raised in Hebron, Connecticut.
In 2001, Larkin was discovered by director Martha Coolidge and cast in the lead role of the young son in Hallmark Entertainment's "The Flamingo Rising." He then went on to train at the...
Actress | Orange Is the New Black
Natasha Lyonne is an Emmy and Golden Globe nominated producer, actor, writer, and director.
Lyonne co-created Netflix series "Russian Doll", which received three Emmy awards, a total of 13 Emmy nominations including Comedy Series and Lead Actress for Lyonne, a Gotham Award nomination, and a Golden ...
Actress | Orange Is the New Black
The Brooklyn born and raised native New Yorker is best known as an actress in her role as Maria Ruiz on the Netflix original series Orange Is the New Black, and won 3 Screen Actors Guild Award wins and one nomination. Her parents were immigrants from the Dominican Republic and is a Latina of mixed ...
Actress | Deliver Us from Evil
Lolita Foster was born in Farmville, Virginia. She attended the University of Virginia to earn her English major with the intention of becoming a writer, but in her final year she explored her love of drama and was hooked. Following graduation, she was accepted as an acting fellow at the ...
Actress | Orange Is the New Black
Dascha Polanco is a Dominican American actress known for playing the character Dayanara "Daya" Diaz on Orange Is the New Black (2013). As of January 2018, she has a recurring role on The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story (2016) as Detective Lori Weider. Polanco was born in Santo...
Actor | Les Misérables
George Blagden is a London-based film and stage actor who is best known for his television roles in the historical dramas Versailles and Vikings, where he plays King Louis XIV and the Anglo-Saxon monk Athelstan respectively.
He also played the role of the cynical revolutionary Grantaire in the award ...
Actress | Vikings
Alyssa Sutherland stars on History's breakout historical drama series, Vikings (2013), as "Princess Aslaug." A native of Brisbane, Australia, Alyssa began modeling at the age 15 and soon after appeared on her first of multiple Vogue Australia covers. Alyssa then moved to New York, where she ...
Actress | The Nightingale
Aisling Franciosi is an Irish-Italian actress, known for The Fall (2013), Game of Thrones (2011) and The Nightingale (2018). She was born in Dublin in 1993, moved with her family to Italy soon after, and returned to Ireland 4 years later with her mother. She attended acting classes as a child and ...
Actor | Snow Falling on Cedars
Reeve Carney originated the role of Peter Parker/Spider-Man, in the record-breaking Broadway musical "Spider-Man: Turn off The Dark" in 2010. A lifelong musician, Reeve jumped at the opportunity to perform a score by U2's Bono and The Edge--not to mention re-team with director Julie Taymor, with ...
Actor | Honeymoon
Harry John Newman Treadaway (born 10 September 1984) is an English actor known for his performance as Victor Frankenstein on the horror-drama series Penny Dreadful.
Born at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital in Exeter, Devon, Treadaway was brought up in Sandford, Devon. His father is an architect ...
Actor | Marco Polo
Remy Hii began his career on stage at the age of 19 with the Queensland Theatre Company in the award winning play The Estimator. Television roles soon followed, and three years of full time study with the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in Sydney, Australia where he graduated in 2011.
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Actress | Cloud Atlas
Zhu Zhu is a bilingual actress and TV host who got her start as a host for MTV China. Besides hosting an English-learning program, she also released a solo album in 2009. Zhu's big screen debut was in the Chinese remake of Wo zhi nv ren xin (2011), which hit Chinese theaters on February 3rd, 2010 ...
Actress | Avengers: Age of Ultron
Claudia Kim, is a South Korean actress and model. She has appeared in the television series Queen of the Game (2006-2007) and Marco Polo (2014-2016), as well as the films Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), The Dark Tower (2017), and Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018).
Actor | The Interpreter
Yusuf Keith Gatewood is an American actor that portrays the role of Vincent Griffith, a witch formerly possessed by Finn Mikaelson, in The Originals. Initially joining Season 2 as a recurring actor, he became a series regular in the second half of the season. His television work includes several ...
Actor | A Prayer Before Dawn
Joe Cole is an English actor, born in Kingston-upon-Thames, London. He has four younger siblings, including fellow actor Finn Cole.
Cole was taught acting by the National Youth Theatre. He started his career with theatrical roles. In 2010, he had guest star roles in the police procedural "The Bill" ...
Actress | Peaky Blinders
Sophie Rundle is an English actress. Born on 21 April 1988 to Fiona and Michael Rundle, she has two brothers James and Henry. She attended the Bournemouth School for Girls before going on to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, where she graduated in 2011 with a BA in Acting.
