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Photographed by Randall Slavin at the Beverly Hilton, Los Angeles

Blue cardigan by Perry Ellis available at Macy’s.
Red shorts by Prada.

Photographed by Randall Slavin in Los Angeles

Last seen in: His recurring role as Julianna Margulies’s son, Zach, on The Good Wife

What’s next: Goats, a comedy starring Vera Farmiga and David Duchovny

“I was working seven days a week, absurd hours, flying back and forth from Albuquerque to New York for The Good Wife and filming Goats, so I was extremely busy and it was exhausting and stressful, but I still loved it,” Phillips, 18, says. “That’s really the point I realized I could work at this for a living, for the rest of my life -- because I’d gotten a taste of how difficult it would be.”

Photographed by Randall Slavin in Los Angeles

Last seen in: Red Tails, Friday Night Lights

What’s next: Chronicle, in which a group of high school friends gain superpowers

“I want to take over the world one day at a time,” says Jordan, 25. “I like to create, I like to write. I treat each project as my dream project. I give 110% to everything I do. I have always wanted to play a villain. I always have this nice guy persona, but it would be kind of cool to play a menacing character.”

Photographed by Peter Ash Lee in New York City

Sarah:
Last seen in: Her recurring role as Alan Cumming’s precocious daughter, Marissa, on The Good Wife; as Catherine Keener’s daughter in Please Give

What’s next: The To Do List, in which she stars opposite Aubrey Plaza and Bill Hader

“Family dramas are really, in some ways, the most exciting for me -- whether on stage or screen -- because, in your family, you can’t hide,” Steele, 23, says. “I had just graduated from Columbia when I got The To Do List. I’m working with all these great comic actors, so it’s been great.”

Gideon:
Last seen in: The Off-Broadway production of Wild Animals You Should Know

What’s next: Playing Eros in Gods Behaving Badly, opposite Sharon Stone

“The film’s about Greek gods living in New York, and I play Cupid, or Eros, rather. Sharon Stone is my mom, Aphrodite,” Glick, 23, says. “Film is a very different muscle from theater, and I’m much more accustomed to theater. The cast was pretty nutty, so it was wild to be with them -- so many of them are veterans, and I’m not.”

Photographed by Sven Jacobsen in London

Last seen in: Son of Rambow, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

What’s next: Wild Bill, a British crime drama-comedy in which an ex-con returns home to reconnect with his sons, 11-year-old Jimmy and 15-year-old Dean (Poulter), who has learned to support his younger brother

"As a kid I struggled at school -- I was dyslexic and basically lived for my Friday morning drama lesson," Poulter, 19, explains. "It was the reason I got out of bed. My drama teacher gave me a license to make a fool of myself in front of the school at every opportunity. My first performance was when I was eight, dressed as [’60s pop singer] Cilla Black. I remember trying to open the curtains and they wouldn’t open, so I crawled underneath them instead. Everyone laughed. I thought, I’ll take it. With Wild Bill, it was really nice for someone as immature as me to play someone as mature as that. It’s a low-budget British independent and it’s gritty, but it’s also a feel-good movie in spite of the bleakness.”