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10 young actors Netflix has launched into movie and TV stardom
Millie Bobby Brown
Gaten Matarazzo
Netflix show: "Stranger Things" (Dustin Henderson)
Age: 16
Instagram followers before Netflix debut (2016): 0
Followers now: 8.8 million
Matarazzo was in an episode of "The Blacklist" prior to "Stranger Things," but the latter is his first major role and has shot him to fame.
Finn Wolfhard
Netflix show: "Stranger Things" (Mike Wheeler)
Age: 15
Instagram followers before Netflix debut (2016): 100,000
Followers now: 11 million
Besides Brown, Wolfhard may be the most recognizable of the "Stranger Things" child actors, having also starred in last year's film adaptation of the Stephen King novel, "It." He'll also star in its sequel, set to come to theaters next year.
Katherine Langford
Netflix show: "13 Reasons Why" (Hannah Baker)
Age: 22
Instagram followers before Netflix debut (2017): 100,000
Followers now: 12.4 million
"13 Reasons Why" is Australian actress Langford's biggest role yet, where she plays the troubled teen Hannah Baker in Netflix's controversial drama. She also had a supporting role in this year's "Love, Simon."
Dylan Minnette
Netflix show: "13 Reasons Why" (Clay Jensen)
Age: 21
Instagram followers before Netflix debut (2017): 100,000
Followers now: 5.7 million
Minnette has been an actor since age 9, with his first screen credit being a small role in "Two and a Half Men." Since then, he has appeared in numerous hit TV series in small roles, such as "Lost," and also some movies, like "Don't Breathe" and "Prisoners." He hit major stardom with his leading role in "13 Reasons Why."
Úrsula Corberó
Netflix show: "Money Heist" (Tokio)
Age: 29
Instagram followers before Netflix debut (2017): 600,000
Followers now: 5.8 million
Corberó, a Spanish actress, has grown in popularity since Netflix acquired the worldwide rights to Spanish series "Money Heist."
Joey King
Netflix movie: "The Kissing Booth" (Shelly Evans)
Age: 19
Instagram followers before Netflix debut (2018): 300,000
Followers now: 8.3 million
King has been acting since she was 7, and has appeared in TV series like "Fargo" and movies like "The Conjuring." Netflix's teen romance "The Kissing Booth" was wildly popular, and Netflix said it was "one of the most-watched movies in the country, maybe in the world."
Jacob Elordi
Netflix movie: "The Kissing Booth" (Noah Flynn)
Age: 21
Instagram followers before Netflix debut (2018): 200,000
Followers now: 6.4 million
"The Kissing Booth" is Australian actor Elordi's first major role, but he has already amassed more than 6 million followers.
Noah Centineo
Netflix movie: "To All the Boys I've Loved Before" (Peter)
Age: 22
Instagram followers before Netflix debut (2018): 800,000
Followers now: 13.4 million
Centineo also starred in Netflix's "Sierra Burgess is a Loser" this year. He is set to appear in next year's "Charlie's Angels" reboot, as well.
Lana Condor
Netflix movie: "To All the Boys I've Loved Before" (Lara Jean)
Age: 21
Instagram followers before Netflix debut (2018): 100,000
Followers now: 5.5 million
Condor's first screen credit was as Jubilee in the superhero movie, "X-Men: Apocalypse." She'll next appear in Robert Rodriguez and James Cameron's "Alita: Battle Angel."
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