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Introduction
Letitia Wright is a Guyanese-born 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 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.
Wright attained global recognition in 2018 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) and Avengers: Endgame (2019), the latter of which became the second highest-grossing film of all time. In 2019, she received the BAFTA Rising Star Award. She also appeared in the 2020 anthology series Small Axe, which earned her a Satellite Award nomination.
Early life
| Name | Letitia Wright |
| Net Worth | $5 million |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Height | 1.68m |
| Age | 28 years |
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Letitia Michelle Wright was born on October 31, 1993 (age 28 years) in Georgetown, Guyana. Her parents moved to London, United Kingdom when she was seven years old and she attended school there.
Career
Letitia 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.
Wright appeared in two episodes of Holby City and Top Boy in 2011. She had a small role in My Brother the Devil in 2012, where she was recognized by Screen International as one of its 2012 Stars of Tomorrow. Michael Caton-Jones cast Wright in her first leading role in Urban Hymn (2015), which brought her to the attention of Hollywood.
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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.
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.
Letitia 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 played at the Young Vic theatre in England/London. The play was based on an English-speaking missionary in the 19th century, where the Africans were trained to speak Victorian English and engage in Christianity. 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 that is being forced into marriage by her uncle but luckily is saved by Chilford. 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.
In November 2018 it was announced that Wright would be starring alongside John Boyega in a novel adaptation of Hold Back The Stars. Wright will appear in 2022’s Death on the Nile. She was also cast in Steve McQueen’s mini-series Small Axe, set in London’s West Indian community between the 1960s and 1980s.
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 official release date has yet to be announced.
Controversy over vaccinations
Letitia Wright received backlash in December 2020 over a video she publicly shared on Twitter in which the speaker questioned the safety of taking a COVID-19 vaccine, in addition to “appearing skeptical of climate change, accusing China of spreading COVID-19, and making transphobic comments”; YouTube has since deleted the video for violating its terms of service.
Wright later clarified that she “wasn’t against vaccines but it was important to ‘ask questions'” and “my intention was not to hurt anyone, my ONLY intention of posting the video was it raised my concerns with what the vaccine contains and what we are putting in our bodies”. She subsequently quit social media.
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In October 2021, The Hollywood Reporter reported that Wright had parted ways with her U.S. team of representatives due to uproar over the video and her alleged continued promotion of anti-vaccine sentiments on the set of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever during production in Atlanta. Wright returned to social media to deny these allegations.
Husband
Letitia Wright is currently not married. Her husband or boyfriend is unknown to the general public. Wright stands at an appealing height and has a good body weight that suits her personality. She has no kids or children from any previous relationships. However, Wright has opened up about her struggles with depression. She told Vanity Fair in 2018 that when she first experienced depression at age twenty, she “was in the dark going through so many bad things”.
Wright credits her Christian faith with helping her overcome the depression, which she discovered after attending a London actors’ Bible study meeting. To focus on her recovery and her faith, she turned down film roles. She later explained she “needed to take a break from acting” and “went on a journey to discover my relationship with God, and I became a Christian.”
Letitia Wright net worth
How much is Letitia Wright worth? Letitia Wright net worth is estimated at around $5 million. Her main source of income is from her career as an actress. Wright salary and other earnings are over $2 million annually. Her successful career has earned her some luxurious lifestyles and some fancy car trips. She is one of the richest and influential actresses in Guyana.