A talk show pro! Quvenzhané Wallis, 9, chats to Jay Leno... and reveals she wants to meet Beyoncé at the Oscars

PUBLISHED: 07:01, 1 February 2013 | UPDATED: 10:00, 1 February 2013

At nine-years-old, she is already the youngest person ever to be nominated for a Best Actress Oscar, and now it seems Quvenzhané Wallis is becoming an old hand at talk shows too.

The Beasts of the Southern Wild star was confident and chatty during an appearance on Thursday night's The Tonight Show With Jay Leno, even telling the talk show host who she hopes to meet at the Oscars.

'Well, it's going to be a long list,' she declared, before naming Demi Lovato, Nicki Minaj and Beyonce on her wish list.

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Star of the show: Quvenzhane Wallis was a self assured, confident guest on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno on Thursday night

'Well I might be able to help you as I know her,' said Leno about Minaj, which prompted Quvenzhané to lean across and mime a phone sign to the talk show host.

The youngster wore a purple flower in her hair matched with sparkling baseball boots and one of her favourite puppy dog bags and sat alongside Beasts director Benh Zeitlin.

The actress, who plays brave youngster Hugh Puppy in the independent film, recently revealed she has no interest in wearing a floor-length gown to the Oscars next month.

Call her maybe: Quvenzhane told Leno he should call his friend Nicki Minaj during a chat on the show

Recently talking to Vogue's editor-at-large, Andre Leon Talley, Quvenzhané said that although her favourite colour is pink, she has no idea what she'll actually be wearing on the red carpet come February 24.

But she will be steering clear of long dresses: 'I might step on it, or trip on it and I don't want to humiliate myself,' she explained.

Quvenzhané is up against Jennifer Lawrence, Naomi Watts, Jessica Chastain and Emmanuelle Riva, who at 85-years-old, is the oldest Best Actress Oscar nominee.

Sparkling in purple: The youngster appeared with her favourite puppy purse along with glittery baseball boots and a purple flower in her hair

Beasts of the Southern Wild was nominated for four awards - Best Picture, Best Director (Benh Zeitlin), Best Adapted Screenplay (Zeitlin again) and Quvenzhané's nod for Best Actress.

Since her breakout role, Quvenzhané has been cast in the upcoming movie Twelve Years a Slave, which also stars Paul Giamatti, Brad Pitt, and Michael Fassbender.