--- description: Find out how Monica Barbaro is shaping the future and defining the next generation of leadership. title: Monica Barbaro Is on the 2025 TIME100 Next image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7aebb65eef6985fd/6998c9fa83ec379abac7af25/t100-next-2025-monica_Barbaro.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Sep 30, 2025 # Monica Barbaro by Glen Powell  Pascal Le Segretain—Getty Images It’s really easy to root for Monica Barbaro. She carries herself with a quiet and grounded confidence. From the first time I met her on the set of _Top Gun: Maverick_, I knew right away that we would be friends for life. She’s a total star but, more importantly, she’s a good person. As an actor, Monica is driven by curiosity­—not ego—and she approaches her work with a thoughtfulness that allows her to really tap into the characters and people she plays. Watching the way that she totally transformed into Joan Baez in _A Complete Unknown_ was extraordinary. It’s not easy to embody the spirit of another person and bring it to life onscreen, but she made it look effortless, garnering an Oscar nomination as a result. I really think this is the beginning of a long run for Monica, and I’m excited to see what she does next. Anything she sets her mind to, she can accomplish. The sky is the limit for her. _Powell is an actor and producer_ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2025/7318886/monica-barbaro/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2025/7318886/monica-barbaro/"},"headline":"Monica Barbaro","datePublished":"2025-09-30T10:59:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T00:55:18.954Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2025/7318886/monica-barbaro/","keywords":["TIME100 Next","sponsorshipblock"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7aebb65eef6985fd/6998c9fa83ec379abac7af25/t100-next-2025-monica_Barbaro.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7aebb65eef6985fd/6998c9fa83ec379abac7af25/t100-next-2025-monica_Barbaro.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time100-next/","name":"TIME100 Next"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2025/7318886/monica-barbaro/","name":"Monica Barbaro"}}]}] ```