Amandla Stenberg Biography
Amandla Stenberg is an American actress who was included in Time’s list of Most Influential Teens in both 2015 and 2016. She has received several awards in her career, including a Teen Choice Award, an NAACP Image Award, and nominations for four Black Reel Awards.
She made her career debut with the film Colombiana but her major breakthrough came with her playing Rue in The Hunger Games. Her role as Rue made her win the Teen Choice Award for Best Chemistry. Stenberg also has a recurring role as Macey Irving in the series Sleepy Hollow. She also voiced Bia in Rio 2 and starred as Halle Foster in Mr. Robinson.
Her roles as Maddy Whittier in Everything and as Starr Carter in The Hate U Give garnered her acclaim and even won her the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in Motion Picture. She has also been recognized for her outspoken views, particularly regarding her activism for LGBT youth which has received significant media coverage.
In 2019, she portrayed Elizabeth Eckford in Drunk History. Later in May of the same year, she joined the cast of The Eddy which was released on May 8, 2020. In the same month, she signed to star in Fear, and in August 2020, she was cast as Alana Beck in Dear Evan Hansen. In 2021, she was cast in the main role of the upcoming Star Wars Series The Acolyte. Recently, she was cast as Sophie in the 2022 film Bodies Bodies Bodies.
Amandla Stenberg Age
How old is Stenberg? Stenberg is 24 years old as of 2022. She was born on October 23, 1998, in Los Angeles, California, the United States of America. In addition, she celebrates her birthday on October 23 every year and her zodiac sign is Scorpio.
Amandla Stenberg Height
Stenberg stands at an average height of 5 feet 3 inches and is of moderate weight weighing 55 kg (121 lbs). Her other body measurements are 32-26-34 inches. In addition, she has dark brown hair and dark brown eyes.
Amandla Stenberg Family
Stenberg was born to Tom Stenberg (father) and Karen Brailsford (mother). Her mother is an African-American spiritual counselor and writer. Her paternal grandmother had Greenlandic Inuit ancestry and less is known about her paternal grandfather. She has two older half-sisters on her father’s side but not much is known about them either.
Amandla Stenberg Partner | Bisexual
Stenberg is openly bisexual. She came out as bisexual in January 2016 and said that pansexual was an accurate term as well to describe her sexuality. In March of the same year, she came out as non-binary and currently uses she/her and they/them pronouns. She dated Mikaela Mullaney Straus from 2018 to late 2018.
Amandla Stenberg Net Worth
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