Amma Asante

Amma Asante

Directing

Birthday

1969/09/13 (55 years old)

Gender

Female

Place of Birth

Lambeth, London, England, UK

Also know as

Амма Асанте

Biography

Amma Asante MBE (born 13 September 1969) is a British filmmaker, screenwriter, former actress, and Chancellor at Norwich University of the Arts, who was born in London to parents from Ghana. Her love for the film industry started when she received her first role in BBC's children's television drama series Grange Hill. Asante wrote and produced the 1998 BBC Two series Brothers and Sisters, starring David Oyelowo. She was a childhood friend of model Naomi Campbell, whom she met when they were seve...Read more

Acting
The Best of Friends
1.0

(1991) The Best of Friends

as The Black Girl in Search of God

Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
6.5

(2014) Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women

as Self

Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking
5.5

(2021) Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking

as Self

Grange Hill
6.5

(1978) Grange Hill

as Cheryl Webb

Art That Made Us
5.5

(2022) Art That Made Us

as Self - Writer & Director

Birds of a Feather
6.0

(1989) Birds of a Feather

as Sydnee

Birds of a Feather
6.0

(1989) Birds of a Feather

as Angela (voice)