Amandla Stenberg

Amandla Stenberg
Stenberg at the 2018 San Diego Comic-Con
Born (1998-10-23) October 23, 1998 (age 26)[1]
Citizenship
  • United States
  • Denmark
OccupationActress
Years active2011–present

Amandla Stenberg (born October 23, 1998) is an American actress. She[note 1] 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).

Stenberg received praise for her performance as a teenager witnessing a police shooting in the drama film The Hate U Give (2018). She achieved further recognition for her roles 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 performed the song "Let My Baby Stay" for Everything, Everything. She is also noted for her activism towards LGBT youth, and was included on Time's lists of most influential teens in 2015 and 2016.

  1. ^ Martin Howden (July 27, 2012). Hunger Games A-Z. Kings Road Publishing. p. 6. ISBN 9781782190240. Archived from the original on March 17, 2023. Retrieved March 8, 2020.
  2. ^ Chiu, Melody (April 20, 2017). "Amandla Stenberg: Why 'I Don't Necessarily Always Subscribe to Female Pronouns'". People Magazine. Archived from the original on July 31, 2018. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
  3. ^ Hornaday, Ann (October 4, 2018). "The future of celebrity looks a lot like Amandla Stenberg". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on May 23, 2020. Retrieved January 19, 2021.


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