
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

TV
Grange Hill
Cheryl Webb
1978

TV
Birds of a Feather
Sydnee
1989

TV
Birds of a Feather
Angela (voice)
1989
TV
Drunk history: Black Stories
Narrator
2021

TV
Art That Made Us
Self - Writer & Director
2022

Film
Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking
Self
2021

Film
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
Self
2014

Film
The Best of Friends
The Black Girl in Search of God
1991
Filmography
2022TVArt That Made Usas Self - Writer & Director2021FilmOscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmakingas Self2021TVDrunk history: Black Storiesas Narrator2014FilmReel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Womenas Self1991FilmThe Best of Friendsas The Black Girl in Search of God1989TVBirds of a Featheras Sydnee1978TVGrange Hillas Cheryl Webb