Amandla Stenberg Profile, Age, Height, Family, Affairs, Biography & More

Amandla Stenberg Profile, Age, Height, Family, Affairs, Biography & More

Amandla Stenberg is an American actress and singer. Amandla Stenberg was included on Time’s Most Influential Teens list in 2015 and 2016, and has received multiple accolades, including a Teen Choice Award, an NAACP Image Award, and nominations for four Black Reel Awards and a Critics’ Choice Award.

Stenberg made her acting debut with the film Colombiana (2011) and made her breakthrough playing Rue in the film The Hunger Games (2012), for which she won the Teen Choice Award for Best Chemistry. She had the recurring role of Macey Irving in the series Sleepy Hollow (2013-2014), voiced Bia in Rio 2 (2014) and played the role of Halle Foster in the sitcom Mr. Robinson (2015). She won acclaim for her portrayals of Maddy Whittier in Everything, Everything (2017) and Starr Carter in the film The Hate U Give (2018), the latter of which won her the NAACP Image Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture and won her earned a nomination for the Critics’ Choice Award for Best Young Actor/Actress. Stenberg also starred as Ruby in The Darkest Minds (2018), Leyna in Where Hands Touch (2018), Julie in the Netflix miniseries The Eddy (2020), Alana Beck in Dear Evan Hansen (2021) and Sophie in Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022 ).

Stenberg has been recognized for her outspoken views, particularly towards her LGBT youth activism, which has received significant media coverage. In 2015, she made her musical debut with the folk-rock duo Honeywater. Her single “Let My Baby Stay” was featured in her film Everything, Everything.