Georgia Groome

Georgia Groome and Jodie Foster were both 14 years old when they played streetwise sex workers, the latter in Taxi Driver, the former in London to Brighton (2006). Which is nice, because Foster is the ultimate screen idol for the gifted girl from Derby. The actress, who got her big break in a regional theatre production of Annie Get Your Gun, is on the cusp of mesgastardom thanks to a forthcoming starring role in the big-screen adaptation of Angus, Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging. The film, based on the first of Louise Rennison’s eight ultra-popular teen chick-lit books, is loaded with Harry Potterish franchise potential. But Groome isn’t counting her cash just yet: “I can’t drive, so I don’t need a flash car, and I like living at home, so I don’t need a mansion. I’m sensible with money. It’s not why I act.”

Kevin Maher, The Times