Birthday
1969/09/13 (55 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Lambeth, London, England, UK
Also know as
Амма Асанте
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
(1991) The Best of Friends
as The Black Girl in Search of God
(2014) Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
as Self
(2021) Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking
as Self
(1978) Grange Hill
as Cheryl Webb
(2022) Art That Made Us
as Self - Writer & Director
(1989) Birds of a Feather
as Sydnee
(1989) Birds of a Feather
as Angela (voice)