Amandla Stenberg (born October 23, 1998) is an American actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Rue in The Hunger Games.
Stenberg was born in Los Angeles County, California, the child of Karen Brailsford and Tom Stenberg. Her mother is African American, her father is Danish, and her paternal grandmother had Greenlandic Inuit ancestry. Her first name means “power” or “strength” in Zulu.

Stenberg identifies as non-binary, and as an intersectional feminist. She was named “Feminist of the Year” in 2015 by the Ms. Foundation for Women. She has previously identified as bisexual; however in an interview for Elle’s September 2016 issue she was quoted as saying in part:

Bisexual is a word I am not too attached to […] it implies a dichotomy that doesn’t take into account trans people. So maybe pansexual is more accurate for me.