What a year Letitia Wright has had.

The 25-year-old from Tottenham starred in two of 2018’s biggest movies: Black Panther and Ready Player One. She was the breakout star of the former as Shuri, T’Challa’s smart, savvy little sister always ready to cut him down to size, superhero or not.

And now, fresh from a critically-acclaimed turn in the Young Vic’s The Convert, penned by her Black Panther co-star Danai Gurira, Wright was named the 2019 BAFTA Rising Star.

Accepting the award, Wright thanked her faith and BAFTA for helping her though the toughest time in her career.

“A few years ago I saw myself in a deep state of depression, and I literally wanted to quit acting,” she said. “The only thing that pretty much pulled me out of that was God, my belief, my faith, my family… And an email from BAFTA saying they wanted me to be a part of the BAFTA breakthrough Brits. And I thought, let me try again.”

BAFTA Awards 2019: Letitia Wright’s powerful message that success is a work in progress