These underage hotties might not be able to drink legally, rent a car or even drive one, but they’re still some of the brightest, best-looking blips on Hollywood’s radar you undoubtedly harbor an inappropriate crush on (nope, Ali Lohan didn’t make the cut) …
Taylor Lautner
Age: 17
Why He’s Pretty: Because Lautner is well-spoken, perpetually polite, has perfect skin, a dazzling movie-star smile that makes grown women scream and outrageous discipline for working out. Hell-o, because we’ve seen him shirtless in the New Moon trailer.
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Emma Watson
Age: 19
Why She’s Pretty: Because Watson has been in the spotlight since she was 11, and we’ve never once seen her flash her panties at the paparazzi, get carried out of a dirty nightclub or carouse with the likes of Paris and Lindsay. Because she’s magically breathtaking as the face of Chanel, and because she used a chunk of her Potter millions to buy a ski chalet in the French Alps. Girl is all class.
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Vanessa Hudgens
Age: 20
Why She’s Pretty: Because she took a lickin’ with her (second, sorta) nude photo scandal just days before her new movie Bandslam hit theaters, but one apology later, she’s still kickin’ it as Zac Efron‘s girlfriend and the queen of East High School.
KEEP READING: Little J is dirty-sexy![PAGEBREAK]
Taylor Momsen
Age: 16
Why She’s Pretty: Because at an age when most teens’ lives revolve around going to prom and getting a driver’s license, this underage wild child is killing it as Little J on Gossip Girl and in her real-life band, The Pretty Reckless. With her Debbie Harry look and hard-candy persona, Momsen makes Blake Lively look like Martha Stewart.
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Kristen Stewart
Age: 19
Why She’s Pretty: Because Stewart’s “are they or aren’t they” romance with 23-year-old Robert Pattinson makes her the envy of a billion girls — and guys — worldwide. Because she’s got Twilight‘s Bella Swan’s exasperated eyerolls and come-hither glances down to a science, and because her thorny persona is really just a cover for her endearing awkwardness.
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Joe Jonas
Age: 19
Why He’s Pretty: Because the most handsome Jonas brother is a Hollywood heartbreaker who’s dated the likes of Taylor Swift and Camilla Belle. And because he’s single again and just … pretty.
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Taylor Swift
Age: 19
Why She’s Pretty: Because Swift’s music — that she writes herself — is wise beyond her 19 years. And because she’s not afraid to publically call out heartbreaker Joe Jonas for inspring said tunes.
KEEP READING: Superbad girl![PAGEBREAK]
Emma Stone
AGE: 20
Why She’s Pretty: Because the husky-voiced Stone held her own against the Superbad boys. And because she convinced her parents to let her pursue acting when she was 14 by making a Powerpoint presentation titled “Project Hollywood.” Mission accomplished.
KEEP READING: Little Akeelah is smokin’![PAGEBREAK]
Keke Palmer
Age: 15
Why She’s Pretty: Because the beautiful Miss Keke (she’s Akeelah in Akeelah and the Bee, ‘member?) has held her own opposite heavy hitters like Queen Latifah, Angela Bassett, Tyler Perry and William H. Macy. And she can’t even drive yet.
KEEP READING: A blockbuster kind of guy![PAGEBREAK]
Anton Yelchin
Age: 20
Why He’s Pretty: Because after years of paying his dues on shows like ER and NYPD Blue, Yelchin seemed to come out of nowhere as a boyish wonder in two of this summer’s biggest, blockbuster action flicks, Star Trek and Terminator Salvation (though we did love his PG-rated swimming-pool three-way in 2006’s Alpha Dog).
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Selena Gomez
Age: 17
Why She’s Pretty: Because the babyfaced Gomez singlehandedly replaced Miley Cyrus as the princess of the Disney Channel. And because Gomez’s rumored romance with Taylor Lautner makes for one beautifully innocent, doubly underage, couple.
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Demi Lovato
Age: 15
Why She’s Pretty: Because Lovato is an acting, singing, guitar-playing triple threat. Because she and her BFF Selena Gomez are a purity ring-wearing, teen-dream force to be reckoned with. And because she’s not afraid to rock the red lipstick.
KEEP READING: Slumdog lovah![PAGEBREAK]
Dev Patel
Age: 19
Why He’s Pretty: Because Slumdog Millionaire made us believe our wildest dreams can come true. And because Patel is living his by riding the wave of fame and dating his gorgeous (and older woman!) Slumdog costar Freida Pinto.
KEEP READING: Pretty Woman 2.0![PAGEBREAK]
Emma Roberts
Age: 18
Why She’s Pretty: Because this pretty lil’ woman is following in the glamorous footsteps of her Aunt Julia (yeah, that Julia) with roles in Nancy Drew and Hotel for Dogs. And because her upcoming Valentine’s Day puts her alongside both Taylor Lautner and the original pretty woman herself.
KEEP READING: Hot for the cheerleader![PAGEBREAK]
Hayden Panettiere
Age: 20
Why She’s Pretty: Because the bubbly blonde cutie has a definitively cheerleader look — except she’s a cheerleader with superpowers. Because she’s dated a slew of the dark and handsome men of Hollywood and because her body is bangin’ whenever she’s photographed in her bathing suit.
KEEP READING: Wave your wand here, please![PAGEBREAK]
Daniel Radcliffe
AGE: 20
Why He’s Pretty: Because his Harry Potter has only gotten better with age. Because his massive fame doesn’t seem to have soured him, and because his naked onstage performance in Equus reminded us that our little wizard really is, uh, becoming a man.
KEEP READING: A developed Dakota![PAGEBREAK]
Dakota Fanning
AGE: 15
Why She’s Pretty: Because she’s already proved herself as the Meryl Streep of the teen set in films like I Am Sam and War of the Worlds and is on the verge of earning major tween street cred as evil vampire Jane in the upcoming New Moon.
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Zoe Kravitz
Age: 20
Why She’s Pretty: Because her parents are Lisa Bonet and Lenny Kravitz, duh. Also, because Kravitz relies on talent rather than nepotism to snag roles in artsy flicks like Assassination of a High School President, a heavy hitter at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.
KEEP READING: Deflowered by Kate Winslet![PAGEBREAK]
David Kross
Age: 19
Why He’s Pretty: Because the pretty blond German rose to prominence in the U.S. by romancing megastar Kate Winslet in The Reader. Even onscreen, he’s tempting women twice his age.
KEEP READING: A lil’ Reese Witherspoon![PAGEBREAK]
AnnaSophia Robb
Age: 15
Why She’s Pretty: Because the fresh-faced blonde has the looks and the talent of a young Reese Witherspoon. And because the Bridge to Terabithia starlet gets the chance to prove it some more as the lead in next year’s Dear Eleanor.
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Daveigh Chase
AGE: 19
Why She’s Pretty: Because she makes lace, cotton and braids look Lolita-level sexy as the underage bride in Big Love. And because she’s a pretty hot mess when she’s photographed coming out of Hollywood clubs at two in the morning, and we reminisce, “Wow, little Samantha Darko has really grown up!”
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