Biography
The world fame of Amandle Stenberg brought her debut role: at the age of 14, the American actress was casting in the project "Hungry Games". Her heroine of Ruta, who died in the hands of China, made the viewers in the cinemas around the world. A loud success, including the receipt of awards, forced the Stenberg parallers to approach the proposals for the shooting.Childhood and youth
Amandla was born in 1998 and held his childhood in Los Angeles, she celebrates his birthday on October 23. An unusual name for the girl chose Mom: Karen Breilsford - African American Rod from South Africa. In the language of Zulu, which is used in the territory of this country, the word "Amandla" means "power", "power".
Father actress, businessman Tom Stenberg, Dane by nationality, and his mother comes from Greenland. At the time of marriage to Karen, a man has already brought up two daughters from the previous marriage, so Amandla has older step sisters.
Telling the press about parents, Amandla emphasizes that Mom constantly maintained the desire of the daughter to realize dreams. Dad taught Amandla to play the guitar. In elementary school, the girl mastered the violin, and in adolescence it became interested in playing the drums.
Films
The debut of a beginner actress took place in 2002, from 4 years old Amandla began to act in advertising. But in the movie the girl came later. The first film with its participation is an action "Colombiana", spirroined by Lyocho Bezonom, and released in the summer of 2011. The story spins around Catalog - a professional killer who wants to take revenge on the People's Commissaria for the death of the Father. Zoe Saldan played the main role, and in scenes from Katarea's childhood, in front of which the bandits are racing with her family, Amandla was involved.During these years, the popularity of the pedigree was popular, written by Susan Collins. An American actress has become a fan of the work. Later, Stenberg confessed in an interview that he had already understood how close was the root character, which was reported to her. And a month later, the company, who launched the project on the film game, announced that the acting ensemble, which entered Jennifer Lawrence, Willow Shields, Josh Hutcherson, joined Amandla Stenberg. The heartfelt, sincere game of 13-year-old actresses brought her a few awards.
Next, the artist added the first in her career the series. Amandla appeared in the 4 episodes of the first Sleepage Sleep season. Her character is the daughter of Captain Irving Macey.
After the debut on television, the girl decided to realize himself in the musical sphere. In a duet with a singer and the author of songs, Zander Howley Amandla plays a violin and sings. 2 years later, choosing the name Honeywater for the collective, the actors released the first record. Stylistics tracks combines folk and rock. In the fall of 2015, the Dazed magazine put them on the cover, and Stenberg called "one of the most incendiary generation votes."
By this time, the film Bagging of the American actress was replenished with only two, but quite large works. First, Amandla made his debut in the sounding of cartoons. In 2014, his voice spoke to his voice, the daughter of the main heroes of the sequel an animation painting "Rio". Parents of Umnichki - Parrots of the dovethe and pearls - Jesse Aisenberg and Ann Hathaway voiced.
In 2015, in parallel with the music of Stenberg starred in the six episodes of Sitkom "Mr. Robinson", and also passed the casting for the role in the film about teenagers of the 90s "as is". The premiere took place in 2016 at the Sandrence festival. The jury noted the picture with a special prize.
Later, a new bright work appeared in the creative biography of the artist - participation in the brand advertising campaign Stella McCartney. Together with the daughter of Madonna Lourdes Leon, she appeared in the advertising of spirits from a fashion house. In addition, the actress lit up in the visual part of the LEMONADE Bayonce album.
In 2017, a new tape was published with the participation of the actress - the melodrama "Whole this world". And again among Amandla, the main role. In the film on the work of Nikola Yun, the artist played an inquisitive, open girl Maddy, which because of the disease is doomed to stay in the rooms of her house. A neighbor Olli is trying to help her friend.
The picture was filmed in Vancouver. The role of kind Ollya got Nick Robinson, the American actor who won popularity thanks to the television show "Melissa and Joey" and the films of the "Kings of Summer" and "the world of the Jurassic period".
