To hear Letitia Wright tell it, playing a superhero isn’t all about invincibility. “We have a lot of vulnerabilities, too,” says the actress of her Black Panther character, Shuri, a princess blessed with impressive scientific and technological skills. “A lot of young people relate to her—she’s passionate about improving where she comes from,” adds Wright, 24, who was born in Guyana and raised in London. “I hope it can spark someone to say, ‘I’m not a superhero, but I can be a scientist or build the next spaceship, like Shuri.’ ” And while Wright, glimpsed earlier in the U.K. on Channel 4’s Cucumber and E4’s Banana, a series that tackled LGBT issues, took lessons from each of the film’s strong female leads—Angela Bassett, Danai Gurira, and Lupita Nyong’o—her obsession with a dress unleashed a new side of the actress. “I was on set fighting for it,” says Wright, laughing, of the futuristic, body-skimming white dress that Shuri dons alongside the film’s title character (played by Chadwick Boseman). Though Wright has favored boyish suiting for previous red carpets, lately she’s developed a preference for Burberry—“Sorry, I’m British,” she says, clearly not sorry. Prada, meanwhile, has been giving her confidence for the busy season ahead, which will see Wright reprising Shuri in Avengers: Infinity War. “The strength comes from knowing what works well. That shines through.”