Portrait of Shahadi Wright Joseph

Acting

Shahadi Wright Joseph

Career

Active from 2019 to 2025, busiest in 2025 with 2 main titles.

Leading roles
3
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score77/100
Highest rated
Poster for Us
Us
GoodWatch score77/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 4 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 6.0 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 8.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Shahadi Wright Joseph Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Absurdist Humor
    0.4, average 2.0
  • Crime
    2.0, average 3.6
  • Contemporary Realism
    3.9, average 5.4
  • Cringe Humor
    0.7, average 2.2

Main genres

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Recurring tags

    Works often with

    People in at least two of their main titles.

      Movies and TV shows

      9
      Type
      Role
      Score
      Decade
      Genre
      Group by

      Upcoming

      2 titles
      Cookbook for Southern Housewives
      Cookbook for Southern Housewives

      as Ruby

      Enjoy Your Visit
      Enjoy Your Visit

      as Kara

      2020s

      3 titles ยท average score 70
      The Funeral
      The Funeral (2025)

      as Juno Hadley

      M.U.B.
      M.U.B. (2025)

      as Debbie

      Them
      Them (2021)
      GoodWatch score 70

      TV show ยท as Ruby Emory / Ruby Lee Emory

      2010s

      4 titles ยท average score 70
      Us
      Us (2019)
      GoodWatch score 77

      as Zora Wilson / Umbrae

      The Lion King
      The Lion King (2019)
      GoodWatch score 60

      as Young Nala (voice)

      School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play
      School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play (2019)

      as Mercy

      Hairspray Live!
      Hairspray Live! (2016)
      GoodWatch score 74

      as Little Inez