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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

53

Gender

Female

Birthday

1993-10-31 (32 years old)

Place of Birth

Georgetown, Guyana

Also Known As

Letitia Michelle Wright

레티티아 라이트

Λετίτια Ράιτ

Летиція Райт

莉蒂西亞·萊特

لتیشا رایت

Letitia Wright

Biography

Letitia Michelle Wright (born 31 October 1993) is a British actress. She began her career with guest roles in Top Boy, Coming Up, Chasing Shadows, Humans, Doctor Who, and Black Mirror. For the latter, she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. She then had her breakthrough for her role in the 2015 film Urban Hymn, for which the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) named Wright among the 2015 group of BAFTA Breakthrough Brits. In 2018, she attained global recognition for her portrayal of Shuri in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Black Panther, for which she won an NAACP Image Award and a SAG Award. She reprised the role in Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022). In 2019, she received the BAFTA Rising Star Award. She also appeared in Steve McQueen's 2020 anthology series Small Axe, which earned her a Satellite Award nomination. Description above from the Wikipedia article Letitia Wright, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Acting

Victim

2011

Victim

as

Nyla

Big Girl

2013

Big Girl

as

Hannah

Glasgow Girls

2014

Glasgow Girls

as

Amal

Urban Hymn

2015

Urban Hymn

as

Jamie Harrison

Black Panther

2018

Black Panther

as

Shuri

Ready Player One

2018

Ready Player One

as

Reb (Safe House)

The Commuter

2018

The Commuter

as

Jules Skateboarder

Cake

2017

Cake

as

Random

2011

Random

as

Girl #3

Guava Island

2019

Guava Island

as

Yara Love

Death on the Nile

2022

Death on the Nile

as

Rosalie Otterbourne

Surrounded

2023

Surrounded

as

Mo Washington

Sing 2

2021

Sing 2

as

Nooshy (voice)

Aisha

2022

Aisha

as

Aisha Osagie

Lines

2021

Lines

as

Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King

2020

Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King

as

Self (archive footage)

Voices Rising: The Music of Wakanda Forever

Voices Rising: The Music of Wakanda Forever

as

Shuri (archive footage) / Self - Actress

I Am...

I Am...

as

Danielle

Banana

Banana

as

Vivienne Scott

Marvel Studios Legends

Marvel Studios Legends

as

Shuri (archive footage) (uncredited)

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

as

Anahson

Cucumber

Cucumber

as

Vivienne Scott

Humans

Humans

as

Renie

Tamron Hall

Tamron Hall

as

Self - Guest

Chasing Shadows

Chasing Shadows

as

Taylor Davis

Small Axe

Small Axe

as

Altheia Jones

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

as

Self - Presenter

Ironheart

Ironheart

as

Shuri (archive footage) (uncredited)

Production

Crew

Directing