The girl is 9-year-old Quvenzhané Wallis, the breakout star of Beasts of the Southern Wild, and she won the Critics' Choice Award for best young actor! Pronounced QUA-VAN-JA-NAY, Quvenzhané is sure to be everywhere this award season, so find out six things about her now!
Quvenzhané was only five when she got the part in Beasts of the Southern Wild. She had to lie about her age to be eligible!
She couldn't even read when she auditioned.
This week's 2013 Oscar nomination announcement was big for the actress — she's the youngest ever Oscar nominee! She said, "I almost missed it. I was sleeping."
She chose the actor that plays her dad in the film based on the fact that he brought her sweets.
When she won her Critics' Choice Award she pulled out her cell phone to read her acceptance speech. She said, "Thanks to Mr Benh Zeitlin and the Court 13 family for thinking I could make a good Hushpuppy." She thanked God before adding, "Last to my family, friends, and fans. Good night."
She calls the Oscar the "golden man."
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