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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
October 31, 1993
Place of Birth:
Georgetown, Guyana
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Letitia Wright
Biography
Letitia Michelle Wright (born 31 October 1993) is a British actress. She began her career with guest roles in Top Boy, Coming Up, Chasing Shadows, Humans, Doctor Who, and Black Mirror. For the latter, she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. She then had her breakthrough for her role in the 2015 film Urban Hymn, for which the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) named Wright among the 2015 group of BAFTA Breakthrough Brits.
In 2018, she attained global recognition for her portrayal of Shuri in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Black Panther, for which she won an NAACP Image Award and a SAG Award. She reprised the role in Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022). In 2019, she received the BAFTA Rising Star Award. She also appeared in Steve McQueen's 2020 anthology series Small Axe, which earned her a Satellite Award nomination.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Avengers: Doomsday | Shuri |
| 2023 | Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | Self |
| 2023 | Surrounded | Mo Washington |
| 2022 | 20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda | Self |
| 2022 | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | Shuri |
| 2022 | Death on the Nile | Rosalie Otterbourne |
| 2022 | The Silent Twins | June |
| 2022 | Aisha | Aisha Osagie |
| 2021 | Sing 2 | Nooshy (voice) |
| 2021 | Lines | |
| 2020 | Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King | Self (archive footage) |
| 2019 | Guava Island | Yara Love |
| 2019 | Avengers: Endgame | Shuri |
| 2018 | Black Panther | Shuri |
| 2018 | Avengers: Infinity War | Shuri |
| 2018 | Ready Player One | Reb (Safe House) |
| 2018 | The Commuter | Jules Skateboarder |
| 2017 | Cake | |
| 2015 | Urban Hymn | Jamie Harrison |
| 2014 | Glasgow Girls | Amal |
| 2013 | Big Girl | Hannah |
| 2012 | My Brother the Devil | Aisha |
| 2011 | Victim | Nyla |
| 2011 | Random | Girl #3 |
| Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life | Self |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Voices Rising: The Music of Wakanda Forever | Shuri (archive footage) / Self - Actress |
| 2021 | Marvel Studios Legends | Shuri (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 2020 | Small Axe | Altheia Jones |
| 2019 | I Am... | Danielle |
| 2019 | Tamron Hall | Self - Guest |
| 2015 | Banana | Vivienne Scott |
| 2015 | Cucumber | Vivienne Scott |
| 2015 | Humans | Renie |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self - Guest |
| 2014 | Chasing Shadows | Taylor Davis |
| 2014 | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Self |
| 2011 | Black Mirror | Nish |
| 2005 | Doctor Who | Anahson |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Presenter |