The 5 Breakout Performances Heating Up Our Screens This Summer


If, like us, you’ve been in an all-consuming Love Island USA daze for the last two months, you might be feeling a big, gaping hole in your life following Sunday’s season six finale. We totally get it, but fret not because summer film and TV is just getting revved up, and there are some really brilliant performances popping up on our radar. Just in time to fill the void, we’re back with another edition of our Ones to Watch portfolio, where we keep you in the know on the breakout stars of the season.

What do you have to look forward to? There’s the newest rom-com to hit theaters, which showcases funny girl Anna Garcia in a star-making turn. Later this week, Netflix is dropping a new campy period drama about a group of 14th century nobles and their servants quarantining from the black death at a secluded villa, which features a brilliant comedic cast, including Parisian Lou Gala. You can catch up on a juicy crime thriller set against a glamorous late-’70s Miami backdrop with Laura Gordon. Zoë Kravitz is making her directorial debut with a film that will have you on the edge of your seat and introduces you to newcomer Trew Mullen. Finally, you’ll want to grab your girls for the film adaptation of The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat to see icon-in-the-making Kyanna Simone.

We chatted with each of these super-talented women to get the inside scoop on their projects, their personal hobbies, and, of course, what’s on their summer shopping lists.

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WHO: Lou Gala