Jonshel Alexander, an American actress of only 22, killed in a shooting in New Orleans: the authorities are looking for the person responsible
World of cinema absolutely shocked by the news of the death of a very young actress. Jonshel Alexander, famous for starring in the 2012 film ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild’, was shot and killed while in a parking lot in New Orleans. The intervention of medical rescuers on the spot was useless, the young actress was already dead.
A terrible mourning has hit the world of American and international cinema. Jonshel Alexander, very young actress of solos 22 years old, was killed last Wednesday, December 1 in New Orleans, her hometown and in which she had always lived.
The girl was with a man, whose identity is still unknown to the media, in a car in a parking lot in the 1500 block of North Claiborne Avenue. Someone approached them and has shot both of them.
Some passersby immediately warned the Police ei medical rescuers, who naturally rushed to the scene. If the man was transferred to the hospital and is still struggling to survive, for her, however, there was nothing to do. It was already died instantly.
Shocked a whole city, that of New Orleans, and of course a family, that of the young actress. Her mom, Shelly Alexander, in an interview with Times-Picayune / The New Orleans he said:
Jonshel was exuberant, a lover of jazz. It was our whole world!
The role that made Jonshel Alexander famous
The role, the only one played so far, which made the young actress famous, was that of Joy Strong in ‘Beast of the Southern Wild’, in Italian ‘King of the Wild Land’, a 2012 film directed by Benh Zeitlin and scripted by Zeitlin and Lucy Alibar, based on an Alibar play entitled ‘Juicy and Delicious’.
The film is about the story of a poor Louisiana bayou community and has won several international awards. From the Oscar nomination, at the Caméra d’or award at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, where he competed in the Un Certain Regard section. It also won the Grand Jury Prize: US Dramatic at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival.
Benh Zeitlin, director of the film, wanted to remember her with a note on his social network profiles:
A wonderful person, one of a kind, unforgettable, a force of nature.
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