By Gia Jarmin
60% of teenagers in the world want to be actors and only about 30% of teens achieve this goal. Becoming an actor, there are lots of challenging steps and you have to have lots of confidence. These gen z actors will start a new perspective on acting for many teens.
- Mckenna Grace
Mckenna Grace was born on June 25, 2006. Mckenna started her professional acting career in 2012 when she was only 6 years old. Her very first movie role was Crash & Bernstein and has been in over 80 movies and TV shows ever since. Mckenna Grace is originally from Grapevine, Texas. She is most known for her roles As Mary Adler in the movie Gifted (2017), Faith Newman in The Young And Restless, and Phoebe Spengler in Ghostbusters. Upcoming movies she will be in are Scream 7, Five Nights at Freddy’s 2, and The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping. Mckenna Grace is not only an actress but a singer too. Mckenna has released 37 songs but her most popular one is Bittersweet 16. Mckenna Grace has received 2 wins and at least 14 nominations for awards.
- Ariana Greenblatt
Ariana Greenblatt was born in New York August 27, 2007. Ariana began her acting career at age 6. Her earliest roles were Liv and Maddie and Legendary Dudas but her first starring role was Stuck in the Middle. Ariana starred in her first film role as Lori in A Bad Moms Christmas (2017). Ariana Greenblatt appears in at least 16 movies and has 1 upcoming movie Now You See Me: Now You Don’t. Ariana Green blat has received one major award, The CinemaCon Rising Star Award in 2024 and was nominated for 13 awards.
- Mason Thames
Mason Thames was born on July 10, 2007 in Dallas Texas. Mason started his acting career in 2017 and first appeared in a short film AFTER Omelas. Mason Thames’s first professional film was The Black Phone (2021) a horror movie that he starred in, as well as How To Train Your Dragon (2025). Mason has been in
7 movies total and has 1 upcoming movie he is starring in, Green Day. Mason Thames is the first actor since Jim Carrey in 1994 to star in three movies that have reached number 1 in America and has received 1 win and 3 nominations for his work.
- Malachi Barton
Malachi Barton was born on March 10, 2007 in Virginia Beach, VA. Malachi is an American actor and singer who is known for his roles in Disney Channel. Malachi started his acting career in 2014. He has been in over 20 tv shows and movies. Malachi is most known for his roles Victor in Zombies 4: Dawn of the Vampires (2025), Beast Diaz in Stuck in the Middle (2016-2018), and Colby “Flashform” Madden in The Villains of Valley View (2022-2023). The upcoming movies that he will be in are Camp Rock 3 (2026), and a new Disney series Coven Academy (2026). Malachi has received 1 win and 2 nominations for his performance skills.
- Leah Jeffries
Leah Jeffries was born in Detroit Michigan on September 25, 2009. Leah started her acting career in 2015 at age 5. Leah’s first role that she was in was Lola Lyon in a TV series called Empire. Leah Jeffries is most known for her roles as Annabeth Chase in the Disney+ series Percy Jackson, the Olympians, Beast (2022), Something From Tiffany’s (2022), and her role as Lola in Empires. Leah has been in at least 7 TV shows and movies. Leah Jeffries has gotten 2 NAACP image rewards.
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