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Amandla Stenberg

Acting Born Oct 23, 1998 Los Angeles, California, USA 24 credits

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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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
Film

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

as Margo Kess: Spider-Byte (voice)
Film

Bodies Bodies Bodies

as Sophie
Film

The Hate U Give

as Starr Carter
Film

The Darkest Minds

as Ruby Daly
Film

Where Hands Touch

as Leyna

Full filmography

  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014) as Self
  • The Daily Show (1996) as Self
  • The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019) as Self
  • RuPaul's Drag Race (2009) as Self - Guest Judge
  • Sleepy Hollow (2013) as Macey Irving
  • Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) as Margo Kess: Spider-Byte (voice)
  • RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked (2010) as Self - Guest Judge
  • MTV Movie & TV Awards (1992) as Self - Presenter
  • The Acolyte (2024) as Mae-ho 'Mae' Aniseya / Verosha 'Osha' Aniseya
  • Rio 2 (2014) as Bia (voice)
  • The Hunger Games (2012) as Rue
  • Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022) as Sophie
  • Colombiana (2011) as Cataleya Restrepo (Age10)
  • Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse (2027) as Margo Kess (voice)
  • The Hate U Give (2018) as Starr Carter
  • The Darkest Minds (2018) as Ruby Daly
  • Where Hands Touch (2018) as Leyna
  • The Eddy (2020) as Julie
  • Wildwood (2026) as (voice)
  • Mr. Robinson (2015) as Halle Foster
  • Everything, Everything (2017) as Maddy Whittier
  • Dear Evan Hansen (2021) as Alana Beck
  • OZI: Voice of the Forest (2024) as JAZZY
  • Children of Blood and Bone (2027) as Princess Amari