Upon graduation, she ...
Actress | Dope
Kiersey Clemons was born December 17 in Pensacola, Florida. She grew up in a military family traveling the U.S before settling in Southern California with her parents and three sisters. Always having a love for theatre and performance, the actor/musician has quickly become known for the diverse and...
Actor | There Will Be Blood
Russell Harvard was born April 16, 1981 in Pasadena, Texas to Kay and Henry Harvard. Russell and his brother, Renny, were born deaf. When the boys were old enough to start school, the family moved to Austin, Texas so they could attend the Texas School for the Deaf (TSD). Russell attended TSD from ...
Actor | Black Sails
Rising star Luke Arnold is a graduate from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. He began his acting career with Australian television, staring in the series McLeod's Daughters, Rush, Rescue: Special Ops, City Homicide, and Steven Spielberg's The Pacific.
His first feature film role was...
Actress | Maleficent
Born in London, England, Hannah insisted at age 4 to attend ballet school, setting her on a performing path in life. She later turned her focus to acting and joined The National Youth Theatre of Great Britain. Her interest in other cultures led her to travel around the world, including Bolivia ...
Actor | Mr. Nobody
Toby Regbo was born in 1991 in Hammersmith, London, England as Toby Finn Regbo. He is an actor, known for Mr. Nobody (2009), Treasure Island (2012) and One Day (2011). He is best known for his role as Prince Francis on the CW's hit TV show Reign (2013).
Actress | Tomorrow, When the War Began
Caitlin Jean Stasey is an Australian actress who is well known for her roles as Francesca Thomas in The Sleepover Club (2003), Rachel Kinski in Neighbours (1985) and Ellie Linton in the film adaptation of John Marsden's best seller 'Tomorrow When the War Began'
Caitlin is from Victoria, Australia, ...
Actress | The Americans
Holly Taylor is a Canadian actress and dancer, born in Middleton, Nova Scotia, on Halloween 1997. Taylor began her career in the Broadway production of "Billy Elliot" at the age of 11 as "Sharon Percy" (Ballet Girl) and continued in the role for almost 2 years. Holly is now focusing more on film ...
Actress | The Americans
Actress Annet Mahendru was born to an Indian father (a journalist and professor) and a Russian mother (a businesswoman and artist). Annet spent her early years learning six languages while living in Afghanistan, Russia, and Europe. She put her curious mind to use playing competitive chess and ...
Actor | How to Get Away with Murder
Jack Falahee was born and raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and graduated New York University's Tisch School of the Arts where he performed in the several stage productions. Since graduation, Falahee appeared in films and television shows, before his breakout role as Connor Walsh in the Shonda ...
Actress | The Birth of a Nation
King appeared in several short films before landing guest roles on the CBS procedurals Blue Bloods and Person of Interest. Her big break came in 2012 when she was cast as new surgical intern Cassandra Kopelson on the CW drama Emily Owens, M.D. The series was canceled after a single season in 2013. ...
Actress | Belfast
Caitriona Balfe was born in Dublin, Ireland, and grew up in the village of Tydavnet, in County Monaghan. She started modeling at the age of 19 after she was scouted by an agent while she was collecting money for charity at a local mall. She has both walked the runway and been featured in ...
Actor | Shadow and Bone
Born in London, England, Howard Charles is a classically trained actor. Having been awarded a coveted scholarship, Howard attended the prestigious conservatoire, Drama Centre London. Upon graduating, he set out on his artistic journey, honing his craft and playing on some of the greatest stages in ...
Actress | The Inbetweeners Movie
Tamla Kari Cummins was born in Coventry in the English West Midlands on July 27 1988 and whilst she attended ordinary local schools she began to learn dancing from the age of four. Whilst at secondary school Tamla was part of a local drama group Finbarr's Youth Arts with whom she appeared at the ...
Actor | Scream 4
Nico Tortorella is a native of Chicago, Illinois. They started out in professional theater when they were in the seventh grade. They were offered a contract with Ford Models when they stopped by an open call in 2007. In 2009 they played the character Razor in ABC Family's film "Twelve". They ...
Actress | Organ Trail
Zoé De Grand Maison (born May 3, 1995), often credited as Zoé De Grand'Maison or Zoé De Grand-Maison, is a Canadian actress. She is known for her roles of Gracie Johanssen in the television series Orphan Black and Ashley in the movie Bad Hair Day. She plays Evelyn Evernever on The CW teen drama ...
