Letitia Wright

This play was set in 1895, when a Black male Catholic teacher and missionary called Chilford occupies a mission house in Rhodesian Salisbury.

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.

She was also cast in Steve McQueen's mini-series Small Axe, set in London's West Indian community between the 1960s and 1980s.

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.

Letitia Michelle Wright was born on 31 October 1993 in Georgetown, Guyana.

She has one brother, Ivan Bombokka.

Her family moved to London, England, when she was eight years old, and she attended Northumberland Park Community School.

while her brother relocated to Europe.

On 1 February 2023, she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Arts and Letters from the University of Guyana at an Extraordinary Convocation Ceremony.

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".

She attended the Identity School of Acting, enrolling at the age of 16.

In 2011, she appeared as a recurring role in the series Top Boy and in two episodes of Holby City.

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.

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.

Michael Caton-Jones cast Wright in her first leading role in Urban Hymn (2015), which brought her to the attention of Hollywood.

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.

During this time, she also appeared in the play Eclipsed (written by Danai Gurira) at London's Gate Theatre.

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.

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).

Wright co-starred in the 2018 film Black Panther, playing the role of Shuri, King T'Challa's sister and princess of Wakanda.

Part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the film also starred Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong'o, and Danai Gurira.

Wright won the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Breakthrough Performance in a Motion Picture for her work in the film, and reprised the role in Avengers: Infinity War, which was released two months later.

Also in 2018, Wright appeared as Reb in Steven Spielberg's film adaptation of the 2011 science-fiction novel Ready Player One.

Wright features as one of the cameos in Drake's music video for "Nice for What".

In 2018, Wright was also featured in a play called The Convert, which was staged at London's Young Vic Theatre.

In November 2018, it was announced that Wright would be starring alongside John Boyega in a novel adaptation of Hold Back The Stars.

Wright appeared in 2022's Death on the Nile.

In 2019, she received the BAFTA Rising Star Award.

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.

In 2019, Wright won the BAFTA Rising Star Award.

In April 2019, Wright appeared alongside Donald Glover and Rihanna in Guava Island, a short musical film released by Amazon Studios, before reprising her role as Shuri in Avengers: Endgame.

She also appeared in Steve McQueen's 2020 anthology series Small Axe, which earned her a Satellite Award nomination.

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.

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.

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.

The film was released in September 2022.