Uzo Aduba
Although she was little-known when she started on Orange Is the New Black, Aduba quickly became one of the drama’s most beloved critical darlings—with good reason. Her empathetic and at times delightfully zany portrayal of Suzanne “Crazy Eyes” Warren has been one of the show’s most consistent highlights. And the Emmy winner has found places to shine outside of Orange as well—including a well-received turn as Glinda the Good Witch of the South in The Wiz Live! and a voice-acting gig as Bismuth on Steven Universe.
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Finn Wolfhard
Millie Bobby Brown might be Stranger Things’ biggest breakout star, but Wolfhard’s doing pretty well for himself, too. He quickly landed a role in last year’s mega-successful It remake, and his band, Calpurnia, just released its first recorded E.P. earlier this summer. Plus, things are looking up for his character in the world of the show as well, now that he’s been reunited with Eleven. You go, Mike Wheeler.
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Claire Foy
What can we say? She’s royalty. Foy had already made a name for herself in the U.K. when she was cast as Queen Elizabeth, but it was The Crown that offered her the chance to assume the throne—and global recognition—she always deserved.
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John Early
Although it may be hard to remember much from before his days on Search Party, one of Early’s earliest breakout roles was on Netflix’s Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp. When the series came back to Netflix for Ten Years Later, so did Early’s Logan. Now, this actor and comedian is all over the place—Difficult People, The Disaster Artist, and Animals, to name a few. Without Wet Hot, we might never have gotten Elliott Goss—and that would have been a terrible loss.
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