In 2018, the audience saw 3 paintings with the participation of the American Star. In September, a fantastic thriller "Dark reflections" was released, in which Amandla played Ruby Dale, a teenager with supernormalities surviving after an unknown epidemic among children. The guy girls on the screen embodied Harris Dickinson, and other unusual teenagers - Patrick Gibson, Skylan Brooks and others.
Later in the cinema appeared close to the spirit of Amandla as a public activist drama "Alien Hate". The plot is taken from American news: a young African American kills a white policeman. The witness of the tragedy is a friend of the deceased guy, the schoolgirl Starr Carter, whom Stenberg played. Anthony Macs and Regina Hall are involved in the ribbon, as well as the star of the series "Riverdale" Kay Jay Apa.
At the end of the year, the premiere of military melodrama "where hands in contact" took place. The production of the film was engaged in the United Kingdom, but the American company was later bought. Amandle appeared on the screen in the image of the girl Lane, and her boyfriend played George McCay.
The Hollywood elite could not not recognize the talent of a young star, and here at the Oscar ceremony in 2019, Stenberg managed not only to walk along the Red Walkway, but also climb the stage to give the award. By the way, for a solemn event, the artist chose an elegant dress with a deep neckline from Miu Miu, which emphasized the elegance of her figures (with a height of 160 cm, the weight of the actress does not exceed 56 kg). Outfit it added long earring of white gold.
Personal life
Amandla Stenberg does not hide either political preferences nor personal. At the age of 17, she told the press about bisexuality. In 2016, in a conversation with a journalist Elle, the actress adjusted words about its orientation, noting that bisexuality does not include transgender as an object of attachment, and concluded that he relates to itself, rather to pansexuals.
In June 2018, the girl gave an interview with Wonderland, saying that he now determines himself as a lesbian.
"I experienced a deep relief when I realized that I was a lesbian - not Bi, not Pan, namely a lesbian - with a romantic imposition of women," the site of the British MTV site quotes the interview.Making Caming Out, Amandla presented his girlfriend to the public. Her girl was the New York singer Mikael Ostrich, better known as King Princess.
In 2016, Amandla "blew up" tabloids by going to the school ball in the company of the son of Actor Will Smith. The snag was that the Stenberg, and Jaden Smith as the dresses chose dresses. The scandalous photos posted in "Instagram" the actress itself.
Also frankly, as a personal life, Stenberg speaks to socio-political topics. She participates in the movement of feminists and even received the title "Feminist of the Year - 2015" from one of the profile public associations. In addition, Amandla is struggling with the problem of hunger among American children.
Amandla regularly updates "Instagram" and "Twitter". Follow the news from life and career actresses in these social networks. The artist lays out not only everyday snapshots and photos from secular events, but also materials - personnel and trailers - upcoming paintings with its participation.
The actress periodically experiments with images, changing the hairstyle using bright makeup, as well as provocative outfits. In several frank scenes Amandla appeared on the screen. Nude, she appeared in the drama "where hands come into contact," and in a swimsuit lit up in the film "Whole this world".
In 2017, Stenberg again surprised the public, appearing in front of the Lysoth cameras. According to the actress, she came to such a solution after filming in the film "Where hands come into contact." She was not easy to part with curls, but she did it in order to reveal new features of her character.
In 2019, Stenberg became Ambassador of the Beauty Brand of Rihanna Fenty Beauty, and also introduced his own brand created together with the LVMH concern.
Amandla Stenberg now
In May 2020, the premiere of the Musical Platform "Bar" Eddie "took place on the NetFlix platform, in which Stenberg performed one of the main roles. In 2021, the shooting of the youth drama "Dear Evan Hansen" ended with the participation of the performer. Ben Platt, Julianna Moore, Ami Adams, were also involved in the film.Filmography
- 2011 - "Colombiana"
- 2012 - "Hungry Games"
- 2013 - "Sleepy Hollow"
- 2014 - Rio-2
- 2017 - "Whole this world"
- 2018 - "Dark reflections"
- 2018 - "The hatred you generate"
- 2019 - "Drunk History"
- 2020 - "Whirlpool"
- 2020 - "Bar" Eddie ""
- 2021 - "Dear Evan Hansen"