14 January,2013 08:09 AM IST | | The Centre Stage team
CS tells you a bit about the little star:
>> Quvenzhané Wallis, born on August 28, 2003, is an American child actress.
>>u00a0She is the youngest actress ever to receive a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress.
>>u00a0She is currently attending Hounduras Elementary School in Houma, Louisiana. She has an older sister, Qunyquekya, and two older brothers, Vejon and Venjie Jr.
>>u00a0At the age of five, Quvenzhané had to lie about her age to audition for her very first acting job-the starring role in Beasts of the Southern Wild because the minimum age to be considered was six. She eventually beat out some 4,000 contenders. She was just six years old during the making of the film.
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