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Letitia Michelle Wright (born 31 October 1993) is a Guyanese-British actress. She began her career with guest roles in the television series 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,[1] for which the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) named Wright among the 2015 group of BAFTA Breakthrough Brits.

Letitia Wright
Wright at the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con
Born	Letitia Michelle Wright (1993-10-31) 31 October 1993 (age 29) Georgetown, Guyana
Education	Northumberland Park Community School Identity School of Acting
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2011–present

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) and Avengers: Endgame (2019), the latter becoming the second highest-grossing film of all time. In 2019, she received the BAFTA Rising Star Award. She also appeared in the 2020 anthology series Small Axe, which earned her a Satellite Award nomination.

Early life

Letitia Michelle Wright was born on 31 October 1993 in Georgetown, Guyana. Her family moved to London, England, when she was seven years old and she attended Northumberland Park Community School.[2]

Career

Wright performed in school plays, but she credits her desire to be a professional actress to seeing the 2006 film Akeelah and the Bee. She found Keke Palmer's performance inspiring, remarking that the role "resonated. It's one of the reasons why I'm here".[3] She attended the Identity School of Acting, enrolling at the age of 16.[4][5]

In 2011, she appeared in two episodes of the television drama series Holby City and Top Boy.[5] She had a small role in the 2012 film My Brother the Devil, for which she was recognized by Screen International as one of its 2012 Stars of Tomorrow. Michael Caton-Jones cast Wright in her first leading role in Urban Hymn (2015),[5] which brought her to the attention of Hollywood.[2][6] The same year, she appeared in the Doctor Who episode Face the Raven, and the following year, she began a recurring role as Renie on Humans.[5] During this time, she also appeared in the play Eclipsed (written by Danai Gurira) at London's Gate Theatre.[7] In 2017, Wright starred in the Black Mirror episode "Black Museum"; her performance earned her a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie.[4]

Wright co-starred in the 2018 film Black Panther, playing the role of Shuri, King T'Challa's sister and princess of Wakanda.[8] Part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the film also starred Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong'o, and Danai Gurira.[9][10] Wright won the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Breakthrough Performance in a Motion Picture for her work in the film,[11] and reprised the role in Avengers: Infinity War, which was released two months later.[12] Also in 2018, Wright appeared as Reb in Steven Spielberg's film adaptation of the 2011 science-fiction novel Ready Player One.[13] Wright features as one of the cameos in Drake's music video for "Nice for What".[14]

In 2018, Wright was also featured in a play called The Convert, which was staged at London's Young Vic Theatre. The play was the story of an English-speaking missionary in the 19th century, where the Africans were trained to speak Victorian English and engage in Christianity. This play was set in 1895, when a Black male Catholic teacher and missionary called Chilford occupies a mission house in Rhodesian Salisbury.[15] Wright plays the character of a Jekesai, a young Rhodesia girl who is being forced into marriage by her uncle, but luckily is saved by Chilford.[16]

In 2019, Wright won the BAFTA Rising Star Award.[17] In April 2019, Wright appeared alongside Donald Glover and Rihanna in Guava Island, a short musical film released by Amazon Studios,[18] before reprising her role as Shuri in Avengers: Endgame.[19]

In November 2018, it was announced that Wright would be starring alongside John Boyega in a novel adaptation of Hold Back The Stars.[20] Wright will appear in 2022's Death on the Nile.[21] She was also cast in Steve McQueen's mini-series Small Axe, set in London's West Indian community between the 1960s and 1980s.[22] In the first episode, Mangrove, which premiered on BBC One on 15 November 2020, Wright plays British Black Panther leader Altheia Jones-LeCointe, who, along with eight other Black activists, was arrested and charged with inciting a riot after a peaceful protest in 1970.[23] Wright earned "Best Supporting Actress" nominations for this role, bringing "focussed energy and passion" to her depiction of the real-life Jones-LeCointe, as noted by The New Yorker.[24]

In February 2020, it was announced that Wright had accepted to play twin sisters June and Jennifer Gibbons in the film The Silent Twins, based on the 1986 book of the same name by Marjorie Wallace, with shooting beginning in April.[25] The film was released in September 2022.

