Who Is Amandla Stenberg? – Amandla Stenberg is an American film and television actress who has earned many acting credits over the course of her acting career. There’ll be even more in the years to come. She has received widespread appreciation and accolades for her contribution to the industry including a Teen Choice Award, an NAACP Image Award, and nominations for four Black Reel Awards and a Critics’ Choice Award. She loves music and made her debut as a singer after performing with singer Zander Hawley as a part of the band Honeywater in 2015. Her single “Let My Baby Stay” was released on May 11, 2018, and got featured in the 2018 film Everything, Everything. Get to know more about the raising star Amandla Stenberg here.
Early Life & Education – Amandla Stenberg was born on 23 October 1998 in Los Angeles, California, to Karen Brailsford and Tom Stenberg. Her father is Danish and her mother is African-American. She has two older half-sisters on her father’s side. Not much details about her education are available in the public domain. She once decided to enroll in a filmmaking course at New York University but dropped the plan due to her busy schedule. Hence, she stopped thinking about everything except focusing on acting only.
Career – She was inclined toward performing since her childhood. Although, she knew that’s gonna very hard for her to pursue a career in acting as no one in her family was in the entertainment industry. But, she had already made up her mind to make a career in acting. Her career began as a child model and later stepped into acting.
At age thirteen, she began her acting career professionally after portraying the younger version of Zoe Saldana’s character named Cataleya in Olivier Megaton’s action thriller film Colombiana. The film was appreciated for its action sequence but was a commercial modest commercial success which grossed $61 million against a budget of $35 million. She rose to fame for playing a supporting role in the 2012 dystopian science fiction film The Hunger Games which had Jennifer Lawrence in the female lead. The film met with positive responses from both critics and audiences and won multiple awards and nominations.
Amandla Stenberg became an overnight star after landing in The Hunger Games, and made her television debut as well, by playing Taylor in the family comedy-drama A Taste of Romance. She then was cast as Macey Irving in the 2013 American supernatural drama series Sleepy Hollow. Her next role was in Owen Ellickson’s sitcom Mr. Robinson. She played Halle Foster in the six episodes of the series.
In the 2016 American drama film As You Are, she essayed Sarah. The film premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival where it won the Special Jury Award. She next landed a lead role in Stella Meghie’s romantic drama Everything, Everything. The film became a commercial success which was made on a budget of 10 million and grossed $61 million worldwide. Her other film roles include The Darkest Minds, The Hate U Give, Where Hands Touch, and Dear Evan Hansen. She is known for playing the role of Julie in the musical drama The Eddy.
Amandla Stenberg Height Weight Body Stats Age Family Facts
Amandla Stenberg Personal Details
- Birth Name : Amandla Stenberg
- Nick Name : Amandla
- Birthday : October 23, 1998
- Age : 24
- Birthplace : Los Angeles, California, United Staes
- Nationality : American
- Religion : Judaism
- Build : Slim
- Occupation : Actress, Singer
- Ethnicity : Multiracial
- Zodiac Sign : Scorpio
- Sexuality : Non-binary
- Eye Color : Dark Brown
- Hair Color : Dark Brown
Amandla Stenberg Family
- Father : Tom Stenberg
- Mother : Karen Brailsford
- Siblings : She has two half-sisters.
- Spouse : Unmarried
- Children : None
Amandla Stenberg Measurements
- Height in Meter : 1.60 m (160 cm)
- Height in Feet : 5 Feet 3 Inches
- Weight in Kg : 56 kg
- Weight in lbs : 123.5 lbs
- Body Measurement : 33-26-34 Inches
- Bra Size : 32B
- Shoe Size : Not Known
- Clothes Size : 8 (US) or 40 (EU)
Amandla Stenberg Dating History
Jaden Smith (2014-2015) – Stenberg was romantically linked with actor Jaden Smith in 2014. They separated in 2018.
King Princess (2018) – She and singer-songwriter Mikaela Mullaney Straus, best known by her stage name King Princess, began dating in 2018. They dated for a couple of months and called it quits.
Amandla Stenberg Distinctive Features
- Big Curly Hair
- Thick Eyebrows
Amandla Stenberg Facts
- Her first name is Amandla which means power or strength in the South African languages of IsiXhosa and Zulu.
- She was 4 years old when she commenced her career as a child model and did several modeling campaigns for Disney+.
- She was featured in a commercial for Boeing during her early career.
- Stenberg voiced Bia in the animated film Rio 2.
- Ms. Foundation for Women named her Feminist of the Year in 2015.
- She is an intersectional feminist.
- In 2016, she came out publicly as bisexual and stated pansexual was an accurate term as well. Later that year, she came out as non-binary.
- In 2018, Amandla Stenberg came out as gay in an interview with Wonderland magazine.
- She has been in Copenhagen for three months in order to qualify for Danish citizenship.
- She will be next seen in the lead role for the upcoming series The Acolyte.
- Connect with her on Instagram and Twitter.
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