Amandla Stenberg
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.
Known For
The Daily Show
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Kelly Clarkson Show
RuPaul's Drag Race
Sleepy Hollow
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
The Acolyte
Colombiana
The Hunger Games
Rio 2
Bodies Bodies Bodies
The Hate U Give
Everything, Everything
The Darkest Minds
Dear Evan Hansen
Where Hands Touch
Lemonade
As You Are
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