I can't even find anything on her except for the fact that she is playing Ms Marvel. They went real unknown with this casting.
https://www.ign.com/articles/ms-marvel-cast-iman-vellani Really glad they decided to do the right thing here. Very excited for this series.
I mean, is there a teenaged Pakistani-American girl that is a household name in the States that I just don’t know about? Seems like this was always going to be a relative newcomer if they were gonna accurately case the character.
It's absolutely not unheard of for a big studio to disregard something like that in favor of getting a bigger name. They made the right call, but financially speaking it is a risk
Imagine your first film being a Marvel superhero. Insane. She definitely has the goofy silly kid look going for her which aligns nicely with the source material.
Same with Adam Warlock, although they may be waiting for Guardians 3 first considering the post credits scene of the last one
https://www.theloop.ca/another-canadian-is-joining-the-mcu According to this article the actress for Kamela is Canadian. That’s all I can find on her
I mean, we have a ridiculous number of characters already either in the universe or confirmed to be coming very soon. We’ll get a Nova or two eventually, I’m sure.