Death's the second oldest, but she's always appeared young. I wouldn't necessarily say "teenager", though. And I'd prefer the right actress in the role, even if she's technically too old, than the wrong young actress.
The girl who was in Mirrormask has the right look about her. Don't know if she could pull the acting off, though, since I haven't seen her in anything else.
Edited for correct Endless.
The girl who was in Mirrormask has the right look about her.
She'd be a good choice, too.
Ivana Baquero.
Maybe a bit too young, though.
I have a memory of Gaiman describing her as a teenager. It may be I'm totally mis-remembering!
The girl who was in Mirrormask has the right look about her. Don't know if she could pull the acting off, though, since I haven't seen her in anything else.
I can see the girl who playes Didi from the Riches as her too. Young and cute and kind but take charge. Also don't know if she's got the acting chops for it yet.
I was thinking about the Mirrormask girl!
Jewel Staite just jumped into my head too -- she also has a young/old look, does sweetly earthy, blunt, loving and gently teasing very well (all key elements in Death's relationship with Dream), and has Gothed up very nicely in the past.
There are some thing I don't need to see six stories tall, you know? Heath Ledger in a green fright wig is one of them.
That's one thing I
precisely
need to see. Was a sample of the makeup linked to here? It was horrifying. I really liked it.