Amandla Stenberg

Amandla Stenberg

Date Of BirthOctober 23, 1998
Age25 years 5 months 6 days
Day of BirthFriday
Place Of BirthLos Angeles, California, United States
Zodiac SignScorpio
Professions Writer , Singer , Actress

Personal Information
ReligionJudaism (She considers herself spiritual)
Languages English , Spanish
Star SignScorpio
NationalitiesDanish , American , South African
EthnicityMultiracial
ComplexionBrown
Body Features & Measurements
Height160 CM
5 Feet 3 Inches
Eye color Dark Brown
Hair color Dark Brown
Weight56 KG
123 lbs
Shoe Size7
Dress Size8
Figure Measurements 33-26-34
Figure Type Hourglass
Body Type Athletic
Hair type curly hair
Bra Size 32A
Family Information
Father Tom Stenberg (Danish citizen)
Mother Karen Brailsford (writer, spiritual counselor; of African American descent)
Sisters Angela Myree
Elise Stenberg (Paternal half)
Grandfathers Charlie Benjamin Brailsford (Maternal)
Tage Stenberg (Paternal)
Grandmothers Ena Stenberg (Paternal; singer & radio host)
Leola White (Maternal)
Education Qualifications
Alma MaterNew York University
Love, Romance, Marriage
Boyfriend Jaden Smith (2014-15)
Girlfriend King Princess (Ex, 2018)
Career Information
Debut (Movie) Colombiana(2011) (as child artist, child version of the lead actress)
Debut (Song) Let My Baby Stay
Years Active 2011–
Debut (TV) A Taste of Romance
Favorites, Hobbies, Likes/ Dislikes
HobbiesMeditation
photography
Knitting
Sketching
Reading
Favorite Actress Meryl Streep
Favorite Foods Pizza
Japanese candy
Favorite ColorBlue
Favorite MovieThe Shining (1980)
Favorite Singers Rihanna
Beyonce
Favorite Musicians Fleetwood Mac
the Turtles
Jimi Hendrix
Favorite Sportbasketball
Favorite BooksA Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Mortal Instruments (Series)
Favorite Perfume Marc Jacobs Daisie
Favorite TV show The Simpsons
Social Networks, Web links
Facebook ProfileAmandla Stenberg Facebook Profile
Twitter ProfileAmandla Stenberg Twitter Profile
Instagram ProfileAmandla Stenberg Instagram Profile
YouTube ChannelAmandla Stenberg YouTube Channel
Vimeo ProfileAmandla Stenberg Vimeo Profile
Tumblr SiteAmandla Stenberg Tumblr Site
Snapchataldnama
Contact
Contact(Phone)310 651 0201 (Publicist)
Manager Jeff Schnabolk (The Society)
Talent Agents Brian Nossokoff
Allison Stroot
Publicist Brett Ruttenberg
More Information
Friend Jackie Emerson
Inspiration Solange Knowles (Style)
Net worth$1 Million
Instruments Drums
guitar (Her dad taught her that)
Violin

Biography

Amandla Stenberg is an American TV & Movie actress. She is popular for playing Rue in post apocalyptic science fiction 'The Hunger Games'. She played the lead role of Madeline Whittier in romantic drama- 'Everything, Everything'.

Amandla Stenberg (pronunciation Uh-mand-La; Stenberg is a Swedish name) was born on 23rd October 1998 in Los Angeles, California, United States to Tom Stenberg(father- a Danish citizen) & Karen Brailsford(mother- of African American descent)- a writer and spiritual counselor by profession.

Amandla Stenberg's mother Karen Brailsford

Image: Amandla Stenberg with mother Karen Brailsford

She has two paternal elder sisters-

  • Elise Stenberg (a psychology graduate from University of California, Santa Barbara) (check her pic below)
  • Angela Myree (check her pic below)

Amandla Stenberg with sisters- Elise Stenberg & Angela Myree

Image: Amandla Stenberg with sisters- Elise Stenberg & Angela Myree

Marriage & Romances

Amandla Stenberg & King Princess

Amandla dated Singer, songwriter King Princess (Mikaela Mullaney Straus) in 2018. It all started in the early 2018 and they were separated by the end of 2018.

