Amandla Stenberg is a well-known young American actress, singer, and filmmaker. Amandla recently gained the limelight for her film Star Wars: The Acolyte, which premiered on Disney+ on 4th June 2024. In the series, she played the role of Twin sisters who were separated: Verosha “Osha” and Mae-ho “Mae” Aniseya.
Amandla Stenberg Net Worth
Amandla Stenberg was the face of the brand Calvin Klein in 2019, and she was featured on billboards in New York and on Instagram videos/posts. Amandla resides in a beautiful house in Los Angeles, California. She now has various upcoming projects, and seeing dedication to her work ensures that Amandla Stenberg will have a net worth of $3.5 million as of 2024.
Net Worth: | $3.5 Million |
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Real Name: | Amandla Stenberg |
Birth Date: | October 23, 1998 |
Age (as of 2024): | 25 Years |
Birth Place: | Los Angeles, California, USA |
Height: | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) |
Partner: | King Princess |
Early Life
Amandla Stenberg was born on 23rd October 1998, in Los Angeles, California. She is 25 years old as of 2024. Her mother, Karen Brailsford, is an African-American spiritual counselor. Her Danish father is Tom Stenberg, who worked as a writer. Her older half-sisters, Angela Myree Stenberg, and Elise Stenberg.
Her grandmother, Ena Stenberg was from Greenland and associated with the Danish colonial community in Greenland. She moved to Denmark and worked as a radio personality. She is also a singer in Denmark who performed with a group called Mik, who sang at the New York World’s Fair in 1964.
Talking about Amandla’s educational background, she has completed her studies in the United States. At elementary school, she started playing violin. She also took lessons from an incredible musician named Javier Orman.
Career
Amandla Stenberg began her career as a child artist and did catalog modeling shoots at four. She appeared first in the 2011 film Colombiana, directed by Olivier Megaton. Also starred as Taylor in the 2011 film “A Taste of Romance,” directed by Lee Rose. She was then seen as Rue in The Hunger Games (2012), directed by Gary Ross. Amandla was seen in the short film Mercy (2013), directed by Robin Thicke. She also featured in episodes of the television series – Sleepy Hollow (2013 to 2014) and Mr. Robinson (2015).
Amandla Stenberg is a voice cast member as Bia in the 2014 American animated musical comedy film produced by Blue Sky Studios and directed by Carlos Saldanha. She was then seen in movies like As You Are (2016) and Everything, Everything (2017). Additionally, she was featured in the music video Lemonade (April 2016) by American singer-songwriter Beyoncé. In 2018, Amandla Stenberg was seen in three films – The Darkest Minds, The Hate U Give, and Where Hands Touch.
She was a leading cast member of the Netflix series “The Eddy” and was seen as Julie Udo. Amandla Stenberg was featured as Sarah (voice) in season one’s Podcast Series episodes of Gaslight. She played the role of Alana Beck in the 2021 film Dear Evan Hansen, Stephen Chbosky. She was seen as Sophie in American horror film Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022), directed by Halina Reijn. She appeared as a Guest in the Ziwe – season two (2022) talk show by Ziwe Fumudoh.
Additionally, she appeared as a Guest in an episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race (2023) – Snatch game. She starred as Jonny in the Canadian film My Animal, directed by Jacqueline Castel. Amandla Stenberg is currently working on her upcoming film projects. In May 2023, she was announced as part of the voice cast of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse as Margo Kess / Spider-Byte.
Music
Amandla is also a well-known singer and songwriter. In 2015, she made her musical debut as a part of the folk-rock duo – Honey Water. Amandla has worked with Dear Evan Hansen to release the music – The Anonymous Ones – in 2021. She has also released songs like – Kiss Me in the Morning, Be Mine (2019), Let My Baby Stay (2017).
Director and Producer
Amandla has also started work as a filmmaker. She first released the short film The Yellow Paper in 2014. She wrote, directed, and edited a 20-minute short film, ‘Blue Girls Burn Fast,’ released in April 2016. The full video is available on the Vimeo platform.
Awards and Accolades:
- Amandla was recognized as one of Time’s Most Influential Teens in 2015 and 2016.
- She received BET awards in 2016.
- She was nominated for esteemed honors like the Critics’ Choice Award and the Black Reel Awards.
- Amandla has garnered numerous accolades for her talent and acting skills, including a Teen Choice Award, a Hollywood Film Award (2018), and an NAACP Image Award (2019).
- She was mentioned in Forbes Lists: 30 Under 30 – Hollywood & Entertainment (2018).
Personal Life
Amandla is a supporter of LGBT youth as of 2024. She identifies herself as gender non-binary and pansexual. Amandla uses she/her and they/them pronouns. In 2020, she resided in Copenhagen, Denmark, for three months to retain her Danish citizenship.
Previously, she dated singer Mikaela Mullaney Straus, better known by her stage name, King Princess. Later, she was in a relationship with singer-songwriter Lindsey Jordan from 2018 to 2020.
Social Media
Amandla is popular on social media platforms. She has verified her Instagram account with the username @amandlastenberg. Amandla has 2.3M followers on her verified Instagram account. She is also on the YouTube platform by username @amandlastenbergvevo5046. She has 55.7K subscribers and posted two videos on her YouTube channel. She has 102,011 monthly listeners on Spotify. She is mentioned on her IMDb page and has 27 credits as an actress.
She has huge fan followers on TikTok and Twitter. She has various fan pages on social media platforms. Since March 2014, Amandla has been a member of the Vimeo platform. She now has 1352 followers on her Vimeo account.