The past 12 months have blessed us with an array of talented stars from every entertainment sector, but as we enter another year, it’s time to look ahead at what the future will bring.

A number of new stars caught the world’s attention in 2021, such as Bridgerton’s Rege-Jean Page who set hearts aflutter on a grand scale as he played the dashing Duke of Hastings in the Netflix hit, and teenage YouTube star JoJo Siwa whose coming out inspired a generation of her younger fans to just be themselves.

And lest we forget newcomer Olivia Rodrigo, who utterly smashed the charts with her hits Drivers License and Good 4 U, resulting in seven Grammy nominations and being named Time’s entertainer of the year. An incredible 12 months for her.

Emerging talent continues to blossom annually and 2022 will be no different, with a few hot names on our list thanks to their early successes over recent months.

Who are the ones to watch, those rising stars who will have their biggest career highs yet and who will firmly be household names by the end of 2022? Read on.

You might recognise HoYeon Jung as one of the female leads in Netflix’s mega-sensation Squid Game, but the 27-year-old actress originally started out as a freelance model.

She later kickstarted her runway debut after she appeared on the 2013 series of Korea’s Next Top Model, where she finished as a runner-up, and she hasn’t stopped since.

HoYeon has represented high-end brands such as Chanel Haute Couture, Burberry, Bottega Venetta, Fendi, and plenty of others.

And to top it off, she signed with Creative Artists Agency in November this year, a sign of major things to come in 2022, and in October she became a global ambassador for Louis Vuitton.

Ones to watch 2022: Jabari Banks, HoYeon Jung, Rose Ayling-Ellis and more | Metro News