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Amandla Stenberg

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Amandla Stenberg (born October 23, 1998) is an American teen actress. She is best known for her portrayal of young Cataleya in Colombiana and Rue in The Hunger Games. Amandla (which means "power" in Zulu) Stenberg was born in Los Angeles, California, on October 23, 1998. Her mother, Karen Brailsford, is African-American, and her father, Tom Stenberg, is Danish (he was born in Copenhagen). Her paternal grandmother was from Greenland and had Inuit ancestry. At the age of four, Stenberg started doing catalog modeling shoots for Disney. She has appeared in commercials for McDonald's, Kmart, and more. In 2011, she appeared in her first feature film, Colombiana, as a younger version of Zoe Saldana's character. Stenberg's career breakthrough came when she was cast as Rue in the 2012 film, The Hunger Games, based on Suzanne Collins's young adult book. The Hunger Games was directed by Gary Ross and also stars Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Alexander Ludwig and Liam Hemsworth. In February 2012, it was announced that Stenberg would appear in Rio 2 as Bia, one of Blu and Jewel's daughters.


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Born:
Oct 23, 1998 In Los Angeles, California, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
27
First Appeared:
In the movie Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
Latest Project:
Series The Acolyte 2024-06-04
Known For
Poster of The Hate U Give
Poster of The Darkest Minds
Poster of Lemonade
Poster of Mr. Robinson
Filmography
Movie Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse Margo Kess (voice) 2025
Series The Acolyte Mae-ho 'Mae' Aniseya / Verosha 'Osha' Aniseya 2024-06-04
Movie Ozi: Voice of the Forest Ozi (voice) 2024-02-23
Movie Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Margo Kess: Spider-Byte (voice) 2023-05-31
Movie The Melodic Blue: Baby Keem Jade 2023-12-04
Movie My Animal Jonny 2023-09-08
Movie Bodies Bodies Bodies Sophie 2022-08-05
Movie My Name Is Andrea Wild Child 2022-06-10
Movie Dear Evan Hansen Alana Beck 2021-09-24
Series The Eddy Julie 2020-05-08
Movie This Changes Everything Self 2019-06-28
Movie Illegal Civilization 3 Self 2018-08-25
Movie The Darkest Minds Ruby Daly 2018-07-25
Movie Where Hands Touch Leyna 2018-09-14
Movie The Hate U Give Starr Carter 2018-10-19
Movie Everything, Everything Maddy Whittier 2017-05-18
Movie With Him / Best to You / Better Numb 2017-04-03
Movie As You Are Sarah 2016-12-08
Movie Lemonade Self 2016-04-23
Series Mr. Robinson Halle Foster 2015-08-05
Movie Rio 2 Bia (voice) 2014-03-19
Series Sleepy Hollow Macey Irving 2013-09-16
Movie The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Rue (archive footage) (uncredited) 2013-11-15
Movie A Taste of Romance Taylor 2012-01-14
Movie The Hunger Games Rue 2012-03-12
Movie The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games Self (Rue) 2012-08-18
Movie Colombiana Cataleya Restrepo (Age10) 2011-07-27