Letitia Wright

Letitia Wright

Known for
Acting
Born
October 31, 1993 (age 33)
Birthplace
Georgetown, Guyana

Biography

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, 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. Wright 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

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Filmography

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Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life poster

Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life

Movie · as Self

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In Her Shadow

In Her Shadow

Movie · as Annie Cutter

2028
Black Panther 3 poster

Black Panther 3

Movie · as Shuri

2027
Avengers: Secret Wars poster

Avengers: Secret Wars

Movie · as Shuri

2026
Avengers: Doomsday poster

Avengers: Doomsday

Movie · as Shuri

2026
National Theatre at Home: The Story poster

National Theatre at Home: The Story

Movie · as Yvonne

2025
Ironheart poster

Ironheart

TV · as Shuri (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1 ep

2023
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever poster

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Movie · as Self

2023
Surrounded poster

Surrounded

Movie · as Mo Washington

2023
Disney 100: Remember That poster

Disney 100: Remember That

Movie · as Self

2023
Voices Rising: The Music of Wakanda Forever poster

Voices Rising: The Music of Wakanda Forever

TV · as Shuri (archive footage) / Self - Actress · 1 ep

2022
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda poster

20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda

Movie · as Self

2022
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever poster

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Movie · as Shuri

2022
Death on the Nile poster

Death on the Nile

Movie · as Rosalie Otterbourne

2022
The Silent Twins poster

The Silent Twins

Movie · as June

2022
Aisha poster

Aisha

Movie · as Aisha Osagie

2021
Sing 2 poster

Sing 2

Movie · as Nooshy (voice)

2021
Lines poster

Lines

Movie

2021
Marvel Studios Legends poster

Marvel Studios Legends

TV · as Shuri (archive footage) (uncredited) · 3 eps

2020
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King poster

Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2020
Small Axe poster

Small Axe

TV · as Altheia Jones · 1 ep

2019
Guava Island poster

Guava Island

Movie · as Yara Love

2019
Avengers: Endgame poster

Avengers: Endgame

Movie · as Shuri

2019
I Am... poster

I Am...

TV · as Danielle · 1 ep

2019
The Tamron Hall Show poster

The Tamron Hall Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2018
Black Panther poster

Black Panther

Movie · as Shuri

2018
Avengers: Infinity War poster

Avengers: Infinity War

Movie · as Shuri

2018
Ready Player One poster

Ready Player One

Movie · as Reb (Safe House)

2018
The Commuter poster

The Commuter

Movie · as Jules Skateboarder

2017
Cake poster

Cake

Movie

2017
Steve poster

Steve

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2015
Urban Hymn poster

Urban Hymn

Movie · as Jamie Harrison

2015
Banana poster

Banana

TV · as Vivienne Scott · 8 eps

2015
Cucumber poster

Cucumber

TV · as Vivienne Scott · 4 eps

2015
Humans poster

Humans

TV · as Renie · 7 eps

2014
Glasgow Girls poster

Glasgow Girls

Movie · as Amal

2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2014
Chasing Shadows poster

Chasing Shadows

TV · as Taylor Davis · 2 eps

2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors poster

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2013
Big Girl poster

Big Girl

Movie · as Hannah

2012
My Brother the Devil poster

My Brother the Devil

Movie · as Aisha

2011
Victim poster

Victim

Movie · as Nyla

2011
Random poster

Random

Movie · as Girl #3

2011
Black Mirror poster

Black Mirror

TV · as Nish · 1 ep

2011
Top Boy poster

Top Boy

TV · as Chantelle · 4 eps

2005
Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who

TV · as Anahson · 1 ep

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2003
Coming Up poster

Coming Up

TV · as Hannah · 1 ep

1944
Golden Globe Awards poster

Golden Globe Awards

TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep