Shahadi Wright Joseph
American actress, singer and dancer · United States · On the map · Actors · Born 2005 · age 21
Shahadi Wright Joseph is an American actress, singer, and dancer. She is best known for her starring role in Jordan Peele's horror film Us (2019), the voice for Young Nala in Jon Favreau's musical film The Lion King (2019), as Ruby Lee Emory in the Amazon Prime original series Them and Holiday Anders in the podcast,...
Shahadi Wright Joseph is read about 117 times a day, in 12 languages.
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Something wrong?A life in dates
M.U.B.Film, Debbie
The FuneralFilm, 2025Juno Hadley2021
ThemSeries, Ruby Emory2019
School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls PlayFilm, Mercy
The Lion KingFilm, 2019Young Nala (voice)
UsFilm, 2019Zora Wilson / Umbrae2016
Hairspray Live!Film, Little Inez2005Born29 April 2005People around Shahadi
Close ties
JD McCrary Duets: Danger (Young Simba & Young Nala Interlude)
Beyoncé Duets: Nala, also in The Lion King (2019)
John Oliver Duets: I Just Can’t Wait to Be King
Jordan Peele Directed Us (2019)
Jason Blum Produced Us (2019)
Billy Eichner Also in Hairspray Live! and The Lion King
Sean McKittrick Produced Us (2019)
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Hairspray Live! 2016
The Lion King 2019
Us 2019
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 10
12 credits on file
Television 1
Media & music
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About this person
She is best known for her starring role in Jordan Peele's horror film Us (2019), the voice for Young Nala in Jon Favreau's musical film The Lion King (2019), as Ruby Lee Emory in the Amazon Prime original series Them and Holiday Anders in the podcast, "Six Minutes".
