Jennifer Lawrence earned an Oscar nomination at 20 for “Winter’s Bone,” became a global star as Katniss Everdeen in “The Hunger Games” and won best actress for “Silver Linings Playbook.”
Emma Watson grew up on screen as Hermione Granger in the “Harry Potter” films, then starred in “The Perks of Being a Wallflower,” “Beauty and the Beast” and “Little Women” while championing gender equality.
Canadian actor Ryan Gosling went from the Mickey Mouse Club to romantic lead in “The Notebook,” critical acclaim in “Half Nelson” and “Drive,” and an Oscar-nominated scene-stealing turn as Ken in “Barbie.”
Reese Witherspoon won an Oscar for playing June Carter in “Walk the Line,” starred in “Legally Blonde” and “Big Little Lies,” and built Hello Sunshine and Reese’s Book Club into a media business.
Emma Stone broke out in comedies like “Superbad” and “Easy A,” then won the best actress Oscar twice, for “La La Land” and “Poor Things,” becoming one of the leading actresses of her generation.
Tina Fey rose from Chicago improv to become Saturday Night Live’s first female head writer, then created “30 Rock” and wrote “Mean Girls,” becoming one of comedy’s most influential voices.
Matt Damon broke through by co-writing and starring in “Good Will Hunting,” winning an Oscar for the screenplay, and went on to anchor the Bourne franchise and films like “The Martian” and “Oppenheimer.”
Leonardo DiCaprio became a global star with “Titanic” and built one of Hollywood’s most respected careers through films like “The Departed,” “Inception” and “The Revenant,” which earned him an Oscar.
English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran went from busking and small gigs to stadium tours, with hits including “The A Team,” “Thinking Out Loud,” “Shape of You” and “Perfect.”
Bruno Mars rose from Honolulu impersonator to one of the defining pop stars of the 2010s, with hits like “Just the Way You Are,” “Uptown Funk” and “24K Magic” and a string of Grammy Awards.
Australian actor Hugh Jackman became a global star as Wolverine in the X-Men films while building a parallel career as a Tony-winning musical theater performer.
Sandra Bullock became a star with Speed, ruled romantic comedy in the 1990s and 2000s, then won an Academy Award for The Blind Side and anchored the space thriller Gravity.