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Letitia Michelle Wright is a British and Guyanese actress who began her professional career in 2011. Born in Georgetown, Guyana, she holds citizenship in both Guyana and the United Kingdom. Her field of work is acting, and she has received a Jupiter Award. She speaks English and has five credited works.
Wright has shared perspectives on the nature of art and emotion, noting that art is subjective and that individuals must be comfortable with varying opinions. She has also described grief as something that arrives unexpectedly, requiring one to confront it rather than denying its presence.
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Film & TV
Georgetown, Guyana
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 in the 2015 film Urban Hymn, for which the British Academy of Film and Television Arts…
Known for
- Avengers: Secret Wars — Shuri2027
- Avengers: Doomsday — Shuri2026
- National Theatre at Home: The Story — Yvonne2026
- Ironheart — Shuri (archive footage) (uncredited)2025
- Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever — Self2023
- Surrounded — Mo Washington2023
- Disney 100: Remember That — Self2023
- Voices Rising: The Music of Wakanda Forever — Shuri (archive footage) / Self - Actress2023
- 20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda — Self2022
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever — Shuri2022
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1993-10-31 ) 31 October 1993 (age 32) , Georgetown , Guyana
- Citizenship
- Guyana United Kingdom
- Education
- Northumberland Park Community School , Identity School of Acting
- Occupation
- Actress
- Years active
- 2006–present
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Michelle
- Family name
- Wright
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Georgetown
- Occupation
- film actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Jupiter Awards
- Field of work
- acting
- Image
- Letitia Wright by Gage Skidmore.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1993-01-01
- Commons category
- Letitia Wright
- start of work period
- 2011-00-00
- social media followers
- 314092
- name in native language
- Letitia Michelle Wright
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
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