Actor | Orphan Black
Born in Kingston, Canada, Millen became serious about pursuing acting in his senior year of high school and went on to receive training at Ryerson University. After graduation, he began with small roles on "Regenesis", "Nikita", "Rookie Blue" and "Played" and was featured in the 100-person art ...
Actor | Little Women
James Norton was born in 1985 to two teachers and has a younger sister who is a doctor. Growing up in North Yorkshire he espoused acting at a very early age - playing Joseph in his primary school nativity play aged five - and, after leaving Ampleforth College he did work experience at the Stephen ...
Actress | Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
Grace Victoria Cox (born March 10, 1995) is an American actress, known for playing Melanie Cross in the CBS series Under the Dome (2014-15) and Veronica Sawyer in the Paramount Network series Heathers (2018).
Growing up in Lexington, Kentucky, Cox dreamt of becoming an actor. She studied writing and...
Actress | Dvojina
Mia Jexen was born on March 9, 1984 in Hellerup, Denmark. She is an actress, known for Dvojina (2013) and Det andet liv (2013).
Actress | Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Kerris Lilla Dorsey (born January 9, 1998) is an American actress and singer. She is known for her roles as Paige Whedon in the television series Brothers & Sisters, Casey Beane, Billy Beane's (Brad Pitt) daughter, in the 2011 film Moneyball, and as Emily Cooper in the 2014 film Alexander and the ...
Actress | The Report
Sarah Goldberg is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her role as Sally Reed in the HBO dark comedy series Barry (2018-present), which earned her a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. She also originated the dual role of Betsey/...
Actress | The Trial of the Chicago 7
Caitlin FitzGerald is an American actress and filmmaker. She is best known for her role as Libby Masters in the Showtime television drama Masters of Sex and as the elusive Simone in Starz series Sweetbitter. FitzGerald was raised in Camden, Maine. Her father, Des FitzGerald, an Irish American, is ...
Actress | Robin Hood
Memphis Eve Sunny Day Hewson, known professionally as Eve Hewson, is an Irish actress. Her first major role was in the drama film This Must Be the Place (2011). She played Nurse Lucy Elkins in Steven Soderbergh's TV series The Knick (2014-2015).
Hewson was born in Dublin, the second daughter of ...
Actress | Mosaic
Maya Kazan was born on November 24, 1986 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress and director, known for Mosaic (2018), Jane the Virgin (2014) and The Knick (2014).
Actress | Gone Girl
Kirke was born in London, and raised in New York City from the age of five. Her father, Simon Kirke, is the former drummer of the rock bands Bad Company and Free. Her mother, Lorraine (née Dellal) Kirke, owns Geminola, a vintage boutique in New York City that supplied a number of outfits for the ...
Actress | Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Sarah Margaret Qualley, known as Margaret Qualley, is an American actress. Qualley was born in Montana and is the daughter of actress Andie MacDowell and former model, Paul Qualley. Margaret grew up in Asheville, North Carolina. She trained as a ballerina and at sixteen she earned an apprenticeship...
Actress | Palo Alto
Zoe Levin (born November 24, 1993) is an American actress. She played Emily in the 2013 film Palo Alto and Tasha in Beneath the Harvest Sky. She portrayed Kara Souders in the Fox TV show, Red Band Society. She plays Tiffany "Tiff" Chester in the 2019 Netflix dark comedy, Bonding. She is also part ...
Actress | Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Rittenhouse was born in Los Angeles and grew up in Pasadena. One of her first roles was in lower school, when she was cast as the Balloon Girl in her all-girls academy's production of the musical Gypsy. She continued performing in high school, but never thought of it as a career. Rittenhouse ...
Actor | Chernobyl
Robert Emms was born on May 20, 1986 in Horley, Surrey, England, UK. He is an actor and composer, known for Chernobyl (2019), Four Lives (2022) and Apostasy (2017).
Actress | Mogul Mowgli
Aiysha Hart is a screen and stage actress. Her first leading role was alongside Paddy Considine in the independent feature film, Honour (2014). More recently she has starred in an eclectic mix of high-end indies such as 'Colette', 'Hope Gap' and BAFTA nominated 'Mogul Mowgli', as well as the ...
Actress | Insidious: Chapter 3
Hayley first appeared in national commercials for GM, On Star, K-Mart, and Slim Jim, and became the TV spokesperson for Cinnamon Toast Crunch. In addition, she had a couple of guest star roles on Nickelodeon's Unfabulous (2004). As a dancer, she studied with Scotty Nyugen. She is a prolific ...
