Quvenzhané Wallis Wiki
Quvenzhané Wallis Wiki – Quvenzhané Wallis (born August 28, 2003) is an American actress who is best known for starring as Hushpuppy in the drama film Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012) and Annie Bennett in the 2014 adaptation of Annie. She also won an award for the movie and a nomination – Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical.
| Name | Quvenzhané Wallis |
| Date of Birth | August 28, 2003 |
| Age | 18 years (2021) |
| Net worth | $800,000 |
| Profession/Occupation | Actress |
| Nationality | American |
| Gender | Female |
Quvenzhané Wallis Background
Quvenzhané Wallis Background – Wallis was born in Houma, Louisiana, to teacher Qulyndreia Wallis (née Jackson) and truck driver Venjie Wallis, Sr. Qunyquekya is her sister, while Vejon and Venjie, Jr. are her brothers. Her name “Quvenzhané” is a combination of the first syllables of her parents’ first names, “Quven,” and a Swahili word jini, which means “sprite” or “fairy.”
Quvenzhané Wallis Career
Quvenzhané Wallis Career – Wallis, 5, lied about her age to get into the Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012) audition, which required a minimum tryout age of 6. Hushpuppy, an irrepressible child genius and survivalist who lives with her dying father in the backwoods bayou squalor of Louisiana, was picked out of 4,000 applicants.
According to The Daily Beast, director Benh Zeitlin understood he had found what he was searching for when he auditioned Wallis and altered the Beasts script to match her strong-willed nature. Her abilities to read, scream, and burp on demand delighted the director, and she was cast in the role.
“It was only the feeling behind her eyes,” Zeitlin has reportedly claimed.
The film premiered in January 2012 at the Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Grand Jury Prize. Wallis travelled to France in May 2012 for the film’s debut at the Cannes Film Festival.
Wallis’ performance was praised widely, and Zeitlin was awarded the Caméra d’Or, the festival’s prize for outstanding debut feature picture.
Wallis was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role on January 10, 2013, when she was nine years old. Wallis, who was 6 years old when she filmed Beasts of the Southern Wild, is the third-youngest Best Actress candidate in history.
Wallis is the first African-American child actress to be nominated for an Academy Award, as well as the first person born in the twenty-first century.
Wallis appeared in the film 12 Years a Slave (2013) and worked on a short film called Boneshaker with the Sundance Film Festival. She was the first African American to perform the titular role in Annie (2014) in 2014.
She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical for her role, and most critics praised her performance.
When Wallis was signed by Armani Junior, Giorgio Armani’s fashion line for children and teens, in May 2014, she became the first child celebrity to be named the face of a luxury brand.
Wallis starred in Beyoncé’s “All Night” music video from 2016. She launched two children’s books in October 2017: Shai & Emmie Star in Break an Egg!, about their relationship, and A Time Out With Mama, about her night at the Oscars with her mother.
In 2018, she released two more novels, Shai & Emmie Star in Dancy Pants! and Shai & Emmie Star in To the Rescue!
In 2018, she was inducted into the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Actors Branch.
Quvenzhané Wallis Net worth
Quvenzhané Wallis Net worth – Quvenzhané Wallis has a net worth of $800,000. She has starred in various global renowned movies and is dedicated to her acting career. She began acting at the young age of 6.
Quvenzhané Wallis Boyfriend
Quvenzhané Wallis Boyfriend – Quvenzhané Wallis’s boyfriend is not yet known as the actress has not revealed if she is dating or single.
Quvenzhané Wallis Awards
Quvenzhané Wallis has won quite a number of awards; some of them include;
- African-American Film Critics Association Award for Best Breakthrough Performance
- Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award for Best Breakthrough Performance
- Austin Film Critics Association for Breakthrough Artist Award
- Black Reel Award for Best Actress Won
- Black Reel Award for Best Breakthrough Performance
- Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
- Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Young Performer
- Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
- Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promising Performer
- Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
- Denver Film Critics Society for Best Actress
- Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Breakout Performance
- Gotham Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Actor
- Hollywood Film Festival New Hollywood Award
- Houston Film Critics Society for Best Actress
