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name: "Letitia Wright"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/letitia-wright"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "31 October 1993"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 81
updated: "2026-09-17T03:31:06.878191+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Letitia Wright

Actor. Born 31 October 1993 in Georgetown, Guyana.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 31 October 1993, Georgetown, Guyana
- **Active:** 2018–present
- **Also known as:** Letitia Michelle Wright

## Biography

Letitia Michelle Wright (born 31 October 1993) is a Guyanese-British actress. She began her career with guest roles in television series including *Top Boy*, *Coming Up*, *Chasing Shadows*, *Humans*, *Doctor Who* and *Black Mirror*, for which she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.

Her breakthrough came with the 2015 film *Urban Hymn*, after which she was named a BAFTA Breakthrough Brit. In 2018 she gained international recognition for playing Shuri in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film *Black Panther*, reprising the role in *Avengers: Infinity War* (2018), *Avengers: Endgame* (2019) and *Black Panther: Wakanda Forever* (2022). She appeared as Altheia Jones in Steve McQueen's 2020 anthology series *Small Axe*, earning a Satellite Award nomination.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, nytimes.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Small Axe* (2020), Fi1m 88, as Altheia Jones — [page](https://film.one/tv/small-axe.md)
- *Avengers: Endgame* (2019), Fi1m 79, as Shuri — [page](https://film.one/film/avengers-endgame.md)
- *Avengers: Infinity War* (2018), Fi1m 77, as Shuri — [page](https://film.one/film/avengers-infinity-war.md)

## Also known for

- *Black Panther* (2018), Shuri
- *Ready Player One* (2018), Reb (Safe House)
- *Black Panther: Wakanda Forever* (2022), Shuri
- *Sing 2* (2021), Nooshy (voice)
- *The Commuter* (2018), Jules Skateboarder
- *Death on the Nile* (2022), Rosalie Otterbourne
- *Doctor Who* (2005), Anahson
- *Humans* (2015), Renie

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