Jonshel Alexander, 22, a onetime child actor who played a supporting role in the Oscar-nominated film 'Beasts of the Southern Wild,' killed in a weekend shooting in Louisiana.
NEW ORLEANS — Jonshel Alexander, a onetime child actor who played a supporting role in the Oscar-nominated film “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” was killed in a weekend shooting in her native Louisiana. She was 22.
At age 12, Alexander played the character Joy Strong in 2012's “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” a drama filmed near Houma recounting the story of a poor Louisiana bayou community struggling for survival. The film won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for four Academy Awards, including best picture.
“She was like, ‘I’m going to be in this movie,’” her mother recalled. “They fell in love with Jonshel.” “We incorporated a part into the film that was very much inspired by her,” Zeitlin said. “A lot of the lines were written by her, and so much of the character grew out of who Jonshel was. Her character in the film is named Joy Strong, which always seemed like a perfect description of Jonshel. She was a really bright burning light.
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