What is Quvenzhané Wallis?
{{Infobox person | name = Quvenzhané Wallis | image = Quvenzhané Wallis 2013.jpg | caption = Wallis at the 6th Annual Essence Black Women in Hollywood in 2013 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2003|8|28}} | birth_place = [[Houma, Louisiana]], U.S. | years_active = 2011–present | occupation = {{Hlist|Actress|author}} }} '''Quvenzhané Wallis''' (born August 28, 2003) is an [[Americans|American]] [[Actor|actress]]. Wallis' first movie was ''[[Beasts of the Southern Wild]]''. She got nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Actress]]. This made her the youngest person ever to be nominated for the award.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/quvenzhan-wallis-v-emmanuelle-riva--best-actress-oscar-contested-by-oldest-and-youngest-ever-nominees-8446248.html |title=Quvenzhané Wallis v Emmanuelle Riva: Best actress Oscar contested by oldest and youngest ever nominees - News - Films - the Independent |website=[[Independent.co.uk]] |access-date=2017-08-31 |archive-date=2013-01-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130113053637/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/quvenzhan-wallis-v-emmanuelle-riva--best-actress-oscar-contested-by-oldest-and-youngest-ever-nominees-8446248.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Wallis played Margaret Northup in the 2013 movie ''[[12 Years a Slave (movie)|12 Years a Slave]]''. Wallis also played Annie in a remake of the musical ''[[Annie]]''. Wallis does the voice of Almitra in the animated movie ''The Prophet''. Wallis was born in [[Houma, Louisiana]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Wallis, Quvenzhane}} [[Category:2003 births]] [[Category:Actors from Louisiana]] [[Category:African-American actors]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American television actors]] [[Category:American voice actors]] [[Category:African-American writers]] [[Category:Writers from Louisiana]] {{US-actor-stub}}