Amandla Stenberg

Amandla Stenberg

  • Birthday: 1998-10-23
  • Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA

Biography

Amandla Stenberg (born October 23, 1998) is an American actor. They made their acting debut with the film Colombiana (2011), and had their breakthrough playing Rue in the film The Hunger Games (2012), for which they won the Teen Choice Award for Best Chemistry. They had the recurring role of Macey Irving in the series Sleepy Hollow (2013–2014), voiced Bia in Rio 2 (2014) and starred as Halle Foster in the sitcom Mr. Robinson (2015). They garnered acclaim for their portrayals of Maddy Whittier in Everything, Everything (2017) and Starr Carter in the film The Hate U Give (2018), the latter of which won them the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture and earned them a nomination for the Critics' Choice Award for Best Young Actor/Actress. Stenberg also starred as Sophie in Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022)

Filmography

Everything, Everything

2017

As Maddy Whittier

The Darkest Minds

2018

As Ruby Daly

Where Hands Touch

2018

As Leyna

The Hate U Give

2018

As Starr Carter

BLKNWS

2018

As BN Editor/Actor

Ozi: Voice of the Forest

2024

As Ozi (voice)

Bodies Bodies Bodies

2022

As Sophie

My Name Is Andrea

2022

As Wild Child

My Animal

2023

As Jonny

As You Are

2016

As Sarah

Colombiana

2011

As Cataleya Restrepo (Age10)

Lemonade

2016

As Self

Dear Evan Hansen

2021

As Alana Beck

A Taste of Romance

2012

As Taylor

Wildwood

0000

As (voice)

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

2023

As Margo Kess: Spider-Byte (voice)

The Hunger Games

2012

As Rue

Rio 2

2014

As Bia (voice)

Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse

0000

As Margo Kess / Spider-Byte (voice)

Production

Blue Girls Burn Fast

2016

As Director of Photography

The Yellow Wallpaper

2014

As Director of Photography

Blue Girls Burn Fast

2016

As Director

The Yellow Wallpaper

2014

As Director

Blue Girls Burn Fast

2016

As Editor

The Yellow Wallpaper

2014

As Editor

Blue Girls Burn Fast

2016

As Producer

Bodies Bodies Bodies

2022

As Executive Producer

My Animal

2023

As Executive Producer

Blue Girls Burn Fast

2016

As Writer

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