Amandla Stenberg
American actress
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| 2025 | Scheduled to provide voice work for 'Wildwood', which is currently in production |
| 2024 | Set to appear in the Star Wars series The Acolyte. |
| June 19 2024 | Released 'Discourse', a song addressing racial prejudice and referencing her 2018 interview with Trevor Noah about the film The Hate U Give. |
| 2023 | Appears as herself and serves as a guest judge on 'RuPaul's Drag Race' during the Supersized Snatch Game episode |
| October 2023 | Signed the Artists4Ceasefire open letter to President Joe Biden, calling for a ceasefire in the Israeli bombardment of Gaza, demonstrating their continued political engagement and advocacy for peace. |
| May 2023 | Announced as part of the voice cast for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, voicing the character Margo Kess / Spider-Byte. |
| 2022 | Appears as Penny in an episode of 'Ziwe' discussing Critical Race Theory |
| 2022 | Appears in the comedy horror film Bodies Bodies Bodies. |
| 2021 | Cast in the main role for the Star Wars series The Acolyte. |
| 2021 | Appeared in 'Dear Evan Hansen' as Alana Beck |
| 2020 | Stars in a main role as Julie in 'The Eddy' |
| 2020 | Stenberg lived in Copenhagen for three months to retain their Danish citizenship. |
| August 2020 | Cast as Alana Beck in the film adaptation of Dear Evan Hansen, collaborating with composers Pasek and Paul to create a new song for her character. |
| 2019 | Performs voice role as Sarah in 9 episodes of 'Gaslight' |
| May 2019 | Stenberg portrayed Elizabeth Eckford in a Drunk History segment and joined the cast of Netflix miniseries The Eddy, released in May 2020. |
| 2018 | Stenberg began dating singer Mikaela Mullaney Straus (King Princess). |
| 2018 | Conducted a notable interview with Trevor Noah on The Daily Show, discussing racial themes. |
| 2018 | Receives praise for her performance in the drama film The Hate U Give, portraying a teenager witnessing a police shooting. |
| 2018 | Notable year with three film roles: lead in 'The Darkest Minds' as Ruby Daly, starring in 'Where Hands Touch' as Leyna, and portraying Starr Carter in 'The Hate U Give' |
| October 6 2018 | Teen Vogue published an op-ed by Stenberg in which they shared personal experiences of sexual assault. |
| June 2018 | Stenberg came out as gay in an interview with Wonderland magazine. |
| 2017 | Released Niobe: She is Death, the second part of the comic book trilogy with Sebastian Jones. |
| 2017 | Appears in the romance film Everything, Everything and performs the song 'Let My Baby Stay' for the film. |
| 2017 | Played lead role of Maddy Whittier in 'Everything, Everything' |
| 2017 | Appears as Helenist in an episode of 'Neo Yokio' titled 'O, the Helenists...' |
| July 2017 | In an interview, Stenberg revealed that they stopped using a smartphone due to concerns about the negative impacts of social media on mental health. |
| 2016 | Again included on Time's list of most influential teens. |
| 2016 | Stenberg appeared in Beyoncé's Lemonade and won the BET YoungStars Award. She also signed with The Society modeling agency and auditioned for but declined the role of Shuri in Black Panther. |
| 2016 | Stenberg announced via Instagram her intention to study filmmaking at New York University Tisch School of the Arts, but ultimately decided to continue pursuing her acting career instead of attending the school. |
| 2016 | Included in Oprah Winfrey's SuperSoul 100 list of visionaries and influential leaders. |
| April 2016 | Stenberg delivered a speech at WE Day California, a WE Charity event, showcasing their commitment to social activism and youth empowerment. |
| March 2016 | Stenberg came out as non-binary, announcing that they use both she/her and they/them pronouns. |
| January 2016 | Amandla Stenberg came out as bisexual, later clarifying that pansexual was also an accurate term for her sexual orientation. |
| 2015 | Stenberg released the video 'Don't Cash Crop My Cornrows', criticizing cultural appropriation of African-American hairstyles. |
| 2015 | Dazed magazine featured Stenberg on its Autumn cover, labeling her 'one of the most incendiary voices of her generation'. |
| 2015 | Amandla Stenberg was named 'Feminist of the Year' by the Ms. Foundation for Women, recognizing their significant contributions to feminist discourse and activism. |
| 2015 | Stars in a main role as Halle Foster in the TV series 'Mr. Robinson' |
| 2015 | Included on Time's list of most influential teens. |
| November 2015 | Co-wrote the comic book Niobe: She is Life with Sebastian Jones, making history as the first nationally distributed comic with a black woman as protagonist, author, and artist. |
| August 2015 | Amandla Stenberg released her first EP as part of the folk rock duo Honeywater. |
| 2014 | Stenberg voiced Bia in the commercially successful animated film Rio 2. |
| 2013 | Appears in the supernatural series Sleepy Hollow, which continues until 2014. |
| 2013 | Stenberg was cast in the short film Mercy, playing the daughter of Robin Thicke and Paula Patton, and began performing with singer-songwriter Zander Hawley at Los Angeles venues. |
| 2012 | Stenberg receives recognition for playing Rue in the action film The Hunger Games. |
| 2012 | Amandla Stenberg appears in the television film 'A Taste of Romance' as Taylor |
| 2011 | Amandla Stenberg appeared in her first feature film, Colombiana, playing a younger version of Zoe Saldana's character. |
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