Actress | Baby Driver
Eiza González Reyna is a Mexican actress and singer. She was born on January 30, 1990 in Mexico City, Mexico, to Carlos González and Glenda Reyna. Her mother is a yesteryear Mexican model. She has one elder brother, Yulen. She lost her father in a motorcycle accident when she was just 12. Later in ...
Actress | Terminator: Dark Fate
Mackenzie Davis was born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and went to McGill University in Montreal. She studied acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City. Shortly thereafter, she was discovered by Drake Doremus, and made her acting debut in his feature film, Breathe In...
Actress | Turn
Meegan Warner was born on August 5, 1991. She is an actress, known for TURN (2014) and Scare Campaign (2016).
Actress | When Calls the Heart
Born in Australia, Loretta Walsh is an award nominated actor and has been a professional performer for over 20 years. Her first professional job was as a ballet dancer in a production of "Carmen" with the Queensland Ballet Company. Since then, she has appeared in over 30 projects on screen and is ...
Actor | Supergirl
Rahul Kohli was born on 13th November 1985 in London. Rahul began acting in school plays at an early age, but it wasn't until he was 17 that drama became his main focus. After leaving college having studied Film, Rahul applied for drama schools with the hope to begin his career as a performer. ...
Actress | Red Line
Filipino-American actress Nicole Gale Anderson who is popular for her role in Beauty and the Beast (2012) was born in Rochester, Indiana, U.S. on August 29, 1990. Her father is an American born Commander in the United States Navy while her mother is from the Philippines. She was a national gymnast ...
Actress | Fast & Furious 7
Nathalie Emmanuel is an English actress, known for her role as Missandei on the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones (2011) and Ramsey in Fast & Furious 7 (2015).
Nathalie was born in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England, to a father of Saint Lucian and English descent and a mother of Dominican origin....
Actor | The Boxtrolls
Isaac has been acting since he was age 11. Currently, he is still studying at school and balancing acting jobs.
Isaac Hempstead-Wright is an English actor. Beginning his professional acting career at the age of eleven, Hempstead-Wright is best known for his role as Bran Stark on the HBO series Game ...
Actor | John Wick
Alfie Evan Allen (born 12 September 1986) is an English actor. He is best known for playing Theon Greyjoy in the HBO series Game of Thrones (2011-2019).
Allen was born in Hammersmith, London, the son of film producer Alison Owen and Welsh-born actor Keith Allen. His older sister is singer Lily Allen...
Actor | Iron Fist
Finn Jones is a British actor best known for his role as Ser Loras Tyrell, The Knight of Flowers, in the HBO series "Game of Thrones (2011)". He also stars as the eponymous lead in the Netflix/Marvel series "Iron Fist (2017)".
Jones trained at The Arts Educational Schools on a three-year acting ...
Actor | Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
Eros Vlahos is an English actor and comedian born in London. He is probably best known for his roles of Cyril Gray in Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang, Jake Farley in Summer in Transylvania and, last but not least, Lommy Greenhands in The Game of Thrones. In the summer of 2008, Eros wrote and ...
Actress | The 100
As one of the most popular up and coming Latina actresses in the business, Lindsey Morgan has built an extensive resume between her work in television and film. She currently stars as series regular, Raven Reyes, on The CW's popular scifi drama "The 100."
Born in Georgia, and raised in Texas, this ...
Actress | The 100
Marie Avgeropoulos currently stars as "Octavia Blake" in the CW's post-apocalyptic drama series, The 100 (2014). The Emmy- nominated series chronicles the surviving population living on a space station, called the ARK, who send a group of 100 delinquents down to earth. THE 100 set out to see if ...
Actor | Okja
Devon Bostick was born on November 13, 1991 in Canada. He is an actor and producer, known for Okja (2017), Being Charlie (2015) and The 100 (2014).
Actress | The 100
Australian actress Eliza Taylor is perhaps best known for anchoring the drama THE 100 as 'Clarke Griffin' on The CW for 7 seasons. Since the show's onset, Eliza made waves playing the network's first openly bisexual lead character. In the film space, Eliza starred in the indie thriller THUMPER ...
Actor | The 100
Bob Morley was born on December 20, 1984 in Kyneton, Victoria, Australia. He is an actor and director, known for The 100 (2014), Love Me (2021) and Home and Away (1988). He has been married to Eliza Taylor since May 5, 2019.
Actress | Into the Storm
Alycia Jasmin Debnam-Carey was born on July 20, 1993. She is an actress from Australia. She grew up in Sydney, and graduated from Newtown High School of the Performing Arts in 2011 where she was a percussionist. In 2010, in partnership with the Berlin Philharmonic, she and around 40 other musicians...