Making a breakthrough in pop culture during any year is hard. Doing it during a global pandemic is an entirely different thing.This year's five Associated Press’ Breakthrough Entertainers of the Year managed to create buzz and art against a year like no other.
They brightened a 2020 that badly needed light.They are Anya Taylor-Joy, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Sarah Cooper and Finneas.
These performers broke through into the mainstream and made a mark on entertainment this year, despite lockdowns — and, in the case of Edgar-Jones, perhaps because of them, sending people desperate for connection to her series “Normal People." The AP’s fourth annual list spotlights how fast fame can come: It took a mere four months from when.