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The Associated Press honors five performers for standout roles and critical acclaim in 2025, highlighting diverse talents including a Marvel star and Netflix hit lead.
- The Associated Press inducted Arden Cho, Owen Cooper, Danny Ramirez, Chase Sui Wonders and Tramell Tillman as its 2025 Breakthrough Entertainers after separate interviews in Los Angeles and New York by AP journalists.
- Each performer ended 2025 with critical and popular attention, including Arden Cho voicing Rumi and helping a Netflix film become the platform's most watched.
- Danny Ramirez began his on-screen path as an extra on Mira Nair's The Reluctant Fundamentalist and rose through TV and film roles in 2025.
- The Associated Press honor dovetails with emerging production deals and new creative roles for inductee Danny Ramirez, who is set to produce, write, direct and star in Baton and recently launched Pinstripes, highlighting progress for Latino actors.
- But concerns about artificial intelligence emerged among the group, with Owen Cooper saying he 'never use AI' and opposing AI actors, while Chase Sui Wonders warned AI shouldn't replace human creativity this year.
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By The Associated Press Owen Cooper was emphatically announced to the world in 2025. The star of “Adolescence” became the youngest male winner in the performance category at the Emmy Awards. He was only 15 years old. It was his first professional work. The triumphant debut of the young English actor was just one of several notable twists in his career that made the entertainment world speak this year. The star of “Severance”, Tramell Tillman, al…
Our AP Breakthrough Entertainers of 2025 take a survey
The youngest is 16. The oldest are 40. Two are newly minted Emmy winners. Two had dreams of professional soccer. Two count Tom Cruise as a pivotal co-star. And two changed career tracks in college. But there’s one thing all five have in common: a banner 2025. The Associated Press has inducted Arden Cho, Owen Cooper, Danny Ramirez, Chase Sui Wonders and Tramell Tillman as its 2025 class of Breakthrough Entertainers. And, in our ninth year of this…
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