Letitia Wright

Letitia Wright

Letitia Michelle Wright is a Guyanese-British actress. She achieved global recognition for her portrayal of Shuri in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Black Panther. In 2019, Wright won the BAFTA Rising Star Award. She will appear in 2020’s Death on the Nile and Small Axe.

About Letitia Wright in brief

Summary Letitia WrightLetitia Michelle Wright is a Guyanese-British actress. She achieved global recognition for her portrayal of Shuri in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Black Panther. She has played roles in Top Boy, Coming Up, Chasing Shadows, Humans, the Doctor Who episode \”Face the Raven\” and the Black Mirror episode \”Black Museum\” In 2019, Wright won the BAFTA Rising Star Award. She will appear in 2020’s Death on the Nile and Small Axe. Wright plays Black Panther leader Altheia Jones-Leointe, who, along with eight other Black activists, was arrested and charged with inciting a peaceful protest in 1970.

The official release date for Black Panther has yet to be announced, with the first episode premiering on BBC One on November 15, 2020. The Silent Twins, based on the book of the same name by Marjorie Wallace, has been announced to be shooting in April 2020, with a release date to be released in April 2021. She is also set to star in a novel adaptation of Hold Back The Stars, set in London in the 1960s and 1980s, which premiered on BBC1 on November 1, 2018. She also starred in a play called The Convert, which was played at the Young Vic theatre in EnglandLondon.