This year’s five Associated Press Breakthrough Entertainers of the Year includes actors and musicians who flowered in 2023. They are Kris Bowers, Renee Rapp, Charles Melton, Lily Gladstone and Ayo Edebiri. Gladstone and Melton are getting Oscar buzz for their work in "Killers of the Flower Moon" and “May December,” respectively, while Edebiri has been cooking on the culinary dramedy "The Bear" and the teen comedy "Bottoms." Like her fellow honorees, Rapp was making a name for herself as an actor but made the leap to pop star, while Bowers' composer credits include “Origin” and “The Color Purple.”
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Fame didn’t come overnight for Charles Melton. The 32-year-old “May December” star, currently reaping praise and racking up awards and nominations for his scene-stealing performance alongside acclaimed Hollywood veterans Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore, has dutifully been chipping away at his resume since he moved to Los Angeles more than a decade ago. “I was walking dogs and working Chinese takeout seven years ago,” Melton recalled of his early days trying to make it as an actor.