Letitia Michelle Wright\u00a0(born 31 October 1993) is a Guyanese-British actress. She began her career with guest roles in the television series\u00a0Top Boy,\u00a0Coming Up,\u00a0Chasing Shadows,\u00a0Humans,\u00a0Doctor Who, and\u00a0Black Mirror. For the latter, she received a\u00a0Primetime Emmy Award\u00a0nomination. She then had her breakthrough in the 2015 film\u00a0Urban Hymn, for which the\u00a0British Academy of Film and Television Arts\u00a0(BAFTA) named Wright among the 2015 group of BAFTA Breakthrough Brits.<\/p>\n
In 2018, she attained global recognition for her portrayal of\u00a0Shuri\u00a0in the\u00a0Marvel Cinematic Universe film\u00a0Black Panther, for which she won an\u00a0NAACP Image Award\u00a0and a\u00a0SAG Award. Wright reprised the role in\u00a0Avengers: Infinity War\u00a0(2018),\u00a0Avengers: Endgame\u00a0(2019), and\u00a0Black Panther: Wakanda Forever\u00a0(2022). In 2019, she received the\u00a0BAFTA Rising Star Award. She also appeared in\u00a0Steve McQueen’s 2020 anthology series\u00a0Small Axe, which earned her a\u00a0Satellite Award\u00a0nomination.<\/p>\n
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Letitia Michelle Wright\u00a0(born 31 October 1993) is a Guyanese-British actress. She began her career with guest roles in the television series\u00a0Top Boy,\u00a0Coming Up,\u00a0Chasing Shadows,\u00a0Humans,\u00a0Doctor Who, and\u00a0Black Mirror. For the latter, she received a\u00a0Primetime Emmy Award\u00a0nomination. She then had her breakthrough in the 2015 film\u00a0Urban Hymn, for which the\u00a0British Academy of Film and Television Arts\u00a0(BAFTA) named […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-26767","movie_engine_person","type-movie_engine_person","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n