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

Known For

The Hunger Games

as Rue

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

as Margo Kess: Spider-Byte (voice)

Everything, Everything

as Maddy Whittier

Rio 2

as Bia (voice)

The Darkest Minds

as Ruby Daly

Colombiana

as Cataleya Restrepo (Age10)

The Hate U Give

as Starr Carter

Bodies Bodies Bodies

as Sophie

Sleepy Hollow

as Macey Irving

The Acolyte

as Mae-ho 'Mae' Aniseya / Verosha 'Osha' Aniseya