Born:
October 23, 1998
in
Los Angeles County, California, United States
Best Known For:
Playing Rue in The Hunger Games.
Early-life:
Born on October 23, 1998 in Los Angeles County, California to writer Karen Brailsford and Tom Stenberg. Amandla started doing catalogue modelling shoots for Disney when she was four and has appeared in adverts for such companies as Boeing.
Career:
Stenberg's first feature film was Colombiana (2011), in which she played the younger version of Zoe Saldana's character. She got her career breakthrough when she was cast as Rue in The Hunger Games (2012). Stenberg had a recurring role on the first series of Sleepy Hollow and voiced Bia in Rio 2 (2014). Since then, she has appeared in As You Are (2016) and starred in Everything, Everything (2017).
Quote:
'I love all kinds of art. I mean, I love sketching and acting and music.'
Trivia:
She can play violin, drums and guitar and is one half of the folk-rock duo Honeywater.