Career: Henson has had recurring roles on a number of TV shows, including The Division, Boston Legal and Person of Interest. Her film credits include Four Brothers (2005), Talk to Me (2007), Date Night (2010), The Karate Kid (2010), Larry Crowne (2011) and the Think Like a Man movies. She was nominated for an Academy Award for her role in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008). She has a lead role in musical drama TV series Empire.

Career: Spencer has made guest appearances in a number of TV shows, including ER, Chicago Hope, Roswell, The X-Files, Becker, Malcolm in the Middle and Dharma and Greg. She is best known for playing domestic Minny Jackson in The Help (2011), a role that earned her an Oscar and a Golden Globe. More recently, she has starred in Fruitvale Station (2013), Snowpiercer (2013), Get on Up (2014), Black and White (2014) and Insurgent (2015). She had a recurring role in the sitcom Mom.

Career: Monae released an EP in 2007 called Metropolis: Suite I (The Chase), which was intended to be a concept album in four parts but plans changed after she signed with Bad Boy. She released her first studio album, The ArchAndroid, which featured the second and third suites of Metropolis, in 2010. Her first number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart came in 2012 when she was a guest vocalist on Fun's single We Are Young. The year after, she released her second studio album, The Electric Lady, which continued with the concepts of her previous two releases. In 2015, she and Epic Records revamped her Wondaland Arts Society record label to create Wondaland Records. She released a compilation EP called The Eephus, which featured a number of artists from the label. Aside from music, Monae has also had major roles in the films Hidden Figures (2016) and Moonlight (2016).

Career: Costner believed his break would come in 1983's The Big Chill - but he was cut from the final film. However, director Lawrence Kasdan cast him in Silverado, which boosted his career. His first major leading role arrived in 1987 in The Untouchables. Since then he has picked up a Best Director Oscar for Dances with Wolves, and had box-office hits with The Bodyguard, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Field of Dreams and JFK. He has struggled to find successful projects in recent years, but Open Range in 2003, which he starred in as well as directing and producing, was a return to form. He won a 2012 Emmy Award for his role in miniseries Hatfields & McCoys. He's also appeared in Mr Brooks, The Guardian and Man of Steel.

Career: Her debut movie was 1989's New York Stories. Roles in Bonfire of the Vanities and TV series Loving followed. Her breakthrough year was 1994, when she starred in Interview with the Vampire, Jumanji, and Little Women. In 1996, she had a recurring role in ER and since then has become one of Hollywood's top young actresses. Dunst's most acclaimed work has been in such movies as The Virgin Suicides, Drop Dead Gorgeous, Bring It On, Spider-Man and its sequel, Mona Lisa Smile, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Wimbledon. Recent projects include romantic comedy Elizabethtown, as well as the lavish Marie-Antoinette and Spider-Man 3.

Career: Early in his career, Parsons worked on Off-Broadway productions and appeared on TV several times. He had a recurring role on Judging Amy, appeared on the TV series Ed and had minor roles in such films as Garden State (2004) and School for Scoundrels (2006). His big break came when he landed the role of Sheldon Cooper in The Big Bang Theory, a role that earned him four Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series and a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical. He went on to appear in the films The Big Year (2011), The Muppets (2011), Home (2015) and Hidden Figures (2016).