Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
October 23, 1998
Place of Birth:
Los Angeles, California, USA
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Amandla Stenberg
Biography
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.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2027 | Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse | Margo Kess (voice) |
| 2027 | Children of Blood and Bone | Princess Amari |
| 2024 | Ozi: Voice of the Forest | Ozi (voice) |
| 2023 | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse | Margo Kess: Spider-Byte (voice) |
| 2023 | The Melodic Blue: Baby Keem | Jade |
| 2023 | My Animal | Jonny |
| 2022 | My Name Is Andrea | Wild Child |
| 2022 | Bodies Bodies Bodies | Sophie |
| 2021 | Dear Evan Hansen | Alana Beck |
| 2019 | This Changes Everything | Self |
| 2018 | Illegal Civilization 3 | Self |
| 2018 | Where Hands Touch | Leyna |
| 2018 | The Darkest Minds | Ruby Daly |
| 2018 | The Hate U Give | Starr Carter |
| 2018 | BLKNWS | BN Editor/Actor |
| 2017 | Everything, Everything | Maddy Whittier |
| 2017 | With Him / Best to You / Better Numb | Self |
| 2016 | As You Are | Sarah |
| 2016 | Lemonade | Self |
| 2014 | Rio 2 | Bia (voice) |
| 2012 | The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games | Self (Rue) |
| 2012 | The Hunger Games | Rue |
| 2012 | A Taste of Romance | Taylor |
| 2011 | Colombiana | Cataleya Restrepo (Age10) |
| Wildwood | (voice) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | The Acolyte | Mae-ho 'Mae' Aniseya / Verosha 'Osha' Aniseya |
| 2020 | The Eddy | Julie |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self |
| 2015 | Mr. Robinson | Halle Foster |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self |
| 2013 | Sleepy Hollow | Macey Irving |
| 2012 | Honest Trailers | Rue (archive footage) |
| 2010 | RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked | Self - Guest Judge |
| 2009 | RuPaul's Drag Race | Self - Guest Judge |
| 1996 | The Daily Show | Self |
| 1992 | MTV Movie & TV Awards | Self - Presenter |