Age: 16
female
Brooklynn Prince had her breakout role as mischievous Moonee in the critically acclaimed ‘The Florida Project’ at only seven years old. Moonee and her mom Halley live in the poverty-stricken shadows of Disney World, a bleak contrast between family vacations and struggling to find food. She stole the show with her powerful acting abilities, including making audiences laugh, irritated, and eventually sob. The little starlet has continued on projects in a wide variety of genres, such as the horror film ‘The Turning’ alongside another child actor Finn Wolfhard. In 2019, the young auteur tried her hand at directing after being inspired by director Sean Baker. In an Instagram post, Prince wrote, “I loved watching Sean work and was inspired by his patience, vision, and creativity. Since then my dream was to become one of the youngest directors of all time. Today my journey as a director begins. Thank you to my friend and mentor, Sean Baker for believing in me, and to the amazing crew and cast. I hope to make you all very proud. I can’t wait for the world to see Colours.” The multi-talented Prince can next be seen in ‘The Marsh King’s Daughter’ which will be released in 2022.
Brooklyn Prince
Lily Owens
for Lily Owens in The Secret Life of Bees
Suggested by telefilm34
Set in South Carolina in 1964, The Secret Life of Bees tells the story of Lily Owens, whose life has been shaped around the blurred memory of the afternoon her mother was killed. When Lily's fierce-hearted black "stand-in mother," Rosaleen, insults three of the deepest racists in town, Lily decides to spring them both free. They escape to Tiburon, South Carolina--a town that holds the secret to her mother's past. Taken in by an eccentric trio of black beekeeping sisters, Lily is introduced to their mesmerizing world of bees and honey, and the Black Madonna.
