Amandla Stenberg
Amandla Stenberg – 2016 AltaMed Health Services’ Power Up, We Are the Future Gala – Arrivals – Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel – Beverly Hills, CA, USA – Photo Credit: PRPhotos.com
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Date of Birth: October 23, 1998
Ethnicity:
*father – Danish, Greenlandic/Inuit
*mother – African-American
Amandla Stenberg is an American actor and singer. She has starred in the films The Hunger Games, Everything, Everything and The Darkest Minds.
The word amandla means “power” or “strength” in Zulu.
Amandla’s father, Tom Stenberg, is Danish. Amandla’s mother, Karen Brailsford, is African-American, and is a spiritual counselor and writer. She has stated that Tom’s mother was from Greenland, and is of Inuit ancestry. A picture of Amandla’s father can be seen here. A picture of Amandla with her mother can be seen here. Amandla has also said that she is learning Danish. She is a citizen of the U.S. and Denmark.
Amandla has been described as Jewish on some web sites. This is not accurate. She is not of Jewish heritage.
Amandla’s paternal grandfather was named Tage Stenberg.
Amandla’s paternal grandmother was named Ena. Ena Stenberg was a radio personality and singer. Ena’s father was a missionary in Godthaab. Godthaab was the seat of government for what was then South Greenland, a Danish colony.
Amandla’s maternal grandfather was Charlie Benjamin Brailsford (the son of Willie “Friendly” Brailsford, Sr. and Emma Julia Oliver). Charlie was born in South Carolina. Willie was the son of William Brailsford and Mary Louise Oliver. Emma was the daughter of Charlie/Charles B. Oliver and Rebecca Johnson.
Amandla’s maternal grandmother was named Leola White.
Stenberg in 2011, image via Joe Seer / Shutterstock.com
Sources: http://www.amandlastenberg.com
Amandla responds to questions about casting her, a light-skinned actress, in the film The Hate U Give, 2018 – https://www.popbuzz.com
Genealogy of Amandla Stenberg – https://www.geni.com
Obituary of Amandla’s maternal grandfather, Charlie Benjamin Brailsford – https://news.google.com
Obituary of Amandla’s maternal great-grandfather, Willie “Friendly” Brailsford, Sr. – https://news.google.com
Obituary of Amandla’s maternal great-grandmother, Emma Julia (Oliver) Brailsford – http://www.flemingdelaine.com
She has been making some very racially charged comments… Does she not know she is part European too?
would that make her cooler if she mentioned it hell no she obviously like just the way she is
She looks Blasian.
That’s a different mix. I wonder how many Inuit/black mixes there are.
She does look mix. I thought she might have had some Filipino ancestry.
She looks mixed, but not with white. I would have thought Asian as well.
It makes perfect sense because Inuits usually look kinda Asian
again, you don’t have to look a certain way to be something
Exactly.
I thought maybe she was mostly black with some Native American heritage.