His Dark Materials: Where You Recognise The Cast From

1. Dafne Keen - Lyra Belacqua

His Dark Materials
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Keen's father Will got a mention earlier on, but even at only fourteen years of age, she's the clear star in the family. His Dark Materials so far marks yet another magnificent performance from the young actor.

Undeniably best known for Logan, Hugh Jackman's swansong as Wolverine, where she played angry young mutant X-23. As mentioned in McAvoy's entry, Disney are likely to retool the whole mutant franchise, so as good as she was in the role, she might only get one outing in it.

Whether she'd be perfect for another Marvel role is a question for another day.

For now, aside from Logan, Keen only has The Refugees in her back catalogue, and it's clearly the worst of her three projects to date.

Keen joins the likes of Millie Bobby Brown, Kiernan Shipka and Joey King as young starlets supposedly destined for the top. If she keeps this pace up, Keen will get there in no time.

 
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