Letitia Wright

Acting

Letitia Wright

Born October 31, 1993Georgetown, Guyana47 credits

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Letitia Wright, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Filmography

Ironheart
2025Ironheart
as Shuri (archive footage) (uncredited)TV
Surrounded
2023Surrounded
as Mo WashingtonMovie
Voices Rising: The Music of Wakanda Forever
2023Voices Rising: The Music of Wakanda Forever
as Shuri (archive footage) / Self - ActressTV
Aisha
2022Aisha
as Aisha OsagieMovie
Death on the Nile
2022Death on the Nile
as Rosalie OtterbourneMovie
Sing 2
2021Sing 2
as Nooshy (voice)Movie
Marvel Studios Legends
2021Marvel Studios Legends
as Shuri (archive footage) (uncredited)TV
Small Axe
2020Small Axe
as Altheia JonesTV
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
2020Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
as Self (archive footage)Movie
Tamron Hall
2019Tamron Hall
as Self - GuestTV
I Am...
2019I Am...
as DanielleTV
Guava Island
2019Guava Island
as Yara LoveMovie
Ready Player One
2018Ready Player One
as Reb (Safe House)Movie
Black Panther
2018Black Panther
as ShuriMovie
The Commuter
2018The Commuter
as Jules SkateboarderMovie
Urban Hymn
2015Urban Hymn
as Jamie HarrisonMovie
Humans
2015Humans
as RenieTV
Banana
2015Banana
as Vivienne ScottTV
Cucumber
2015Cucumber
as Vivienne ScottTV
Chasing Shadows
2014Chasing Shadows
as Taylor DavisTV
Glasgow Girls
2014Glasgow Girls
as AmalMovie
Big Girl
2013Big Girl
as HannahMovie
Top Boy
2011Top Boy
as ChantelleTV
Victim
2011Victim
as NylaMovie
R
2011Random
as Girl #3Movie
Doctor Who
2005Doctor Who
as AnahsonTV
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - GuestTV
Golden Globe Awards
1944Golden Globe Awards
as Self - PresenterTV