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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Amandla Stenberg, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Daily Show

The Kelly Clarkson Show

RuPaul's Drag Race

Sleepy Hollow

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

MTV Movie & TV Awards

RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked

All Movies (25)

• Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse2027 · as Margo Kess (voice)
• Children of Blood and Bone2027 · as Princess Amari
• Wildwood2026 · as (voice)
• OZI: Voice of the Forest2024 · as JAZZY
• The Melodic Blue: Baby Keem2023 · as Jade
• My Animal2023 · as Jonny
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse2023 · as Margo Kess: Spider-Byte (voice)
• Bodies Bodies Bodies2022 · as Sophie
• My Name Is Andrea2022 · as Wild Child
• Dear Evan Hansen2021 · as Alana Beck
• This Changes Everything2019 · as Self
• The Hate U Give2018 · as Starr Carter
• BLKNWS2018 · as BN Editor/Actor
• Where Hands Touch2018 · as Leyna
• Illegal Civilization 32018 · as Self
• The Darkest Minds2018 · as Ruby Daly
• Everything, Everything2017 · as Maddy Whittier
• With Him / Best to You / Better Numb2017 · as Self
• As You Are2016 · as Sarah
• Lemonade2016 · as Self
• Rio 22014 · as Bia (voice)
• The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games2012 · as Self - Rue
• The Hunger Games2012 · as Rue
• A Taste of Romance2012 · as Taylor
• Colombiana2011 · as Cataleya Restrepo (Age10)

All TV Shows (10)

• The Acolyte2024 · as Mae-ho 'Mae' Aniseya / Verosha 'Osha' Aniseya
• The Eddy2020 · as Julie
• The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self
• Mr. Robinson2015 · as Halle Foster
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self
• Sleepy Hollow2013 · as Macey Irving
• RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked2010 · as Self - Guest Judge
• RuPaul's Drag Race2009 · as Self - Guest Judge
• The Daily Show1996 · as Self
• MTV Movie & TV Awards1992 · as Self - Presenter