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
The Daily Show
1996
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2023
Sleepy Hollow
2013
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
2010
MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992
The Acolyte
2024
Colombiana
2011
The Hunger Games
2012
The Eddy
2020
Rio 2
2014
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
2027
The Hate U Give
2018