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name: "Akosua Busia"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/akosua-busia"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "30 December 1966"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T06:44:57.069506+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Akosua Busia

Actor. Born 30 December 1966 in Ghana.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 30 December 1966, Ghana
- **Also known as:** Akosua Cyamana Busia
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akosua_Busia, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q175392, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0124333/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/13308

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*The Color Purple*](https://film.one/film/the-color-purple.md) (64)

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## Biography

Akosua Busia is a Ghanaian actress, film director, author and songwriter. Born Akosua Gyamama Busia on 30 December 1966 in Accra, she is the daughter of former Ghanaian Prime Minister Kofi Abrefa Busia. She trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London and began her acting career in the late 1970s.

Busia is known for playing Nettie Harris in *The Color Purple* (1985). Her other film roles include appearances in *Rosewood* (1997) and *Tears of the Sun* (2003). She has also worked as a director and is the author of the novel *The Seasons of Beento Blackbird*. She was married to director John Singleton from 1996 to 1997 and they have one daughter.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Color Purple* (1985), Fi1m 64, as Nettie — [page](https://film.one/film/the-color-purple.md)

## Complete filmography (29)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Ascension Day* (2007), Director
- *Tears of the Sun* (2003), as Patience
- *Beloved* (1998), Screenplay
- *Ill Gotten Gains* (1997), as Fey
- *Mad City* (1997), as Diane
- *Rosewood* (1997), as Jewel
- *Dead Man's Walk* (1996), series, as Emeralda
- *ER* (1994), series, as Kobe Ikabo — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)
- *New Jack City* (1991), as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
- *Brother Future* (1991), as Caroline
- *The George McKenna Story* (1988), as Cynthia Byers
- *The Seventh Sign* (1988), as Penny Washburn
- *Saxo* (1988), as Puppet
- *A Special Friendship* (1987), as Mary Bowser
- *Native Son* (1986), as Bessie
- *Low Blow* (1986), as Karma
- *Crossroads* (1986), as Woman at Boardinghouse
- *The Color Purple* (1985), as Nettie — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/the-color-purple.md)
- *The Twilight Zone* (1985), series, as (segment "Lost and Found")
- *A.D.* (1985), series, as Acte
- *Late Starter* (1985), series, as Nicki
- *Badge of the Assassin* (1985), as Ruth
- *Louisiana* (1984), as Ivy
- *The Final Terror* (1983), as Vanessa
- *St. Elsewhere* (1982), series, as Debra Etting — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/st-elsewhere.md)
- *Knight Rider* (1982), series, as Nurse
- *American Playhouse* (1982), series, as Bessie Mears
- *Simon & Simon* (1981), series, Actor
- *Ashanti* (1979), as The Senoufo Girl

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