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Amandla Stenberg

Actress / Film Actress / Television Actress | * 10/23/1998 (25) | Los Angeles, California (United States of America (USA))
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Amandla Stenberg (born October 23, 1998) is an American actress and singer. She was included in Time's list of Most Influential Teens in both 2015 and 2016, and has received several accolades, including a Teen Choice Award, an NAACP Image Award, and nominations for four Black Reel Awards and a Critics' Choice Award. Stenberg began acting as a child in the film Colombiana (2011). She had her breakthrough playing Rue in the action film The Hunger Games (2012), and went on to play Macey Irving in the supernatural series Sleepy Hollow (2013–2014) and Halle Foster in the sitcom Mr. Robinson (2015). As an adult, her roles as Maddy Whittier in the romance film Everything, Everything (2017) and Starr Carter in the drama film The Hate U Give (2018) helped her rise to prominence. She has played Ruby in the s... ()
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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)

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Adventure | Animation

Known for these Movies & Shows

A teenager who's lived a sheltered life because she's allergic to everything, falls for the boy who moves in next door. ...

Everything, Everything

FSK: 6+ years

2017 | 3.6/5 | 1h 36min
Drama, Romance / Love
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Every year in the ruins of what was once North America, the nation of Panem forces each of its twelve districts to send a teenage boy and girl to compete in the Hunger Games. Part twisted entertainmen ...

The Hunger Games

FSK: 12+ years

2012 | 3.6/5 | 2h 22min
Science Fiction, Adventure, Fantasy
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After witnessing her parents’ murder as a child in Bogota, Cataleya Restrepo grows up to be a stone-cold assassin. She works for her uncle as a hitman by day, but her personal time is spent engaging ...

Colombiana

FSK: 16+ years

2011 | 3.3/5 | 1h 48min
Action, Thriller, Crime, Drama
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Raised in a poverty-stricken slum, a 16-year-old girl named Starr now attends a suburban prep school. After she witnesses a police officer shoot her unarmed best friend, she's torn between her two ver ...

The Hate U Give

FSK: 12+ years

2018 | 4.1/5 | 2h 13min
Crime, Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Amandla Stenberg

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture BET YoungStars Award
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Movies with Amandla Stenberg as Actress(21)

as Ozi (voice)2024 Ozi: Voice of the Forest
as (voice)2023 Wildwood
as Jonny2023 My Animal
as Margo Kess / Spider-Byte (voice)2023 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
as Margo Kess / Spider-Byte (voice)2023 Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
2022 My Name Is Andrea
as Sophie2022 Bodies Bodies Bodies
as Alana Beck2021 Dear Evan Hansen
as Themself2019 This Changes Everything
as Ruby Daly2018 The Darkest Minds
as Leyna2018 Where Hands Touch
as Starr Carter2018 The Hate U Give
as Maddy Whittier2017 Everything, Everything
as herself2016 Lemonade
as Sarah2016 As You Are
as Bia (voice)2014 Rio 2
as Rue (archive footage) (uncredited)2013 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
as Taylor2012 A Taste of Romance
as herself2012 The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games
as Rue2012 The Hunger Games
as Cataleya Restrepo (Age10)2011 Colombiana

TV Shows/Series with Amandla Stenberg as Actress(7)

2024 The Acolyte
as Julie2020 The Eddy
2019 Gaslight
as Halle Foster2015 Mr. Robinson
as Macey Irving2013 Sleepy Hollow
as Self - Guest2009 RuPaul's Drag Race
as herself??? The Daily Show

Movies with Amandla Stenberg as Crew(2)

Production/Executive Producer2023 My Animal
Production/Executive Producer2022 Bodies Bodies Bodies

Additional Information

Born: Friday, 10/23 1998 (October) in Los Angeles, California (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 25 years + 178 days)
Zodiac sign: Scorpio (Chinese zodiac sign: Tiger)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Wildwood School
Named after: Amandla
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Suzanne Collins (6x, Crew)
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Latrice Royale (6x, Actor)
Sharon Needles (6x, Actor)
Alyssa Edwards (6x, Actor)
Chad Stahelski (5x, Crew)
Stephen Colbert (5x, Actor)
Justin Paul (5x, Crew)
Benj Pasek (5x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:1843, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 04/13/2024