Quvenzhané Wallis ([kua-VEN-ya-nei]; Louisiana, August 28, 2003) is a young American actress known for the character Hushpuppy in drama and fantasy film Beasts of the Southern Wild 2012. His performance earned him multiple awards from critics and the press.
Ceremony in 2013 became the youngest actress to get a nomination for best actress Oscars just nine years old, in the 85th..
He is currently working in the film Twelve Years a Slave, directed by Steve McQueen.
According to Guinness World Records, Quvenzhané Wallis appears in the book GWR 2014 as the youngest actress to be nominated for an Oscar and the first person born in the XXI century to receive the nomination for Academy Award.