The Biography

Amandla Stenberg (born October 23, 1998) is an American actor. They made their acting debut with the film Colombiana (2011), and had their breakthrough playing Rue in the film The Hunger Games (2012), for which they won the Teen Choice Award for Best Chemistry. They had the recurring role of Macey Irving in the series Sleepy Hollow (2013–2014), voiced Bia in Rio 2 (2014) and starred as Halle Foster in the sitcom Mr. Robinson (2015). They garnered acclaim for their portrayals of Maddy Whittier in Everything, Everything (2017) and Starr Carter in the film The Hate U Give (2018), the latter of which won them the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture and earned them a nomination for the Critics' Choice Award for Best Young Actor/Actress. Stenberg also starred as Sophie in Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022)