Quvenzhané Wallis

Born in 2004 in Houma, LA, Wallis was the youngest of four children of Venjie Wallis, Sr. and Qulyndriea Wallis, a middle school teacher. Wallis, nicknamed "Nazy," had never so much as considered acting before her audition for "Beasts of the Southern Wild," but decided to seize the opportunity to attend a casting call being held near her hometown in Terrebonne Parrish. Just five at the time of the audition, Wallis claimed she was the minimum …