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.

Most Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

as Self

The Daily Show

as Self

The Kelly Clarkson Show

as Self

RuPaul's Drag Race

as Self - Guest Judge

Sleepy Hollow

as Macey Irving

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

as Margo Kess: Spider-Byte (voice)

MTV Movie & TV Awards

as Self - Presenter

RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked

as Self - Guest Judge

The Acolyte

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

Colombiana

as Cataleya Restrepo (Age10)

The Hunger Games

as Rue

Rio 2

as Bia (voice)

Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse

as Margo Kess (voice)

Wildwood

as (voice)

The Darkest Minds

as Ruby Daly

Bodies Bodies Bodies

as Sophie

The Hate U Give

as Starr Carter

The Eddy

as Julie

Where Hands Touch

as Leyna

Dear Evan Hansen

as Alana Beck