Bryan Berlin · CC BY-SA 4.0

An actress who defined a certain strand of 1980s coming-of-age cinema, first as Ferris Bueller's exasperated sister and then, a year later, as Frances "Baby" Houseman in Dirty Dancing — a role that earned her a Golden Globe nomination and made her one of the era's most recognizable faces. She has continued working steadily since, winning Dancing with the Stars in 2010 and appearing in 2024's A Real Pain.