Rosalie Kunoth-Monks, Indigenous Australian advocate and actor, dies aged 85

Rosalie Kunoth-Monks, who shot to fame as a teenager in the 1955 film Jedda before a long career in social work and political activism, has died. Photograph: Richard Milnes/Alamy

Rosalie Kunoth-Monks, the Arrernte Anmatjere advocate for Aboriginal rights who shot to fame as a teenager when she became the first ever Indigenous Australian female lead actor in the 1955 film Jedda, has died aged 85.

She died in Alice Springs hospital on Wednesday, after having several strokes. Her family has given permission to use her image.