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Average listal rating (9 ratings) 6.4  
1. Alex Etel
as Damian in "Millions", then aged 9.

Average listal rating (361 ratings) 7.4  
2. Abigail Breslin
as Olive in "Little Miss Sunshine", then 9.


Average listal rating (111 ratings) 7.2  
3. Jodelle Ferland
as Jeliza Rose in "Tideland", then 10.

Average listal rating (26 ratings) 7  
4. Kåre Hedebrant
as Oskar in "Låt den rätte komma in" - "Let the Right One In", then 12.

Average listal rating (31 ratings) 7.2  
5. Lina Leandersson
as Eli in "Låt den rätte komma in" - "Let the Right One In", then 12.

Average listal rating (8 ratings) 5.8  
6. Zoe Weizenbaum
as Malee in "12 and Holding", then 13.

with her (also good) co-stars Conor Donovan and Jesse Camacho

Average listal rating (1 ratings) 5  
7. Elit Iscan
as Hayat in "Hayat var" - "My Only Sunshine", then 14.

Average listal rating (210 ratings) 7.3  
8. Jamie Bell
as Billy Elliot in "Billy Elliot", then 14.

Average listal rating (610 ratings) 7.6  
9. Evan Rachel Wood
as Tracy in "Thirteen", then 14-15.

with her co-star Niki Reed

Average listal rating (27 ratings) 6  
10. Brady Corbet
as Brian in "Mysterious Skin", then 16 (playing 18).

with Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Average listal rating (28 ratings) 5.7  
11. John Robinson
as John in "Elephant", then 17.

(he's seen as a "lead" but other kids in the same film are worth mentioning, like Alex or Eric) not outstanding and there's not that much "acting" in this film but anyway

Average listal rating (14 ratings) 8.2  
12. Stephanie Leonidas
as Helena in "Mirrormask", then 19/20

Average listal rating (1 ratings) 9  
13. Pit Bukowski
as the "cowboy" in the german student film "Cowboy", then 20.

and most likely in some other indies as well

Average listal rating (870 ratings) 7.7  
14. Ellen Page
as Juno in "Juno", then 20, playing 16.

Average listal rating (171 ratings) 7  
15. Paul Dano
as Dwayne in "Little Miss Sunshine", then 21, playing ~16.

Average listal rating (134 ratings) 7.3  
16. Diego Luna
as Tenoch in "Y Tu Mamá También", then 21/22.

with Gael Garcia Bernal

as Octavio in "Amores Perros" - "Love's a Bitch", then 21.


as Julio in "Y Tu Mamá También", then 22/23.

with Diego Luna

as Ernesto "Che" Guevara in "Diarios de Motocicleta" - "The Motorcycle Diaries", then 23/24


as Ángel/ Juan/ Zahara in "Mala Educacion" - "Bad Education", then 24/25


Average listal rating (62 ratings) 6.6  
18. Sean Biggerstaff
as Ben Willis in "Cashback", then 23.

Average listal rating (839 ratings) 8.1  
19. Joseph Gordon-Levitt
as Neil in "Mysterious Skin", then 23, playing 18.

with Brady Corbert

Average listal rating (231 ratings) 7.1  
20. Michael Pitt
as Blake in "Last Days", then 23/24.

Average listal rating (58 ratings) 5.4  
21. Lukas Haas
as Luke in "Last Days", then 28.



Young actors that delivered a good performance in an independent film during this past decade. I'll be adding more.
(Have to remember them, check if they're independent, upload photos...)

I tried to stay away from big names (there aren't many anyway!) The ones here that are/became/are becoming more well known are: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Evan Rachel Wood, Abigail Breslin & Paul Dano, and Michael Pitt (is he well known? I'm biased!). And Gael García Bernal, obviously, whom I almost forgot to put up because of that (the obviousness! isn't he big?!).


You can check out my Independent Films list: all the movies mentioned here are listed there and with "proof" of independence.

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Comments

Posted: 3 years, 3 months ago at Feb 6 15:03
Nice list!
Posted: 3 years, 3 months ago at Feb 6 16:20
Thank you!
Posted: 3 years, 2 months ago at Mar 20 0:31
Cute and quirky list.
Suggestion: Emile Hirsch in Into the Wild then 21 playing 20.
Posted: 3 years, 2 months ago at Mar 20 20:50
Damn how could I not include Tideland??! 0_o
It *is* independent, right? thanks for the reminder fanciful ;)

indyB, I haven't seen Into the Wild yet!
(plus, it has been mentioned alongside the word 'independent', but being co-produced by Paramount.. even being the Vantage division.. hmm... Well, I don't know.)
Edit: 3 years, 2 months ago
Posted: 2 years, 10 months ago at Jul 24 18:48
many of them i haven't seen---i consider millions, juno,& billy elliot all 5 star movies, and little miss sunshine a 4.---- all because of the young stars.

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