Top 10 Stars of 2014

Shailene Woodley's talent and accessible personality figured into the massive worldwide success of The Fault in Our Stars and the launch of the Divergent series. Her back-to-the-Earth outlook on life didn't turn her into a target for satire, sarcasm, or parody, and she even ran around naked in a Gregg Araki movie without creating a bad image. So perhaps we're still in the Age of the Movie Star.

Jennifer Lawrence is a perennial favorite on IMDb, and she remained near the top of the list thanks to another strong year: she received her third Oscar nomination for American Hustle, played Mystique in X-Men: Days of Future Past, and returned as Katniss in the penultimate chapter of The Hunger Games.

Robbie broke on to the scene in a big way with a very memorable turn in The Wolf of Wall Street, which helped her score some high-profile upcoming roles. In 2016, she’ll appear as Jane in Tarzan, and as Harley Quinn in Suicide Squad.

Clarke is a regular on this list thanks to her ongoing role as Daenerys Targaryen (aka Khaleesi, The Mother of Dragons, etc.) on HBO’s immensely popular "Game of Thrones". She also spent part of the year playing Sarah Connor in Terminator: Genisys; look for the reboot/sequel in theaters next Summer.

2014 was a big year for Scarlett Johansson. She received plenty of critical praise for her turn in Under the Skin, was essentially the co-lead in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and then played the title character in surprise box office hit Lucy. However, the most-significant event for ScarJo occurred off-screen: in September, she gave birth to her first child (a baby girl named Rose).

Nicola Peltz segued from "Bates Motel" to Transformers: Age of Extinction, and the movie's dominance (almost $1.1 billion at the worldwide box office) means we'll see Tessa Yeager in at least two more Transformers movies. Undoubtedly other roles are in the works for the one-time model.

Ms. Moretz was unmissable on the big screen this year with a co-starring role in the indie comedy Laggies, a cameo in Muppets Most Wanted, and she made waves at Cannes at part of the ensemble cast of Clouds of Sils Maria. Her character's gangster-controlled existence fueled The Equalizer's wrath, but it was the drama If I Stay that had her fans -- and those of Gayle Forman's novel -- talking this year.

Rosamund Pike received a ton of attention for bringing “Amazing Amy” to life in David Fincher’s Gone Girl, and most Oscar prognosticators expect her to receive a Best Actress nomination in January. Pike also gave recently gave birth to her second child.

Already a sought after talent, Stone reprised her portrayal of Gwen Stacy in the summertime blockbuster The Amazing Spider-Man 2. But her turn in the critically acclaimed Birdman may win her additional notice during this awards season.

The woman once known as Casino Royale's Vesper Lynd is now an action lead in her own right, making a splash in 2014's 300: Rise of an Empire as the formidable commander Artemisia as well as the manipulative seductress Ava in Sin City: A Dame to Kill For. On television, Green's portrayal of the haunting Miss Vanessa Ives on Showtime's Gothic horror series "Penny Dreadful" gives viewers the opportunity to witness the actress's impressive and expansive dramatic talent.