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name: "Florence Kasumba"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/florence-kasumba"
roles: []
born: "26 October 1976"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T20:13:47.558289+00:00"
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# Florence Kasumba

Actor. Born 26 October 1976 in Kampala, Uganda.

## Details

- **Born:** 26 October 1976, Kampala, Uganda
- **Active:** 2015–2018
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Kasumba, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1429374, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0441042/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/139900

## Biography

Florence Kasumba is a Ugandan-born German actress. Born on 26 October 1976 in Kampala, she grew up in Essen, Germany, and trained in acting, singing and dancing at Fontys University of Applied Sciences in Tilburg, the Netherlands. She began her career in musical theatre, appearing in productions including *Aida*, *The Lion King* and *Mamma Mia!*.

Kasumba is known for her role as Ayo in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, including *Captain America: Civil War* (2016), *Black Panther* (2018), *Avengers: Infinity War* (2018), *The Falcon and the Winter Soldier* (2021) and *Black Panther: Wakanda Forever* (2022). She has also appeared as Senator Acantha in *Wonder Woman* (2017) and voiced Shenzi in *The Lion King* (2019). In German television she played Rose Seithathi in the series *Deutschland 86* (2018) and *Deutschland 89* (2020), and has been a regular in *Tatort* as Anaïs Schmitz since 2019.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, florencekasumba.com, filmportal.de.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Avengers: Infinity War* (2018), Fi1m 77, as Ayo — [page](https://film.one/film/avengers-infinity-war.md)
- *Deutschland* (2015), Fi1m 74, as Rose Seithathi — [page](https://film.one/tv/deutschland.md)

## Complete filmography (44)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Detective Hole* (2026), series, as De Beers Woman
- *House of Bellevue* (2025), series, as Calista
- *Hameln* (2024), series, as Jamila Jost
- *Dornröschen und der Fluch der siebten Fee* (2024), as Solonia
- *Get Up* (2023), as Natalie
- *A Midsummer Night's Dream* (2022), as Hippolyta
- *Black Panther: Wakanda Forever* (2022), as Ayo
- *Kitz* (2021), series, as Regine  Forsell
- *The Falcon and the Winter Soldier* (2021), series, as Ayo
- *Spides* (2020), series, as Nique Navar
- *The Last Cop* (2019), as Kriemhild Magunda
- *Criminal: Germany* (2019), series, as Antje Borchert
- *The Lion King* (2019), as Shenzi (voice)
- *Avengers: Infinity War* (2018), as Ayo — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/avengers-infinity-war.md)
- *Mute* (2018), as Tanya
- *Arthur & Claire* (2018), as Maitre
- *Black Panther* (2018), as Ayo
- *Wonder Woman* (2017), as Senator Acantha
- *Emerald City* (2017), series, as East
- *How Men Talk About Women* (2016), as Sabine
- *Captain America: Civil War* (2016), as Security Chief
- *Offline: Are You Ready for the Next Level?* (2016), as Skuld
- *Deutschland* (2015), series, as Rose Seithathi — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/deutschland.md)
- *It Gets Even Better* (2015), as Ärztin
- *Shades of Guilt* (2015), series, as Jessica
- *Dominion* (2014), series, as Daria
- *Age of Cannibals* (2014), as Magdalena
- *Transpapa* (2012), as Tessi
- *The Legacy of the Siren* (2012), as Alika
- *Letzte Spur Berlin* (2012), series, as Madame Manyong
- *Bush Pilots Do Not Kiss* (2011), as Mbuya
- *Kreutzer Is Coming* (2010), as Dinah Imon
- *Kongo* (2010), as Sprachmittlerin Noelle
- *Der letzte Bulle* (2010), series, as Denise Mokaba
- *Romy* (2009), as Nurse American Hospital
- *The Papal Council* (2008), as Nadine
- *The Stoning* (2006), as Nilophé
- *Vienna Crime Squad* (2005), series, as Mira Wiesinger
- *Vier Frauen und ein Todesfall* (2005), series, as Freedom
- *Der Staatsanwalt* (2005), series, as Leila Johne
- *I Love You Too* (2001), as Silke
- *Scene of the Crime* (1970), series, as Dr. Amali Saunders, Dafina Steger, Amali Agbedra, Lela, Fathima, Anaïs Schmitz, Anais Schmitz
- *Triptych*, Acting
- *Charlie das Baum-Mädchen*, Acting

## Gallery

- ![Florence Kasumba](https://film.one/media/person/444785/gallery-bbecb14a6076.png) Florence Kasumba — Sassy, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/Florence_Kasumba_at_The_Lion_King_European_Premiere_2019.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Florence Kasumba attending German TV-Awards 2024 at 2024-09-25](https://film.one/media/person/444785/gallery-564c84304101.jpg) Florence Kasumba attending German TV-Awards 2024 at 2024-09-25 — Superbass, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/2024-09-25-Florence_Kasumba-Deutscher_Fernsehpreis_2024_-167A8038.jpg/1280px-2024-09-25-Florence_Kasumba-Deutscher_Fernsehpreis_2024_-167A8038.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Florence Kasumba attending German TV-Awards 2024 at 2024-09-25](https://film.one/media/person/444785/gallery-19bcf7501e1e.jpg) Florence Kasumba attending German TV-Awards 2024 at 2024-09-25 — Superbass, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/2024-09-25-Florence_Kasumba-Deutscher_Fernsehpreis_2024_-167A8041.jpg/1280px-2024-09-25-Florence_Kasumba-Deutscher_Fernsehpreis_2024_-167A8041.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Florence Kasumba attending German TV-Awards 2024 at 2024-09-25](https://film.one/media/person/444785/gallery-a85e114b8a92.jpg) Florence Kasumba attending German TV-Awards 2024 at 2024-09-25 — Superbass, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/2024-09-25-Florence_Kasumba-Deutscher_Fernsehpreis_2024_-167A8043.jpg/1280px-2024-09-25-Florence_Kasumba-Deutscher_Fernsehpreis_2024_-167A8043.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Florence Kasumba](https://film.one/media/person/444785/gallery-b9da736f1c6f.jpg) Florence Kasumba — Image via TMDB
- ![Premiere des Films Kongo auf dem Filmfest München 2010. Personen die an der Produktion beteiligt waren und rechts die Schauspielerin Florence Kasumba.](https://film.one/media/person/444785/gallery-429440dca12d.jpg) Premiere des Films Kongo auf dem Filmfest München 2010. Personen die an der Produktion beteiligt waren und rechts die Schauspielerin Florence Kasumba. — Usien, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Filmfest_Muenchen_Premiere_Film_Kongo_-_die_Produktion.JPG/1280px-Filmfest_Muenchen_Premiere_Film_Kongo_-_die_Produktion.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Florence Kasumba (Berlinale 2025)](https://film.one/media/person/444785/gallery-9aac441fec3f.jpg) Florence Kasumba (Berlinale 2025) — Dr. Frank Gaeth, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Florence_Kasumba_Berlinale_2025.jpg/1280px-Florence_Kasumba_Berlinale_2025.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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