Letitia Wright

Wright at the premiere of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever in 2022

Letitia Michelle Wright (born 31 October 1993) is a Guyanese-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.

Quotes

• Makeup is cool. I mean, you can turn up and feel really good and treat yourself, but it shouldn't be something you hang on to to validate your beauty or something you have to do to make you feel beautiful.
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• So many young black women love science, technology, engineering, and maths. But that's not the widely held image of the kind of person who likes those things
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• I think the beauty of a relationship with God is that it's not just about praying and thinking everything's gonna go away. It's a process there to aid and help you.
  • "Black Panther’s Letitia Wright: ‘I was pulled into the belief that straighter hair was better. Playing Shuri encouraged me to embrace my own beauty with my hair’". Glamour. November 11, 2022.

• Art is subjective so people can either like it or not but you have to be willing to be comfortable with that.
  • "Letitia Wright on complex Black female film characters and the sad reality behind new film Aisha". Stylist. November 17, 2022.

• Grief comes like a thief in the night. And you have to deal with it. You can’t kid yourself that you’re OK
  • "Black Panther star Letitia Wright: ‘Since Chad died I’m so afraid to lose people’". The Guardian. November 19, 2022.

• You think you have time, and that's the thing I've learned, These things make you realize it's important to reach out to people you love.
  • "Letitia Wright Is 'So Afraid to Lose People' After Death of 'Black Panther' Costar Chadwick Boseman". CBN News. November 20, 2022.

• I want to encourage young people. You don't have to be young, you can be any age, but I want to encourage you – anyone going through a hard time… God made you and you're important.
  • "Black Panther Star Letitia Wright Reveals How Christ Transformed Her Life: 'Jesus Worked for Me'". People. December 12, 2022.