Rueben's Ramblings

Much like the Faces of 2025, there are always entertainers of note to be on the look-out for in the new year or those who made great waves throughout the current year who will, undoubtedly, be big stars in the new year.

The new faces of 2026 appear below in no particular order:

Ryan Kiera Armstrong – This talented 15-year-old has appeared in vastly different roles during her young life. She made her debut in the Netflix series Anne With an E starting at the tender age of 7 and then had a role in the horror flick IT: Chapter Two and followed that up with roles in The Tomorrow War, Black Widow and Firestarter as well as on TV in American Horror Story. More recently she appeared in the Star Wars related series Skeleton Crew with Jude Law and alongside Ethan Hawke in The Lowdown. But her next upcoming role will easily put her on the map: she will play Nova in the reboot series Buffy the Vampire Slayer: New Sunnydale – which is the working title – playing Nova alongside Sarah Michelle Gellar

Corey Fogelmanis – This California native is very familiar to the younger generations from his years in the Disney series Girl Meets World but he became a teenage heartthrob playing Nathan Walter in the Netflix teenage drama My Life With the Walter Boys. More recently he has appeared in several music videos with American singer-songwriter Conan Gray and starred in the independent flick I Wish You All the Best, starring alongside Alexandra Daddario, Cole Sprouse and Lena Dunham.

Tonatiuh – This LA native has been acting for the past 11 years, appearing in episodes of Jane the Virgin, Famous in Love and Chicago Med before he had a recurring role in the Starz series Vida and a role in the short-lived series Promised Land. But it’s been his recent roles in the Netflix action flick Carry-On and the box office movie The Kiss of the Spider Woman alongside Jennifer Lopez and Diego Luna that has set him on the map.

Siena Agudong – The Hawaii native has been acting for the past 13 years, appearing in various children’s programs on Disney, Nickelodeon and even Netflix, but then “graduated” to more adult projects like F9: The Fast Saga and the Resident Evil series on Netflix. More recently, she has appeared in the Tubi young-adult movies Sidelined and Sidelined 2 as well as the horror flick What She Doesn’t Know. Next up she will appear in the small screen adaptation of the Stephen King horror classic Carrie that is expected to debut sometime in 2026 on Amazon Prime.

Ella Anderson – She may be best known to the younger generations as Piper Hart in the long-running superhero series Henry Danger on Nickelodeon, but she earned critical praise for her role in the Brie Larson-led box office movie The Glass Castle back in 2017. Since then, she has appeared in the Hulu movie Suncoast, that also starred Woody Harrelson and Laura Linney and the aforementioned horror flick What She Doesn’t Know (alongside Faces of 2026 Siena Agudong). On Christmas Day, she will be seen alongside Kate Hudson and Hugh Jackman in the much buzzed about film Song Sung Blue.

Jay Lycurgo – This British actor has been working professionally for the past six years, appearing in episodes of I May Destroy You, War of the Worlds and Cheaters before landing the role of Tim Blake (a wanna-be Robin) in the buzzed-about HBO Max teen fantasy Titans before landing a small role in the 2022 box office movie The Batman. This year he appeared in the Netflix movie Steve with Cillian Murphy, and they will reteam in next year’s Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man film that will debut in March.

Erin Kellyman – For the past 10 years, this British actress has been building up a resume appearing in both film and TV, including the box office movies Solo: A Star Wars Story, The Green Knight and Blitz as well as The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, the short-lived small screen adaptation of Willow and the BBC mini-series adaptation of Les Misérables. This year she appeared in the horror flick 28 Years Later and the critically acclaimed box office movie Eleanor the Great, which stars June Squibb and Chiwetel Ejiofor and was directed by Scarlett Johanson.

Chase Infiniti – This Indiana-born newcomer made her TV debut last year in the Jake Gyllenhaal-led Apple TV series Presumed Innocent and then appeared in this year’s much-buzzed-about box office movie One Battle After Another, working alongside Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn and Benicio Del Toro. She will next be seen in the new, upcoming series The Testaments, the sequel series to Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale, which will be set five years after the series finale of the ‘mothership’ series.

Are there any actors or actresses who you think are the faces to watch in 2026? Please share.

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