The Untold Truth Of Quvenzhan Wallis
Quvenzhané Wallis was born in Houma, La., and is the youngest of four children, according to the New York Times. Her name, pronounced "Kwah-ven-zha-nay," comes from a combination of her parents' first names and the Swahili word for "fairy," according to Hollywood.com. "Anybody calls for Quvenzhané, I know they're calling me, cause that's one of a kind," she quipped in an interview with Roger Ebert in 2012. Raised by her mother, a schoolteacher, and her father, a truck driver, Wallis was hardly old enough to attend elementary school by the time she started acting on the big screen. But as her countless interviews have shown — i-D described her as having a "refreshing lack of formal media training" in 2015 — Wallis and her family have stayed true to who they are.
Wallis' siblings are as equally talented as the young actor, and WAPT reported that they're very supportive of each other and "none of them are in the other's shadow." According to the outlet, her older brother Venji Wallis played basketball for JSU, her other brother played football for Houston Baptist, and her older sister got her degree in nursing. "She's the same person before she was famous," Venji said, adding that Quvenzhané "sends [him] pictures of her working out in [his] shirts and stuff," and that they remain close.
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