
Amma Asante
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 seven years old.
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Known For
Acting History
2022
Art That Made Us as Self - Writer & Director
2021Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking as Self
2021Drunk history: Black Stories as Narrator
2014Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women as Self
1991The Best of Friends as The Black Girl in Search of God
1989Birds of a Feather as Sydnee
1989Birds of a Feather as Angela (voice)
1978Grange Hill as Cheryl Webb





