Ugandan-German actress

Florence Kasumba

Florence Kasumba is a Ugandan-born German actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Ayo in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, including the films Captain America: Civil War (2016), Black Panther (2018), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022), and the Disney+ series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021). She is also known for her acting in German and Dutch films. She played Senator Acantha in Wonder Woman (2017), Shenzi in The Lion King (2019), and the Wicked Witch of the East in the NBC television series Emerald City (2017).

Born

1976

October 26

Died

Living

Era

1970s

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1976 Born

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1185 The Uprising of Asen and Peter begins on the feast day of St. Demetrius of Thessaloniki and ends with the creation of the Second Bulgarian Empire.
1341 The Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347 formally begins with the proclamation of John VI Kantakouzenos as Byzantine Emperor.
1377 Tvrtko I is crowned the first king of Bosnia.
1520 Charles V is crowned as Holy Roman Emperor.

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The world in 1976

When Florence arrived

april 1 Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak found Apple Computer, Inc.
april 11 The Apple I is created.
april 13 The United States Treasury Department reintroduces the two-dollar bill as a Federal Reserve Note on Thomas Jefferson's 233rd birthday as part of the United States Bicentennial celebration.
april 13 Forty workers die in the Lapua Cartridge Factory explosion, the deadliest industrial accident in modern Finnish history.

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Bob Hoskins 1942–2014 English actor (born 1942) Bootsy Collins 1951– American singer-songwriter and bass player Edward Brooke 1919–2015 American captain and politician, 47th Massachusetts Attorney General (born 1919) Edward Garnier 1952– English lawyer and politician, Solicitor General for England and Wales Evo Morales 1959– Bolivian soldier and politician, 80th President of Bolivia Ferdinand Georg Frobenius 1849–1917 German mathematician and academic (born 1849) Georges Danton 1759–1794 French lawyer and politician, French Minister of Justice (born 1759) Joey Salceda 1961– Filipino politician John Basset 1518– Devonshire gentleman (died 1541)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1976

Alan Carr 1976– English comedian, actor, and screenwriter Alan Faneca 1976– American football player Anna Friel 1976– English actress Antoine Walker 1976– American basketball player Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira 1976– Brazilian mixed martial artist and boxer Brett Kimmorley 1976– Australian rugby league player and sportscaster Chauncey Billups 1976– American basketball player Dan Cloutier 1976– Canadian ice hockey player and coach Daniel Whiston 1976– English figure skater

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