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- NAME: Quvenzhané Wallis
- OCCUPATION: Film Actress
- BIRTH DATE: August 28, 2003 (Age: 9)
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Houma, Louisiana
- ZODIAC SIGN: Virgo
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Quvenzhané Wallis is an actress best known for her Academy Award-nominated role as Hushpuppy in the 2012 film Beasts of the Southern Wild.
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