Elvis director Baz Luhrmann has paid tribute to the late Shonka Dukureh following news of her death, with him describing her as having had "tremendous talent".
It was reported last night that that Shonka - who plays blues singer Big Mama Thornton in the newly-released biopic - had been found dead in her Nashville apartment.
The actor, who was just 44, is said to have shared the apartment with her two young children - with officials stating that one of them had found her unresponsive.
