Opening Acts: The Vanities Headliners 2006-2011: All Is Vanities ... Nothing Is Fair.

Byline: KRISTA SMITH

OPENING ACTS

THE VANITIES HEADLINERS 20062011

All Is VANITIES ... Nothing Is Fair

EMILY BLUNT

MARCH 2007

BREAKTHROUGH FILM: The Devil Wears Prada. CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Sunshine Cleaning; The Young Victoria; The Adjustment Bureau. WHAT SHE SAID THEN: "I had a really bad stutter as a child. It never occurred to me that I would want to be on the stage, because I couldn't even bloody talk."

For the past two decades, the opening page of the Vanities section has been like a second cover of VANITY FAIR singling out the brightest talents among a new generation of young actors. Many of these up-and-comers have gone on to achieve great critical success and sometimes global fame. Last year alone several past Vanities alumsincluding Jessica Chastain ( The Help ), Shailene Woodley ( The Descendants ), Joseph Gordon-Levitt ( 50/50 ), Michael Fassbender ( Shame ), and Mia Wasikowska ( Jane Eyre )all won awards for their acting talent. In the following pages, VANITY FAIR takes a look back at the shining careers of these stars and many others. We see them …