Age: 22
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Quvenzhané Wallis (/kwəˈvɛnʒəneɪ/ kwə-VEN-zhə-nay; born August 28, 2003) is an American actress and author. In 2012, she starred as Hushpuppy in the drama film Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012), for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, becoming the youngest actress to be nominated in the category, as well as the first actor born in the 21st century nominated for an Oscar. She went on to appear in the Steve McQueen film 12 Years a Slave (2013). Wallis starred as Annie Bennett in the 2014 adaptation of Annie, for which she received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical Wallis is also known for voicing the character Harper in the animated film Trolls (2016); as well as her role as Kyra in the television sitcom Black-ish (2019). As an author, she has published four children's books, Shai & Emmie Star in Break an Egg!, A Night Out with Mama, Shai & Emmie Star in Dancy Pants! and Shai & Emmie Star in To the Rescue!
The most faithful, comprehensive, and long-overdue portrait of Hades as he actually appears in Greek mythology: not as a villain, not as a death-obsessed tyrant, not as a vengeful sibling jealous of his brothers' sunny domains. This is the definitive corrective — Hades as the god of precise, impartial justice, as the keeper of the oldest divine law (that all things die and what comes after must be fair), as a figure of tremendous solemnity and genuine warmth with those he trusts. The series explores his daily governance of the Underworld: adjudicating the cases of the dead alongside his judges Minos, Rhadamanthus, and Aeacus; navigating rare visits from living heroes (Heracles, Orpheus) with appropriate dignity; building his relationship with Persephone from their marriage onward; dealing with the few gods who actually seek him out (Thanatos, Hypnos, Hecate). The series argues definitively: Hades is the least dramatic of the Olympians not because he is tragic but because his domain is the most serious, and he treats it accordingly. He is the god of death not because he likes death but because someone must ensure that death is handled with care.
