Amandla Stenberg grew up in the spotlight. At just four years old, she started out as a model, moved on to commercials and eventually found her calling as an actress. She was born on October 23, 1998 to Karen Brailsford, an African-American spiritual counselor/writer, and Tom Stenberg, of Danish ancestry. His birthplace is in Los Angeles, California. She has starred in many great films, some of the standout ones are The Hunger Games where she portrayed Rue; Everything Everything – playing Madeline Whittier and her role as Starr Carter in Hate U Give (2018). She said that the latter changed her life in many ways.
Career timeline
Adorable four-year-old Amandla Stenberg stepped into catalog modeling for Disney and has also done commercials for brands like Boeing. It wasn’t until 2011 that she got her first feature film role Colombiana, playing the younger version of the character Zoe Saldana (Cataleya Restrepo). It took a year after her debut for her breakthrough to come with her role as Rue in the hit 2012 film, The Hunger Games. She lent her voice to Bia in the 2014 animated film Rio 2 and between 2013 and 2014 she joined the cast of season one of Sleepy Hollows.in a recurring role as Macey Irving. While seen in four episodes of Sleepy Hollow, Amandla became a Mr. Robinso series regular in the summer of 2015, playing Halle Foster in six episodes.
A ball of talent, Amandla Stenberg explored her musical side in 2013, singing harmonies in concert halls in Los Angeles alongside singer/songwriter Zander Hawley. Teaming up to form a folk-rock duo known as Honeywater, the two dropped their debut EP in August 2015.
Stenberg also co-wrote the comic, Niobé: She’s Life, in collaboration with Sebastian Jones. The first issue of the trilogy was illustrated by Ashley A. Woods and published in November 2015. Stenberg and Jones published the second version which they dubbed Niobe: She’s Death in May 2017.
Some of his recent acting credits can be attributed to the romantic drama Everything, Everything alongside Nick Robinson. In 2018, she had leading roles in Where Hands Touch (Leyna), The Hate U Give (Starr Carter), and The Darkest Minds as Ruby Daly.
His achievements so far have not gone unnoticed. Dazed magazine honored her on its fall 2015 cover and recognized her as “one of the most incendiary voices of her generation”. Again, she was on Time’s Most Influential Teenagers list in 2015 and 2016. Shortly after, she joined Oprah Winfrey’s SuperSoul 100 list of influential visionaries and leaders in 2016. She also used her influence to talk about sensitive topics on social networks, cultural appropriation is one of them.
His parents
Her parents are identified as Karen Brailsford -mother and Tom Stenberg – father. Her mother is of African-American descent, while her father is Danish. There is no record of her father’s occupation but her mother identifies as a spiritual counselor and writer. In her father’s family, Amandla has two half-siblings older than her.
Is she meeting a boyfriend or a girlfriend?
In 2016, 17-year-old Amandla Stenberg came out as bisexual and pansexual, but it seems over time she made a new discovery about her sexual orientation.
She revealed her new identity in a reveal interview with singer King Princess for Wonderland Magazine. According to the American actress, she is definitely gay and only sexually attracted to women. Apparently she was confused at first and thought she was bi.
She is believed to be currently romantically involved with King Princess, but no details regarding their appearance are available. Stenberg prefers to be identified as non-binary.
Amandla Stenberg Height
Height is not an asset that the American actress can boast of but her good looks make up for the loss. She is just 5ft 3in tall and her weight is recorded as 56kg. Her bust, waist and hips measure 33-26-34 inches respectively. She has black hair and brown eyes.