How Letitia Wright Found Freedom in Jesus
Letitia Wright, the Guyanese-British actress known for her role as Shuri in Marvel’s Black Panther franchise, is a committed Christian who has boldly spoken about her faith despite facing cancel culture criticism. This is her story of faith, resilience, and refusing to compromise her beliefs in a secular industry.

Letitia Wright, an actress known for her bold Christian faith and outspoken criticism of cancel culture, is set to reprise her role in Marvel’s upcoming film, Avengers: Doomsday (2026), which is slated to release this December.
It comes shortly after the release of Wright’s directorial debut, “Highway to the Moon” — which she created under her faith-based production company, 3.16 Productions. In May 2025, the short film premiered at the BFI London Film Festival and has since screened at multiple festivals, including the South London and Holly Shorts Film Festivals.
The Guyanese-born British film star founded 3.16 Productions in 2020, hoping it would “bridge the gap by bringing to light untold and hidden stories within our society”.
“The company seeks to create impact and inspire practical change with every story it tells, leaving a lasting imprint of its ethos and signature through the development and production of scripted narratives in both television and feature-length films.”
Wright is a big name in Hollywood, having featured in four Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) films—attaining global recognition for her role as Princess Shuri in Black Panther (2018), before reprising that role in Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019). In 2022, she starred as the lead in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, which The Guardian called “the highest-grossing female-led superhero movie in US box office history”.
She has shared publicly how her pursuit of status and money within the industry had left her unfulfilled and empty when a friend called her. The friend told Wright that he felt prompted by God to call her and tell her that she wasn’t in a good place and to offer to tell her about Jesus. The friend gave her the verse Matthew 6:33, which commands people to “seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.”
On the back of that conversation, Letitia says she “just got really hungry”. “I really just kept feeding myself on the Word,” she noted, “and the Gospels are just my favourite…”
Alluding to John 10:10, she says the words of Jesus in Scripture “just brought life to me”.
“I knew something happened. I knew there was something different in my spirit. I felt free, and my mind wasn’t trippin’ any more. I am actually free!”
She has shared regularly about how her faith in Christ gives her the strength to continue serving Him within Hollywood. “The world is so fickle and there’s not much that you can really put your hope in to make you feel whole,” she told The Independent in 2021.
“Even now I’m going through a new transformative stage of my life with understanding who I am, but with God you can really just get through these situations. It’s been beautiful to have my faith in Jesus, which is worth more than anything.”
She says people have told her to stop talking about Jesus, but she responds by pointing out that she’s “not trying to force anything on anyone”—she’s sharing Jesus because “I probably wouldn’t be alive right now if it wasn’t for Jesus, I probably wouldn’t have been able to cope.”
Letitia Wright will have the opportunity to meet her Saviour face to face shortly when Jesus returns to rescue Israel and restore righteousness. However, coming for Christians is six of a seven year period of prophesied tribulation, even great tribulation before Jesus takes them to heaven and at the same time pours out His wrath with the Trumpet (Rev. 8) and Bowl (Rev. 16) judgements upon an unrepentant world for one year and ten days, The same length of time God poured out His wrath upon the earth during Noah’s day. The year before a Jubilee year is always one year and ten days.




