Actress Quvenzhane Wallis attends Fox Searchlight Pictures Presents ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild’ on June 25, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Skip Bolen/Getty Images for Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Actors Quvenzhane Wallis and Kevin Hart attend day 2 of the 2012 BET Awards Radio Room held at The Shrine Auditorium on June 30, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images For BET)
Actress Quvenzhane Wallis attends Fox Searchlight Pictures Presents “Beasts of the Southern Wild” on June 25, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Skip Bolen/Getty Images for Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Actress Quvenzhane Wallis and actor Dwight Henry attend Fox Searchlight Pictures Presents “Beasts of the Southern Wild” After Party on June 25, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Skip Bolen/Getty Images for Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Fox Searchlight Pictures Co-Presidents Nancy Utley and Stephen Gilula with actor Dwight Henry, actress Quvenzhane Wallis, Director Benh Zeitlin and Co-writer Lucy Alibar attend Fox Searchlight Pictures Presents “Beasts of the Southern Wild” on June 25, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Skip Bolen/Getty Images for Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Co-writer Lucy Alibar and actress Quvenzhane Wallis on the dance floor at Fox Searchlight Pictures Presents “Beasts of the Southern Wild” After Party on June 25, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Skip Bolen/Getty Images for Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Actress Quvenzhane Wallis being interviewed by Blake Lopez of NOLA Wrap Up at Fox Searchlight Pictures Presents “Beasts of the Southern Wild” on June 25, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Skip Bolen/Getty Images for Fox Searchlight Pictures)
From EURWeb: The little girl from Beasts of the Southern Wild has gone Hollywood.
Deadline.com is reporting that talent agency ICM Partners has signed Quvenzhane Wallis, the 8-year-old actress who captivated the Sundance and Cannes Film festivals earlier this year starring as Hushpuppy in the Benh Zeitlin-directed drama.
The Louisiana-filmed movie – which was acquired by Fox Searchlight, won the Caméra d’Or award at Cannes and the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance – tells the story of 6-year-old Hushpuppy, her ailing father, Wink (Dwight Henry), and a group of resilient people cordoned off from civilization by a large body of water and always fearing the flood that may wash away their lives.
Quvenzhané was selected from over 4,000 young ladies to make her film debut in the lead role.
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