Black Panther 2 Cast

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is a 2022 American film that is based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. It was the 30th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It received mostly positive reviews from critics and was a major box-office success, grossing over $860 million. The film honored Chadwick Boseman’s legacy, who died of colon cancer in the year 2020.

Who is in the cast of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever?

Here is the cast of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever:

Letitia Wright as Shuri/Black Panther

Angela Basset as Queen Ramonda

Lupita Nyong’o as Nakia

Dominique Thorne as Ironheart

Danai Gurira as Okoye

Winston Duke as M’Baku

Martin Freeman as Everett K. Ross

Tenoch Heurta as Namor

Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Valentina

Let’s take a detailed look at the main cast of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.

Letitia Wright

Born on October 31, 1993, Letitia Michelle Wright is a Guyana-British artist. She is best known for her role as Shuri, the Princess of Wakanda and T'Challa (Black Panther)’s younger sister in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) films Black Panther (2018) and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022). Her filmography includes My Brother the Devil (2012), Small Axe, an anthology TV series created by Steve McQueen, and Urban Hymn (2015).

Many praised Wright’s intelligence, wit, and charm while she portrayed Shuri in Black Panther. It is regarded as one of the most successful movies in terms of box office collections, earning over $1.3 billion globally and for a total of seven Oscar nominations, among them Best Picture. Wright’s performance bagged her the SAG award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture and also the Bafta Rising Star Award.

Angela Basset

The American actress Angela Bassett delivers strong and textured characterizations in movies and on TV. She has been chiefly identified with playing powerful and influential Black women like Tina Turner, Rosa Parks, and Betty Shabazz.

Bassett’s major success occurred in 1993 when she acted as Tina Turner in the movie entitled What’s Love Got to Do With It? She was highly praised and even nominated for the Best Actress award. Notably, since then, Bassett has appeared in various movies such as Malcolm X (1992), Contact (1997), How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998), and Mr. 3000 (2004).

Lupita Nyong’o

Lupita Nyong’o is a Kenyan-Mexican born on March 1, 1983. She has various awards like an Oscar, Emmy, and Tony award nominations, among many other honors. In 2013, Nyong’o was featured in the historical drama film ‘Twelve Years A Slave’ where she played Patsey, a mistreated slave. Her performance won her critical appraisals and a couple of accolades, including an Oscar for Best Supporting Actresses. She was the first Kenyan and sixth African-American actress to win an Oscar.

Nyong'o has since starred in a number of successful films, including Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), The Jungle Book (2016), Black Panther (2018), and Us (2019). She featured in the TV shows Shuga (2009) and Eclipsed (2017).

Danai Gurira

Danai Gurira is a Zimbabwean- American actress born on Februrary 14,1978. She is mainly known for her starring roles like Michonne from The Walking Dead and Okoye in the Marvel Cinematic universe. Gurira is an acclaimed and respected actress in the industry.

Winston Duke

Winston Duke is a Tobagonian-Rwandan actor who is most famous for his role as M’Baku which was also his debut in a feature film. He then worked in Jordan Peele’s horror film Us (2019), which also starred Lupita Nyong’o. Duke’s birthplace was Argyle, Tobago.

Martin Freeman

Martin John Christopher Freeman is a British actor born on 8 September 1971. He has received awards like the Emmy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Guild Award, and a nomination for a Golden Globe.

Freeman's well-known films include Love Actually (2003), Shaun of the Dead (2004), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005), Hot Fuzz (2007), The World's End (2013), Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016), Black Panther (2018), and Captain America: Civil War (2016). He played Dr. John Watson on BBC’s Sherlock (2010–17) and Lester Nygaard on FX’s Fargo (2014). He was awarded a prime-time Emmy award for exceptional lead actor in a miniseries or motion picture made for TV for his performance in Fargo.

Tenoch Huerta

Tenoch Huerta comes from two indigenous peoples, the Aztecs, and the Purépechas. He is best known for his role as Namor in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022). He has also appeared in a number of other films and television series, including Narcos: Sin Signa Particulares (2019), and Narcos Mexico (2018 – 2022).