Amandla Stenberg with King Princess

Image: Amandla Stenberg with Ex-partner King Princess

Career

  • Let My Baby Stay: She released her single in Mac DeMarco's song.
  • Beginning of her career: Amandla started modeling for Disney at the age of 4.
  • Commercials: She has appeared in commercials with brands/ products like- Boeing, Build the Dream, GMC SUV, Kmart, Marshalls Law, McDonald's, Sutter Health, Walmart.
  • Voiceover: She has voice characters in- Falling Skies, Texas Killing Fields.

Amandla Stenberg Filmography

  • The Eddy(TV series)- as Julie
  • Drunk History (2019) (TV Series)- Elizabeth Eckford
  • Where Hands Touch(2018)- Leyna
  • The Hate U Give(2018)- Starr Carter
  • The Darkest Minds(2018)- Ruby Daly
  • Neo Yokio(2017) (TV series)- Helenist
  • Everything, Everything(2017)- Maddy Whittier
  • As You Are(2016)- Sarah
  • Heads Up America(2015) (short)
  • Mr. Robinson(2015)- Halle Foster
  • Rio 2(2014)- Bia
  • Sleepy Hollow(2013-3014) (TV Series)- Macey Irving
  • Mercy (2013) (Short)- Sarah
  • The Hunger Games(2012)- Rue
  • A Taste of Romance(2012) (TV Movie)- Taylor
  • Colombiana(2011)- Cat 10

Amandla Stenberg Music videos

  • Lemonade(2016)

Some of the commercials she has appeared in, brands she has promoted are:

  • Gucci
  • Mademe
  • X-Girl
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Awards

  • BET Awards for YoungStar Award: Amandla's music video Lemonade(2016) won the award in 2016
  • Teen Choice Award for Choice Chemistry: Her performance in The Hunger Games(2012) as Rue earned her the award which she shared with Jennifer Lawrence)
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Interesting Facts

