Elvis actress Shonka Dukureh dies aged 44 one month after film debut-Alicia Adejobi-Entertainment – Metro

Shonka Dukureh played Big Mama Thornton in the biopic alongside Tom Hanks and Austin Butler (Picture: Warner Bros. / Avalon)

Actress and singer Shonka Dukureh has died at the age of 44, it has been confirmed.

The entertainer made her film debut last month in the blockbuster Elvis, the Elvis Presley biopic also starring Tom Hanks and Austin Butler, playing Big Mama Thornton.

Nashville police has said Dukureh was found in the bedroom of her apartment and that no foul play is suspected.

Dukureh shared the apartment with her two children, one of who police said found her unresponsive and ran to a neighbour’s house to raise the alarm.

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