Mizinga Mwinga

Mwinga was born in Zambia the son of Dave and Carole Mwinga His father is an engineer Mwingas brother Stephen works as a model while his sister Alice is a cook Mwinga attended elementary school in the Montreal neighborhoods of Pierrefonds and PointeClaire As he had relatives there he moved to England before high school In college Mwinga took his first acting class on his mothers advice and he immediately loved it Mwinga had several small roles in theater films and television He had a role in Londons West End production of the play Sweet Charity In 2012 Mwinga had his first big role in a film as the rebel leader Grand Tigre Royal in Kim Nguyens War Witch The film deals with child soldiers in subSaharan Africa and Mwingas character believes that Komona Rachel Mwanza in a sorceress In order to play the role Mwinga had to learn to speak the Lingala language taking months of practice As he had to handle automatic weapons Mwinga and the cast had to be escorted by a military convoy while in the Democratic Republic of the Congo due to unwanted attention from local criminals War Witch received several awards and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film In 2013 Mwinga had a small part in White House Down He starred in Darren Aronofskys 2017 film Mother Mwinga lives in Montreal and volunteers at the local YMCA