Quvenzhané Wallis entertains at the 85th Academy Awards Nominations Luncheon at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on Monday
She is the youngest person in history to be nominated for a Best Actress Oscar, and will be up against Jennifer Lawrence, Naomi Watts, Jessica Chastain and Emmanuelle Riva, who at 85-years-old, is the oldest Best Actress Oscar nominee.
Since her breakout role, the Beasts of the Southern Wild star has been cast in the upcoming movie Twelve Years a Slave, which also stars Paul Giamatti, Brad Pitt, and Michael Fassbender.
Quvenzhané was born in Houma, Louisiana. Her mother, Qulyndreia, is a school teacher, and her father, Venjie, is a truck driver.
'Quven', the first part of her name, combines her parents' first names, while her mother has stated that zhané means 'fairy' in Swahili.
Watch her in the Beasts of the Southern Wild below
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