15 Dazzling Teen Hollywood Stars

2007-11-28T17:39:00.000-08:00

Aliana Lohan
Aliana "Ali" Lohan was born in Long Island, New York on December 22, 1993. She is the third child of Michael and Dina Lohan. Her siblings include Lindsay (b. 2 July 1986), Michael (b. 16 December 1987) and Dakota 'Cody' Lohan (b. 16 June 1996). Aliana Lohan started out her career as a Ford Model, and has spent much of her childhood traveling with her mother and older sister Lindsay while Lindsay was filming movies. In fall 2005, the 7th grader was in her sister's "Confessions of a Broken Heart" music video. Ali is currently [March 2006] in negotiations with Disney to have her own television series, and is part of her school's undefeated soccer team. She also likes to write songs. This December, Aliana is looking forward to celebrating her 13th birthday; her mom is planning a Sweet 13 party and they are going to rent out a club for 13-year-olds. Ali will also be releasing an album for Christmas 2006, so December is going to be a big month for her!

Jenna Boyd
Jenna Boyd is an award winning young actress who was born in Beford, Texas on March 4th, 1993; she has an impressive career in both TV and movies that is getting noticed. Her Film credits include The Missing, where she won a Young Artist Award for the role of Dot Gilkeson, and The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, where she played Bailey. Jenna guest starring roles in TV include in such ground-breaking shows like Six Feet Under, CSI, Just Shoot Me, Ghost Whisperer, and HBO's Carnivale. Jenna also starred in the made for TV movie, Mary Christmas opposite John Schneider and Vickie Roberts with David Spade. As well as her film and movie career Jenna is also an accomplished Figure Skater. She has won lots of gold medals. She has mastered the Axle. She is also working hard to complete her doubles.

Alyson Stoner
Alyson Rae Stoner was born in Toledo, Ohio on August 11, 1993. She trained at the O'Connell's Dance Studio in Holland, Ohio. She has appeared in music videos of Eminem and Missy Elliot. Work It, Gossip Folks, I'm Really Hot; all Missy Elliot's and Eminem's Just Lose It, using her dancing skills. She has been in the JammXKids dancing group. Her movie appearances include Cheaper By The Dozen 1 & 2 playing the role of Sarah Baker. Her current TV role is on Mike's Super-Short Show, and a recurring role on The Suite
Life of Zack and Cody.

Emily Osment
Emily Osment has never been a stranger to the world of entertainment and acting. Her father, Eugene Osment, is an actor of some renown, and her older brother Haley Joel Osment stole the spotlight as one of the best child actors ever. Wanting to follow in their footsteps, Emily decided to start a career in acting, and made her debut in the 1999 film The Secret Life of Girls. The same year she co-starred alongside Glenn Close in a Hallmark Classic, Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End, a role that would lead to a nomination for a Best Young Actor award. Since then, she has gone on to do a number of roles which includes 2 of the 3 Spy Kids films. Now, she is working on the newest Disney Channel series, Hannah Montana.
Emily was born in, and still resides in Los Angeles with her parents Eugene and Theresa Osment.
Jillian Clare
Jillian Clare is an exuberant, accomplished young actress originally from the beautiful Pacific Northwest. Best known as the precocious pre-teen 'Abby Deveraux' on NBC's
Days of our Lives, from August 2003 thru September 2004, her compelling performance earned her a 2004 & 2005 'Young Artist Award' as the Best Recurring Young Actress on television. At five years old Jillian began singing and dancing on stage winning accolades and numerous vocal talent awards. Her acting career began when she was 6, entertaining audiences performing in a one person original musical titled A Dream is a Wish. Since arriving in Los Angeles during the summer of 2000, Jillian has been busy lending her considerable talent to television and films. She has appeared in several feature and short subject films. In Wishing Time, director Torrie Rosenzweig chose Jillian to play Natasha Gregson Wagner's younger self. Other short films include award winning Chasing Daylight, Dangerous Love of Alife Zeegman, Midnight Snack and Momentum.

Jamie Lynn Spears
Jamie Lynn Spears is an American actress, most famous as being recognized as the younger sister of famous pop singer Britney Spears. Spears appeared in 2001's Totally Britney Live and in a Pepsi television commercial in 2002. In the same year, she appeared briefly in the movie Crossroads, as the younger version of the main character, Lucy, who was played by her older sister, Britney. For two seasons, Spears was a cast member on the comedy-variety show All That, which she obtained after publicly stating her desire to be on the show in an interview. While on All That she also did many On-Air Dare skits(a nickelodeon version of fear factor) where she was gunged with 10,000 raw eggs, had to drink human sweat, and eat blue cheese dressing as well as other disgusting acts. She eventually left the show All That in 2004 after getting her own Nick show, Zoey 101.

