The multi-award-winning extra starred in several South African TV shows including Rhythm City, Zone 14 and best recently, Gomora
Chiume was a accomplished abecedary but after became a domiciliary name on boilerplate television
She died at a Johannesburg hospital on Tuesday afternoon, a abbreviate ancestors account said
"The Chiume ancestors abjure to acquaint you of the casual of the internationally acclaimed award-winning extra Connie Chiume," the account said
The ancestors asked for aloofness during this difficult aeon and said it would acquaint added capacity later
Her son Nongelo Chiume told TV anchorperson Newzroom Afrika that she was accepted for a "medical procedure" afore her death
Chiume graced South African TV for decades in shows such as Rhythm City, with the country's accessible anchorperson SABC News anecdotic her as a "beacon of hope" in their tribute
She rose to bulge as an extra in 1989 back she appeared in the accepted South African television alternation Inkom' Edla Yodwa
In the 2018 Black Panther film, Chiume starred as Zawavari - a affiliate of the Wakandan Tribal Council. In the 2022 aftereffect Black Panther: Wakanda Forever she replaced Zuri (Forest Whitaker) as Wakanda's Elder Statesman
She was additionally awful acclaimed for her appearances in Beyoncé's Disney agreeable blur based on The Lion King, in which she played Simba's mother, Sarabi
Her best contempo role was in Heart of the Hunter, appear beforehand this year, and she additionally appeared in TV alternation Soon Comes Night in February
Chiume was accustomed several awards, including an NTVA Avanti Award for Best Extra in a Ball Alternation for her role in Soul City in 2000
Later in 2009, she accustomed a South African Blur and Television Award (SAFTA) for Best Supporting Extra in a Ball for her role as Stella Moloi in the ancestors ball Zone 14
She was built-in in Welkom, in Free State province, to a Malawian ancestor and a Zulu mother. She accomplished as a assistant but concluded up as a teacher
In 2022, she told the MacG Podcast that she would like for bodies to bethink her the way they accept to
"I accept impacted anniversary and every being in a altered way. Whatever way I accept impacted you, bethink me that way." Tributes accept abounding in on amusing media with some of her admirers anecdotic her as a able extra who played a aggregation of roles in the South African television industry
"Her outstanding assignment will consistently be remembered," the South African government posted on X
She leaves abaft four accouchement - two sons and two daughters
Source: BBC.com