Amandla Stenberg
Known for ActingBorn 1998-10-23Los Angeles, California, USA
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
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2023 · as Margo Kess: Spider-Byte (voice)
Colombiana
2011 · as Cataleya Restrepo (Age10)
Rio 2
2014 · as Bia (voice)
The Hunger Games
2012 · as Rue
The Darkest Minds
2018 · as Ruby Daly
Bodies Bodies Bodies
2022 · as Sophie
The Hate U Give
2018 · as Starr Carter
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
2027 · as Margo Kess (voice)
Wildwood
2026 · as (voice)
Dear Evan Hansen
2021 · as Alana Beck
Where Hands Touch
2018 · as Leyna
Everything, Everything
2017 · as Maddy Whittier
OZI: Voice of the Forest
2024 · as JAZZY
Children of Blood and Bone
2027 · as Princess Amari
As You Are
2016 · as Sarah
This Changes Everything
2019 · as Self
Lemonade
2016 · as Self
My Animal
2023 · as Jonny