Dakota Fanning as Emily in 2005’s Hide and Seek and Dakota Fanning in 2012

The same year Hide and Seek came out, Fanning also starred in one of the year’s biggest blockbusters, the Steven Spielberg/Tom Cruise remake of War of the Worlds. Since then, her career has skyrocketed: She has starred in The Secret Life of Bees, The Runaways, and the Twilight Saga series (as well as offering the voice of Coraline in the wonderful stop-motion adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s novel). Next up (among other projects) is the title role in Emma Thompson’s period piece Effie Gray.