The Hollywood Rising-Star Award was inaugurated in 2011 by the Deauville American Film Festival to commend the talent, passion, and involvement of actors and actresses starting on the path to creation. These emerging performers are the faces of tomorrow’s cinema.
In our past editions, Ryan Gosling (2011), Jessica Chastain (2011), Paul Dano (2012), Robert Pattinson (2015), Elizabeth Olsen (2015), Chloé Grace Moretz (2016), Daniel Radcliffe (2016), Shailene Woodley (2018), Elle Fanning (2018) and Sophie Turner (2019) received this award. This year, The Hollywood Rising-Star Award goes to Dylan Penn.
Dylan Penn is an American model and actress. She is the daughter of renowned actors Sean Penn and Robin Wright. Although originally born in Los Angeles her parents decided to move and raise her in Ross, a small town in Northern California. They wanted Dylan to live a life away from the young Hollywood scene.
At age 23 Dylan has become one of the most sought after models and muses for top designers and photographers across the world. She has secured major campaigns for Ermanno Scervino, The Hip Tee in Madrid, Stuart Wetizman, The Gap, and most recently Michael Kors. Her covers include TREATS! photographed by Tony Duran, Italian Glamour alongside top model and actor Jon Kortajarena shot by Cliff Watts, L’Officiel Italia shot by Nick Hudson, Tatler Magazine shot by Yutsai, and most recently she is on the cover and has a 46 page spread in Jalouse Magazine styled exclusively by Chanel and photographed by WAFLA who are known for directing the world famous video for ‘Happy’ by Pharrell. This past show season Dylan was flown to Paris at the request of Karl Lagerfeld to sit front row at his coveted Paris Chanel couture fashion show. In addition to appearing in Italian Vogue (by Michel Comte), she has been featured in American VOGUE three times, one shot by Patrick Demarchelier, Norman Jean Roy, and most recently 10 pages photographed by Mario Testino. Dylan has features in American ELLE shot by Cedric Buchet, Italian Vanity Fair shot by Stewart Shining, and V Magazine shot by Chad Pitman.
This year, the young actress appears in Flag Day, in which she plays the lead role under the direction of her father, with whom she also acts. Adapted from the Jennifer Vogel novel “Flim-Flam Man: A True Family History”, the film, presented in Deauville, is a portrait of a young woman struggling to heal from the wounds of her past while rebuilding her relationship with her father.