  • Meaning of her name: Her first name means 'strength' in the South African languages IsiXhosa, Zulu. It wa sinspired by Miles Davis' 1989 album-Amandla. Amandla Awethu(Power to the People) a slogan shouted at South Africa anti-apartheid rallies.
  • Ethnicity: She is of multi-ethnic background. She is of Danish, African American, Greenlandic Inuit ancestral background.
  • Singing: Amandla performed singing & violin at Los Angeles in 2013.
  • Dazed magazine: The British magazine named her an incendiary voice of her generation' in their 2015 cover.
  • Times' List: she featured in the most influential teens list of 2015 and 2016.
  • Cultural appropriation: She criticized model & tv presenter Kylie Jenner for using the hairstyle that culturally appropriated others' culture.
  • Don't Cash Crop My Cornrows: A video Song by Amandla Stenberg about white people culturally appropriating cornrows historically identified with black people.
  • Niobe: She is Life- A comic book co-written by Amandla Stenberg with the comic writer Sebastian Jones in 2015, they have released the second book of the trilogy by the name- Niobe: She is Death in 2007.
  • Intersectional feminist: She considers herself a Intersectional feminist.
  • Feminist of the Year: She was awarded Feminist of the Year award by- Ms. Foundation for Women in 2015.
  • Sexuality: she is a bisexual, she considers herself non-binary (which doesn't exclude transgenders), also sometimes as pansexual. She identified herself as gay in 2018 (Wonderland magazine interview)
  • You Are Here: A relaxation, spiritual video narrated, created by Amandla for Teen Vogue.
  • NoKidHungry: She participates in the movement which is aimed towards feeding the poor children in the United States. She is also the Youth Ambassador for No Kid Hungry.
  • She paid tributes to the victims of Birmingham church bombing.
  • She owns a Violin owned previously by her grandfather-Tage. Her grandmother Ena is from Greenland.
  • Ubuntu Education Fund: She supports the organization.
  • From cradle to career: She supports the organization which is aimed at nurturing the children of South Africa.
  • The Goodyear Blimp: She went on a airship tour of Goodyear blimps.
  • Breakout Kid Actor: Entertainment Weekly named her the Number 1 breakout kid actor.
  • She comes from a very musical family, she started playing music when she was in elementary school.
  • Black Girls Rock presented her Young, Gifted + Black award.
  • Most Beautiful: People Magazine listed in the World's most beautiful list in 2017.
  • 30 Under 30 in Hollywood: Forbes listed her in their list of 30 under 30 stars of Hollywood.
  • Awards: She is either the recipient/ nominee of- NAACP Image Award, BET Awards YoungStars Award, Teen Choice Award, Black Reel Awards among others.
  • She has attended events like- TeenNick Halo Awards, The BAFTA Britannia Awards, Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, 
  • She has appeared on TV in- KTLA Morning News, Extra, E! News, The Wendy Williams Show.
  • She was prom date of Jaden Smith.
  • She was a very active kid, she liked climbing trees as a kid.
  • Audio book: She voiced the book- Bird by Crystal Chan in 2014
  • She has acted in dramas such as- Love and Communication, Fiddler on the Roof, Urinetown, Twelfth Night, Alice in Wonderland, Hairspray, Grease
  • Accents- she can do Spanish, British and Southern accents
  • Some of the charities she is involved with are- Share Our Strength , National Memorial , MLK Memorial Foundation.
  • She was on the cover page of Elle September 2016 UK issue
  • She has 2 older paternal half-siblings.
  • Smartphone: In July 2017, in an interview given to 'Bust' Amandla stated that she has stopped using smartphone because of its effects on human mental health
  • Meditation video: She wrote and directed a meditation video for her second Teen Vogue appearance
  • Next Generation Leader honoree: Time magazine featured her on their cover page for 2018
  • Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences: She has been a member of the Academy since 2018.
  • She follows Rihanna's beauty tips on Rihanna's youtube beauty channel
  • She loves doing makeup. Especially on herself
  • She loves cats and has a cute grey cat.
  • She featured on the cover page of ESSENCE in January 2019
  • Amandla "sponsored": She is a witty, funny person. She changed her instagram handle to "amandlasponsored" to joke how brands are using social media these days for promotion.
  • SuperSoul : She recorded a Session for Oprah
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Quotes

  • I definitely feel more confident as I'm growing up knowing more of myself.
  • I realize that putting up a facade is more detrimental to who I am authentically myself.
  • Bisexual implies a dichotomy that doesn't take into account transgender people. So maybe pansexual is more accurate for me.
  • Oftentimes when we play black women, we have to play either the pain or the comedy, Just now are we starting to have three-dimensional, nuanced black characters.
  • What if America loved Black people as much as black culture?
  • Black women need better representation In Hollywood.
  • My mom reminds me that all things are possible.
  • When I'm myself, most authentically myself, free of self-hatred, free of self-judgment, then I'm also my most revolutionary.
  • I love all kinds of art. I mean, I love sketching and acting and music.
  • One of my favorite ways to express myself is through my clothes
  • I hope I always make work that is reflective of what I believe in, If art isn’t personal, then it doesn’t speak to me
  • I’m not tied to the idea that everything I say has to be given so much weight. But I hope that it makes people feel less alone.
  • When social media first started popping up, it was really exciting because for the first time, we weren’t dependent on white institutions to afford us platforms of representation, A few years later, you see the effects in Hollywood, in the diversity that’s finally being portrayed onscreen
  • I’m still figuring out what box I would like to be defined by, But hopefully, I’ll never be defined by any box
  • I accidentally became an activist, and that’s still not necessarily a word that I self-label. I protest for sure, but I’m not out there on the front lines
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Sources

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