Personal life

Wright has opened up about her struggles with depression. She told Vanity Fair in 2018 that when she first experienced depression at the age of 20, she "was in the dark going through so many bad things".[26] Wright credits her Christian faith with helping her overcome the depression, which she discovered after attending a London actors' Bible study meeting.[26] To focus on her recovery and her faith, she turned down film roles.[26] She later explained she "needed to take a break from acting" and "went on a journey to discover my relationship with God, and I became a Christian."[27]

Controversy over vaccinations

In December 2020, Wright garnered backlash for sharing on Twitter, a 69-minute video from the YouTube channel On The Table, in which Tomi Arayomi, a senior leader with Light London Church, questioned the legitimacy of the COVID-19 vaccine, accused China of spreading COVID-19, expressed doubts about global climate change, and made other comments that according to Naman Ramachandran of Variety, were transphobic. YouTube deleted the video for violating its terms of service.[28] Wright later stated, "My intention was not to hurt anyone, my ONLY intention of posting the video was it raised my concerns with what the vaccine contains and what we are putting in our bodies. Nothing else."[29][30] She subsequently quit social media.[30]

In October 2021, The Hollywood Reporter reported that Wright had parted ways with her U.S. team of representatives due to uproar over the video and her alleged continued promotion of anti-vaccine sentiments on the set of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever during production in Atlanta.[31] Wright returned to social media to deny these allegations.[32][33]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2011	Victim	Nyla
2012	My Brother the Devil	Aisha
2015	Urban Hymn	Jamie Harrison
2018	The Commuter	Jules Skateboarder		[26]
	Black Panther	Shuri
	Ready Player One	Reb
	Avengers: Infinity War	Shuri
2019	Guava Island	Yara Love		[3]
	Avengers: Endgame	Shuri
2021	Sing 2	Nooshy (voice)		[34]
2022	Death on the Nile	Rosalie Otterbourne		[21]
	The Silent Twins	June Gibbons	Also producer	[35]
	Aisha	Aisha Osagie		[36]
	Black Panther: Wakanda Forever	Shuri / Black Panther		[37]
2023	Surrounded	Moses Washington	Post-production; also producer	[38]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	Holby City	Ellie Maynard	Episodes: "Tunnel Vision" and "Crossing the Line"
	Top Boy	Chantelle	Recurring cast (season 1)
	Random	Girl 3	TV movie
2013	Coming Up	Hannah	Episode: "Big Girl"
2014	Chasing Shadows	Taylor Davis	Episode: "Only Connect: Part 1 & 2"
	Glasgow Girls	Amal	TV movie
2015	Banana	Vivienne Scott	Recurring cast
	Cucumber	Vivienne Scott	Recurring cast
	Doctor Who	Anahson	Episode: "Face the Raven"
2016	Humans	Renie	Recurring cast (season 2)
2017	Black Mirror	Nish	Episode: "Black Museum"
2020	Small Axe	Altheia Jones	Episode: "Mangrove"
2021	I Am...	Danielle	Episode: "I Am Danielle"

[39]Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2018	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie	Black Mirror	Nominated	[5]
2018	Saturn Awards	Best Performance by a Younger Actor	Black Panther	Nominated	[40]
2018	MTV Movie & TV Awards	Best On-Screen Team		Nominated	[41]
		Scene Stealer		Nominated	[41]
2018	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Sci-Fi Movie Actress		Won	[42]
		Choice Breakout Movie Star		Nominated	[42]
2019	NAACP Image Awards	Outstanding Breakthrough Performance in a Motion Picture		Won	[11]
		Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture		Nominated	[43]
2019	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture		Won	[44]
2019	British Academy Film Awards	Rising Star Award	Herself	Won	[17]
2020	Chicago Film Critics Association	Best Supporting Actress	Small Axe	Nominated	[45]
2020	Satellite Awards	Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film		Nominated	[46]
2022	NAACP Image Awards	Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance – Motion Picture	Sing 2	Won	[47]

References

External links

• Letitia Wright at IMDb

На других языках

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[de] Letitia Wright

Letitia Michelle Wright (* 31. Oktober 1993 in Georgetown) ist eine guyanisch-britische Schauspielerin.

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[es] Letitia Wright

Letitia Michelle Wright (Georgetown, 31 de octubre de 1993) es una actriz guyanesa-británica. Comenzó su carrera con papeles como invitada en las series de televisión Top Boy, Coming Up, Chasing Shadows, Humans, Doctor Who, y Black Mirror. Por esta última, recibió una nominación al Primetime Emmy Award. Posteriormente, tuvo su salto a la fama por su papel en la película de 2015 Urban Hymn, por la que la Academia Británica de las Artes Cinematográficas y de la Televisión (BAFTA) nombró a Wright entre el grupo de británicos revelación de los BAFTA de 2015.

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[ru] Райт, Летиша

Летиша Райт (англ. Letitia Wright; род. 31 октября 1993, Гайана, Джорджтаун) — британская актриса гайанского происхождения. Наиболее известна по роли Шури в кинематографической вселенной Marvel в фильмах «Чёрная пантера», «Мстители: Война бесконечности» и «Мстители: Финал».

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