Cosmopolitan

We interview the eight actors you need to know right now: Gavin Casalegno, Lexi Underwood, Jabari Banks, Coral Peña, Samantha Hanratty, Olivia Liang, ...

I like to figure out why my character is doing what they’re doing and not judge them for it.” She plans to keep not judging Misty into Yellowjackets season 2, which (hopefully) begins filming later this summer. And yes, she says, when you work with the smartest women in the business, you pick up lessons along the way: “They’ve taught me it is 100 percent okay to be me and to be my character’s biggest advocate.” She’s doing just that at the helm of her own company, Ultimate Dreamer Productions. “I want to be malleable and adventurous enough that I never repeat myself.” “I’m making some of the best music of my life right now.” They’re not lying. (See roles in Shameless, Pushing Daisies, and Salem.) But you probably know her best from Yellowjackets, the Lord of the Flies–esque Showtime series that dominated the internet early this year. We curated this list of the people in show business who are soon to be everywhere and got them in the same room for one epic photo shoot (wearing our favorite rising designers, because hot new talent deserves to wear hot new talent). These actors are creating some of the most exciting work in TV and film, which we list here for your streaming convenience. “I hope to do something different with every part I play,” she says. (Not that he’s only heartthrob material: He also shared scenes with Russell Crowe in Darren Aronofsky’s biblical drama Noah, which you’re probably still having nightmares about.) Meanwhile, Gavin is just happy to be here: “Whether it’s a romance or a show based on a book, it’s all magical to me. One of her favorite parts of the role? If laying eyes on Noah Centineo in To All the Boys was a life-changing event for you, wait until you see Gavin in The Summer I Turned Pretty, out now on Amazon Prime Video (conveniently also based on books by Jenny Han, so you know it’ll be good). The 22-year-old’s performance is so achingly bittersweet that it will cement his heartthrob status. It’s an opportunity for gratitude I choose to recognize.” That’s what it’s all about, to spark the next.”