KAITLYN DEVER

As the first Scottish actress to graduate from Juilliard, the fearless Glasgow native breaks out on stage, onscreen, and on film this year, playing extreme women in everything from an Oscar Isaac-led Hamlet and Noah Baumbach’s latest to Netflix’s new series GLOW.

With just one television miniseries to his name, the upstart British actor takes the lead in Christopher Nolan’s gripping and highly anticipated new World War II film Dunkirk and makes himself a star.

After a stint on Broadway in Matilda and a run on Transparent, the sixteen-year-old actress makes her feature début in Sofia Coppola’s new film The Beguiled, the perfect project to fulfill her desires to tell untold stories from surprising perspectives.

On her début album, one of the only two women signed to Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. Music label reclaims femininity and womanhood with introspection, grace, and emotion.

Our latest summer escape takes us to the Caribbean hometown of stylist Roberto Johnson, who mixes international designers and local Garifuna attire to brilliantly vibrant effect in this feature photographed by Evan Browning.

After appearances in big-budget action flicks like Kingsman and The Huntsman, the British actress showcases her enigmatic side as the love interest of a married Naomi Watts in Netflix’s new series Gypsy.

John Guerrero and Katelyn Gray capture a few of the city’s many facets in our latest fashion feature starring an eclectic cast only New York could bring together.

One of the finalists for this year’s LVMH Prize for Young Fashion Designers, the Russian-born Maria Jahnkoy aims to redefine sustainability by up-cycling existing sportswear and introducing lost craftsmanship in her vibrant and intricate designs.

After a breakout role on Skins, the British actress hits Hollywood as an emphatic and powerful female figure in male-dominated blockbusters like The Maze Runner and the new Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, and makes a strong case for more women behind the camera as well.