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Letitia Wright

Actor, Producer, WriterBorn October 31, 1993 (32 years)
Letitia Michelle Wright (born 31 October 1993) is a 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 (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. She 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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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Chasing Shadows

Known For

  • Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
  • Black Panther
  • Black Mirror
  • Small Axe
  • Guava Island
  • Surrounded
  • The Silent Twins
  • Banana
  • Aisha
  • Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot
  • I Am... (2019)
  • Urban Hymn
  • Marvel Studios: Legends
  • Victim

Featured Videos

  • Letitia Wright On What Appealed To Her About Black Panther
    Letitia Wright On What Appealed To Her About Black PantherBlack PantherBehind the Scenes

Letitia Wright Filmography

2026
Avengers: Doomsday · as Shuri
2025
Ironheart (TV Series) · as Shuri (archive Footage) (uncredited)
2023
Surrounded · as Mo Washington
2023
Voices Rising: The Music of Wakanda Forever (TV Series) · as Shuri (archive Footage) / Self - Actress
2022
Aisha · as Aisha Osagie
2022
2022
The Silent Twins · as June
2022
Death on the Nile · as Rosalie Otterbourne
2021
Sing 2 · as Nooshy (voice)
2021
Marvel Studios: Legends (TV Series) · as Shuri (archive Footage) (uncredited)
2020
Small Axe (TV Series) · as Altheia Jones
2019
I Am... (2019) (TV Series) · as Danielle
2019
Avengers: Endgame · as Shuri
2019
Guava Island · as Yara Love
2018
2018
Ready Player One · as Reb (safe House)
2018
Black Panther · as Shuri
2018
The Commuter · as Jules Skateboarder
2015
Urban Hymn · as Jamie Harrison
2015
Humans (TV Series) · as Renie
2015
Banana (TV Series) · as Vivienne Scott
2015
Cucumber (TV Series) · as Vivienne Scott
2014
Chasing Shadows (TV Series) · as Taylor Davis
2014
Glasgow Girls · as Amal
2012
2011
Black Mirror (TV Series) · as Nish
2011
Top Boy (TV Series) · as Chantelle
2011
Victim · as Nyla
2011
Random · as Girl #3
2005
Doctor Who (2005) (TV Series) · as Anahson
2003
Coming Up (TV Series) · as Hannah
1999
Holby City (TV Series) · as Ellie Maynard

2023
2023
MPower (TV Series) · as Self - Shuri
2023
2023
80th Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Presenter
2022
2022
2021
Marvel Studios: Assembled (TV Series) · as Self - Shuri
2020
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King · as Self (archive Footage)
2019
Tamron Hall (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
2019
50th NAACP Image Awards · as Self - Presenter & Nominee
2019
2018
The 70th Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - Nominee
2017
Steve (TV Series) · as Self
2016
Harry (TV Series) · as Self
2015
IMDb on the Scene - Interviews (TV Series) · as Self
2015
2014
Variety: Actors on Actors (TV Series) · as Self
2014
Good Morning Britain (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
2006
Made in Hollywood: Teen Edition (TV Series) · as Self
2005
Made In Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self
2005
Entertainment Tonight Canada (TV Series) · as Self - 'black Panther'
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV Series) · as Self
1997
The View (TV Series) · as Self
1994
WGN Morning News (TV Series) · as Self
1988
This Morning (TV Series) · as Self
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
1981
Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) · as Self
1978
20/20 (TV Series) · as Self
1975
Good Morning America (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
1973
Fantástico (TV Series) · as Self
1970
NBC Nightly News (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
1952
Today (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
1944
Golden Globe Awards (TV Series) · as Self - Presenter

2019
I Am... (2019) (TV Series)

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