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AMANDA SEYFRIED
...is the next Jodie Foster
Not everyone can make the leap from playing a snotty high-schooler who's able to predict weather with her boobs (2004's Mean Girls) to a Mormon teen struggling with her family's polygamous lifestyle (HBO's Big Love). But like Jodie Foster, another actress with expressive eyes who began her career young, Amanda Seyfried's got surprising versatility. Veronica Mars fans might remember the 21-year-old as Kristen Bell's murdered friend, Lilly, who was offed by none other than Harry Hamlin. Yet it's Seyfried's wise-beyond-her-years turn as the conflicted Sarah on Big Love that has us convinced she's primed for even bigger things, like, well, working with Meryl Streep. The pair will play a mother and daughter in next summer's screen adaptation of the Broadway hit Mamma Mia! Seyfried's willingness to take such a chance seems like a page straight out of Foster's playbook — 1976's Bugsy Malone, anyone? —Tim Stack
