Quvenzhané Wallis

Quvenzhané Wallis is an American actress and author. In 2012, she starred as Hushpuppy in the drama film Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012), for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, becoming the youngest actress to be nominated in the category, as well as the first person born in the 21st century nominated for an Oscar. She went on to appear in the Steve McQueen film 12 Years a Slave (2013). Wallis starred as Annie Bennett in the 2014 adaptation of Annie, for which she received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical.

28 August 2003

Born on the same birth day (28 August): Antoine Augustin Cournot • Brian Thompson • George Church (geneticist) • Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna of Russia • John Stark • Jonathan Reynolds • Morris Graves • Roger Williams (hepatologist) • Shuja Khanzada • Takahito Eguchi • Tony Husband • Warren M. Washington • Will Harris (baseball)

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