Top 10 Breakout Stars of 20173 of 10
8. Jessica Henwick
While Netflix's "Iron Fist" largely fell flat with viewers and Marvel diehards, IMDb fans couldn't get enough of Jessica Henwick, who played martial-arts expert Colleen Wing. Her character, with her no-nonsense, deadpan self-reliance, was just what genre fans wanted, and she became that series' most popular actor on IMDb for weeks after its release and enjoyed another surge of fan interest when "The Defenders" debuted in late summer. Aside from kicking ass with the Hand, Henwick appeared in the second season of British thriller "Fortitude" and in the seventh season of "Game of Thrones," starring yet again as Nymeria Sand.
While Netflix's "Iron Fist" largely fell flat with viewers and Marvel diehards, IMDb fans couldn't get enough of Jessica Henwick, who played martial-arts expert Colleen Wing. Her character, with her no-nonsense, deadpan self-reliance, was just what genre fans wanted, and she became that series' most popular actor on IMDb for weeks after its release and enjoyed another surge of fan interest when "The Defenders" debuted in late summer. Aside from kicking ass with the Hand, Henwick appeared in the second season of British thriller "Fortitude" and in the seventh season of "Game of Thrones," starring yet again as Nymeria Sand.