Who is Amandla Stenberg? The Oscars presenter, Hate U Give star and Rue from The Hunger Games
The star has impressed fan all around the world with their talent and social messages
AMANDLA Stenberg shot to fame out of nowhere and has become one of the most inspirational stars of their generation.
Here's everything you need to know about the beautiful actress and feminist, who is an Oscars 2019 presenter, and her movies.
Who is Amandla Stenberg?
Amandla Stenberg is a 19-year-old American actress and singer, having been born on October 23, 1998.
The Los Angeles native is the child of an African American mother and a Danish father.
Amandla's paternal grandmother is of Greenlandic Inuit ancestry.
Their name, Amandla, means power and strength in the South African languages of Zulu and IsiXhosa.
They are an inspirational figure for many who identify as an intersectional feminist and openly discuss their political views.
Amandla identifies as non-binary in terms of her gender and came out as gay in 2018.
How did her career start off?
Amandla started doing catalogue modelling shoots for Disney at the age of 4.
Following that, they started appearing in commercials before making their big screen debut in 2011.
Their first role involved her portraying Zoe Saldana's character's younger self in the movie Colombiana.
From then on, Amandla's career took off with the star appearing in huge box office hits and successful TV series.
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The beautiful actress rose to fame following her iconic role as Rue in The Hunger Games.
The part won them a Teen Choice Award and nominations from NAACP and Black Reel.
In 2014, they voiced the character names Bia in the animated movie Rio 2.
2016 was another big year for the actress as she starred in As You Are and appeared as herself in Beyonce's visual album Lemonade.
For her appearance in Lemonade, Amandla won BET's YoungStar Award.
They were also in the movie Everything, Everything, Darkest Minds and The Hate U Give (THUG).
THUG is all about the racial element in police brutality in America and will be released in the UK on October 22, 2018.