A Star is Born
Have you heard of Sofia Vassilieva yet? You will. She's one of the breakout stars of the summer.

Sofia Vassilieva is a freak of nature. Most child actresses are, but in her case that's meant as a compliment. What other teenage girl would shave her head for a job? Dakota Fanning wouldn't—and we know that because she reportedly lost the role of a cancer-stricken teenager in My Sister's Keeper after director Nick Cassavetes (The Notebook) demanded that she go bald for the part. He then auditioned Vassilieva, who was more than happy to make the sacrifice. On Valentine's Day, Vassilieva marched right into a salon and had her waist-length brown locks chopped off. She even saved the hair, so it could be made into a wig for her other day job, playing Ariel Dubois on the TV drama Medium. Wasn't she scared? Let's forget about the career thing—Vassilieva is still dealing with the harshest critics of all: high-school girls. "Of course, of course, your hair is so much of who you are," says Vassilieva, who is 16 and about to enter her senior year. "There was concern about whether my head was going to be round or lumpy. Up until the point I shaved it, I was hysterical."

Now it's your turn to cry. My Sister's Keeper is the biggest sobfest of the summer (and that's meant as a compliment too, kinda). Based on Jodi Picoult's bestselling novel, it's about a young girl named Kate (Vassilieva) who is diagnosed with leukemia, so her parents (Cameron Diaz and Jason Patric) decide to have a second daughter, Anna (Abigail Breslin), to serve as an organ donor and save her big sister's life. The premise is straight out of a Lifetime TV movie, and the screenplay—with its multiple voice-overs and courtroom scenes—hardly does it any favors. And yet, I'm almost embarrassed to admit this out loud: I was entirely sucked in. Onscreen, Vassilieva is like a mini Meryl Streep projected on Katherine Heigl's cherubic face, and her performance is about the most gut-wrenching thing you can imagine from a popcorn summer movie. "She is so wonderful," says Diaz. "I think about it and it gives me chills."

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Sofia was so amazing in MSK! She was definitely the best thing in the movie IMO

Come on, Medium. Give Ariel a real boyfriend and not the "guy she likes for the episode" stuff.