Quvenzhané Wallis
Quvenzhané Wallis was born in Houma, Louisiana, to Qulyndreia (Jackson) Wallis, a teacher, and Venjie Wallis, Sr., a truck driver. She has one sister, Qunyquekya, and two brothers, Vejon and Venjie, Jr. "Quven", the first part of her name, combines the first syllables of her parents' first names. Wallis, at age five, auditioned for her very first acting job, the starring role in Beasts of the Southern Wild, even though the minimum age to be considered was six. She eventually beat out 4,000 others for the role of Hushpuppy, the indomitable child prodigy and survivalist who lives with her dying father in the backwoods bayou squalor of Louisiana. At that time, she was just six years old during the filming. Wallis is the first African-American child actor and is also the first person born in the 21st century to receive an Academy Award nomination. In May 2014, Wallis was named the face of Armani Junior, Giorgio Armani's line for children and teens. This makes her the first major child celebrity to be the face of a luxury brand.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 9.979 |
Birthday | 2003-08-28 |
Place of Birth | Houma, Louisiana, USA |
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2012
Beasts of the Southern Wild
6.818/1022
Hushpuppy, an intrepid six-year-old girl, lives with her father, Wink in 'the Bathtub', a southern Delta community at the edge of the world. Wink’s to...
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Beasts of the Southern Wild
2013
12 Years a Slave
7.942/11000
In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as well...
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12 Years a Slave
2014
Annie
6.2/1244
Annie is a young, happy foster kid who's also tough enough to make her way on the streets of New York in 2014. Originally left by her parents as a bab...
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Annie
2014
The Prophet
7.3/123
Exiled artist and poet Mustafa embarks on a journey home with his housekeeper and her daughter; together the trio must evade the authorities who fear...
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The Prophet
2015
Fathers and Daughters
7.2/948
A Pulitzer-winning writer grapples with being a widower and father after a mental breakdown, while, 27 years later, his grown daughter struggles to fo...
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Fathers and Daughters
2016
Lemonade
8.503/155
The second "visual album" (a collection of short films) by Beyoncé, this time around she takes a piercing look at racial issues and feminist concepts...
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Lemonade
The Personal History of Rachel DuPree
0/0
Set during the early 1900s in South Dakota, Rachel and Isaac Dupree, an African American couple, raise their family on an isolated ranch in the Badlan...
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The Personal History of Rachel DuPree
2016
Trolls
6.656/3477
After the monstrous Bergens invade Troll Village, Princess Poppy, the happiest Troll ever born, and overly-cautious, curmudgeonly outcast Branch set o...
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Trolls
2012
Wide-Awake
5.8/8
Ingénues, icons, action heroes, divas and the world's next great comedy star: 13 actresses who gave the dreamiest performances of 2012.
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Wide-Awake
2013
Boneshaker
4.9/7
An African family, lost in America, travels to a Louisiana church to cure its problem child.
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Boneshaker
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Naya Legend of the Golden Dolphin
0/0
The adventure of Naya The Golden Dolphin Princess whose father, the King, sends her on an urgent mission to eight corners of the Earth that are rich a...
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Naya Legend of the Golden Dolphin
2024
Breathe
5.2/72
Air-supply is scarce in the near future, forcing a mother and daughter to fight for survival when two strangers arrive desperate for an oxygenated hav...
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