Florence Kasumba Biography
Florence Kasumba is a German actress of Ugandan origin. Silke, Kasumba’s first professional film role, was in Dutch hit Ik ook van jou. She went on to perform in many musicals after graduating from college, including Chicago, The Lion King, Cats, West Side Story, Evita, and Beauty and the Beast.
Florence Kasumba Age
Flo was born on 26 October 1976 in Kampala, Uganda. She is 46 years old as of October 2022.
Florence Kasumba Education
She graduated from Fontys University of Applied Sciences in Tilburg, the Netherlands, with a degree in acting, singing, and dancing. Kasumba speaks German, English, and Dutch. She currently resides in Berlin, Germany.
Florence Kasumba Parents
Attempts to establish the identities of her family, her mother, and her father were in vain since no information about them is available to the public. It’s therefore not known whether she has any siblings.
How tall is Florence Kasumba?- Height- Weight
She stands at a height, of 5 feet 8 inches (1.73 m) and Weighs, 63 kg (139 lbs).
Florence Kasumba Black Panther
She starred in Black Panther a 2018 American superhero film as Ayo. In Black Panther, T’Challa is crowned king of Wakanda following his father’s death, but he is challenged by Killmonger (Jordan), who plans to abandon the country’s isolationist policies and begin a global revolution.
Florence Kasumba Career
Kasumba landed her first professional film role, Silke, in the Dutch film hit Ik ook van jou, while still in college. She went on to perform in many musicals after graduating from college, including Chicago, The Lion King, Cats, West Side Story, Evita, and Beauty and the Beast. Florence Kasumba traveled to New York City to play the title role in the German premiere of Elton John’s international hit musical Aida. She also played Lisa in the first Mamma Mia! production in Germany. Kasumba has appeared in films and television series in Dutch, German, and English. Kasumba made her Marvel Cinematic Universe debut in Captain America: Civil War in 2016.
Her character was credited as a security guard for Black Panther, and she received widespread acclaim for her brief scene in which she threatens Black Widow with the words “Move or you will be moved.” Kasumba played Ayo, a member of the all-female Dora Milaje fighting squad, in the Black Panther solo film, Avengers: Infinity War, and the Netflix series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.
She starred as Senator Acantha in 2017’s Wonder Woman and as the Wicked Witch of the East in NBC’s Emerald City. She divides her time between film and television productions in the United States and Germany. Kasumba landed the role of Shenzi in Jon Favreau’s computer-animated remake of The Lion King (2019), alongside Keegan-Michael Key.
Florence Kasumba Net Worth
Kasumba has an estimated net worth of 5 million dollars.
Florence Kasumba Movies and TV Shows
MOVIES:
- 2022 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
- 2019 The Lion King Shenzi
- 2018 Black Panther
- 2018 Avengers: Infinity War
- 2018 Mute Tanya
- 2017 Wonder Woman
- 2017 Arthur & Claire Maitre
- 2016 Offline: Are You Ready for the Next Level?
- 2016 Captain America: Civil War
- 2016 How Men Talk About Women
- 2014 Age of Cannibals
- 2012 Transpapa
- 2006 The Stoning
- 2001 I Love You Too
TV SHOWS:
- 2022 Story House Productions in association with ZDF, Arte and ZDF Enterprises: Cold Case
- 2021 The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
- 2021 Marvel Studios: Assembled
- 2020 Spides
- 2020 Deutschland 89
- 2019– Tatort
- 2019 Criminal: Deutschland
- 2018 Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei
- 2018 Deutschland 86
- 2017 Dr. Klein
- 2016–2017 Emerald City
- 2015 Es kommt noch besser
- 2015 Letzte Spur Berlin
- 2015 Dominion
- 2014 The Quest
- 2013 Großstadtrevier
- 2013 Der letzte Bulle
- 2013 In aller Freundschaft
- 2012 Das Vermächtnis der Wanderhure
- 2010 Vienna Crime Squad
- 2007 Die Familienanwältin
- 2007 Four Women and a Funeral
- 2006–2016 Tatort