Nathalia Ramos
Ramos was born in Madrid, Spain, to a Spanish father and a Jewish mother from Australia. Ramos remains fluent in Spanish, though her family moved to Melbourne, Australia, when she was two years old, and two years later, relocated to Miami Beach, Florida, where she use to reside. She has since moved to Los Angeles, California where she is expected to boost up her popularity in show business. Ramos has a younger brother named Micheal Ramos. Both of her parents work in the music business (her father is a musician).

Miley Cyrus
Destiny Hope Cyrus is the daughter of Billy Ray Cyrus and Tish Finley Cyrus. Miley managed to acquire the star role in the new Disney Channel original series, Hannah Montana. She stars as Miley Stewart, a teenage girl that leads a double life as a regular girl and rockstar, Hannah Montana. On the show she and her best friend, Lilly, must deal with everyday problems and bullies (the popular girls). But at the end of the day they both enjoy her famous lifestyle and try to fend off the paparazzi.

Emma Watson
Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson was born in Oxfordshire, England on April 15, 1990. At school, she took the lead role in several plays, including ‘Arthur: The Young Years' and ‘The Happy Prince'. Along with plays, Emma participated in many other school productions, including the Daisy Pratt Poetry Competition, in which she won first place for her year at age seven. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001), is Emma's debut into the world of professional acting. Competing against many other girls for the role of Hermione Granger, she didn't expect to get the part.

Vanessa Hudgens
A triple threat, Vanessa Anne Hudgens was born on December 14, 1988, to multi-racial parents. She can sing, dance, and act; proving that she is capable of all three in High School Musical, the highest rated Disney Cannel Original Movie (DCOM) so far. Vanessa started in show business when she replaced her friend who couldn’t make it to a commercial. Sincethen, Vanessa broke through as an actress, and has appeared in several theatre productions, television shows, and movies; starting with the film Thirteen. Vanessa is only beginning to thrill audiences and capture hearts.

Janel Parirish
Janel Meilani Parrish (born October 30, 1988) is an American actress, singer, Broadway perfomer, songwriter and pianist. Parrish was born in Oahu, Hawaii, to Mark Parrish, who is Caucasian, and Joanne, who is of Chinese ancestry. She went to Moanalua Elementary and Middle Schools, both located on the island of Oahu.

Chelsea Staub
Chelsea Staub (born September 15, 1988) is an American Broadway performer, film actress and singer. Staub got her first acting job at the age of nine, as the role of Young Kim in the national Broadway production of Showboat. She has since been in several productions, including Peter Pan, The Wiz, Cinderella, Oliver!, Annie, Titantic, The Sound of Music, Schoolhouse Rock, A Christmas Carol, and The Secret Garden. She cites the role of Mary Lennox as her favorite that she's played.

Nikki Reed
Nicole Houston "Nikki" Reed (born May 17, 1988) is an American film actress and screenwriter. She became known in 2003, after the release of the film Thirteen, and has since appeared in several low-budget films, including Lords of Dogtown and Mini's First Time. Reed was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Seth Reed, a set designer, and Cheryl Houston, a hairdresser; she has an
older brother, Nathan. Reed's father is Jewish and her mother is of Cherokee and Italian descent. She attended Palms Middle School. Reed grew up with her father's Jewish faith (her brother had a Bar Mitzvah), although it has been noted that she has "questioned religion".

Alexa Vega
Alexa Ellesse Vega (born August 27, 1988) is an American actress and occasional singer. She is known for portraying Carmen Cortez in the Spy Kids trilogy, as well as for a variety of film appearances, including her roles in Sleepover, Odd Girl Out, Walkout and The Beautiful Ordinary. Alexa Vega was born in Miami, Florida to a Colombian father and an American mother. Her sisters are actresses Makenzie Vega and Krizia Vega. She has two half-sisters named Margaux Vega (b. December 25, 1981) and Greylin James (b. September 22, 2000), as well as a half-brother named Jet James (b. October 4, 2005). Vega lived in Florida until she was four years old when she moved with her family to California.