Quvenzhané Wallis Biography
Quvenzhané Wallis is an American actor and author. In 2012, she appeared as Hushpuppy in the drama film Beasts of the Southern Wild. Wallis is also known for voicing the character Harper in the animated film Trolls (2016); as well as her role as Kyra in the television sitcom Black-ish (2019).
Quvenzhané Wallis Age
Wallis was born on 28 August 2003, in Houma, Louisiana, United States of America. She is 20 years old as of August 2023.
Quvenzhané Wallis Height
She stands at a height of 4′ 11″ (1.50 m).
Quvenzhané Wallis Family- Parents
Wallis was born in Houma, Louisiana, to teacher Qulyndreia Wallis (née Jackson) and truck driver Venjie Wallis Sr. She has one sister, Qunyquekya, and two brothers: Vejon and Venjie Jr. Her name “Quvenzhané” is a combination of the initial syllables of her parents’ first names “Quven” and an adaptation of the Swahili word jini, which means’sprite’ or ‘fairy’.
Quvenzhané Wallis Career
Wallis lied about her age when auditioning for Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012), which required a minimum tryout age of six. She was chosen from among 4,000 candidates to play Hushpuppy, an irrepressible child genius and survivalist who lives with her dying father in the backwoods bayou squalor of Louisiana. Director Benh Zeitlin told The Daily Beast that when he auditioned Wallis, he knew he had found what he was searching for and modified the Beasts of the Southern Wild script to match her strong-willed nature. Her reading prowess, loud screaming voice, and ability to burp on demand impressed the director and earned her the role. Zeitlin has claimed that “it was just the feeling behind her eyes”.
The film received tremendous reviews when it premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2012, where it won the Grand Jury Prize. In May 2012, Wallis headed to France for the film’s debut at the Cannes Film Festival. Wallis’ performance received considerable praise, and Zeitlin won the Caméra d’Or, the festival’s prize for outstanding debut feature picture. On January 10, 2013, at the age of nine, Wallis was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. Wallis, who was six years old when she starred in Beasts of the Southern Wild, is the youngest Best Actress nominee of all time, as well as the third-youngest nominee overall. Wallis is the first African American child actor and the first person born in the twenty-first century to receive an Oscar nomination.
Wallis appeared in the film 12 Years a Slave (2013) and collaborated with the Sundance Film Festival on the short film Boneshaker. In 2014, she became the first African American to play the titular character in the film Annie. She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical for her performance, but reviewers blasted the picture. In May 2014, Wallis became the first child celebrity to be named the face of a luxury brand when she signed with Armani Junior, Giorgio Armani’s fashion line for children and teens. Wallis was featured in Beyoncé’s 2016 music video for “All Night”. In October 2017, she published two children’s books: the friendship-centered Shai and Emmie Star. She became a member of the Actors Branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2018.
Quvenzhané Wallis Net Worth
Wallis has an estimated net worth of 3 million dollars.
Quvenzhané Wallis Movies
2022 American Horror Stories
2021-2023 Swagger
2019 Black-ish
2016 Lemonade
2016 Trolls
2015 Fathers and Daughters Lucy
2014 Annie
2014 Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet
2013 12 Years a Slave
2012 Beasts of the Southern Wild
TBA Breathe