Quvenzhane Wallis, 9, Thanks Her Babysitter at Essence Awards The support of family and friends was also crucial during Wallis’ “hiatus of not really working,” she says, between Annie and ...

Abandoned by her biological parents as a baby, Annie spends every moment of every day attempting to avoid the wrath of her cruel foster mother Miss Colleen Hannigan (Cameron Diaz), but things ...

Wallis also received a Golden Globe nomination for playing the titular role in the 2014 remake of the movie musical "Annie," opposite Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz. Wallis most recently starred as a ...