letitia michelle wright (born 31 october 1993) is a guyanese-born british actress. she is best known for her role as shuri in the marvel cinematic universe (mcu) movies "black panther" and "" (both 2018). she has also appeared in tv shows such as "top boy", "coming up", "chasing shadows", "humans", the "doctor who" episode "face the raven" and the "black mirror" episode "black museum". for "black mirror", she was nominated for the primetime emmy award for outstanding supporting actress in a limited series or movie. in 2019, she won the bafta rising star award.