Known for Acting
Amandla Stenberg (born October 23, 1998) is an American actress. She began her career as a child and received recognition for playing Rue in the action film The Hunger Games (2012). As she grew older, she appeared in the supernatural series Sleepy Hollow (2013–2014) and the romance film Everything, Everything (2017). She received praise for her performance as a teenager witnessing a police shooting in the drama film The Hate U Give (2018). She then starred in the comedy horror film Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022) and the Star Wars series The Acolyte (2024). Outside of acting, Stenberg made her musical debut in 2015, performing as part of the folk-rock duo Honeywater and performing the song "Let My Baby Stay" for Everything, Everything. She is also noted for her activism towards LGBTQ youth and was included on Time's lists of the most influential teens in 2015 and 2016. Description above from the Wikipedia article Amandla Stenberg, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born
October 23, 1998 (age 28)
Birthplace
Los Angeles, California, USA
Filmography
35 films, 10 shows
Blue Girls Burn Fast
Blue Girls Burn Fast
2016 · 19m · US
Sometimes our emotions are our best friends.
The Yellow Wallpaper
2014 · 13m
Based on the short story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, THE YELLOW WALLPAPER depicts the experience of a woman suffering from a mental illness who moves into an old house to clear her mind.