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.
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Filmography
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
2027
as Margo Kess (voice)
Children of Blood and Bone
2027
as Princess Amari
Wildwood
2026
as Niamh (voice)
OZI: Voice of the Forest
2024
as JAZZY (voice)
The Melodic Blue: Baby Keem
2023
as Jade
My Animal
2023
as Jonny
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2023
as Margo Kess: Spider-Byte (voice)
Bodies Bodies Bodies
2022
as Sophie
My Name Is Andrea
2022
as Wild Child
Dear Evan Hansen
2021
as Alana Beck
This Changes Everything
2019
as Self
The Hate U Give
2018
as Starr Carter
BLKNWS
2018
as BN Editor/Actor
Where Hands Touch
2018
as Leyna
Illegal Civilization 3
2018
as Self
The Darkest Minds
2018
as Ruby Daly
Everything, Everything
2017
as Maddy Whittier
With Him / Best to You / Better Numb
2017
as Self
As You Are
2016
as Sarah
Lemonade
2016
as Self
Rio 2
2014
as Bia (voice)
The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games
2012
as Self - Rue
The Hunger Games
2012
as Rue
A Taste of Romance
2012
as Taylor