--- name: "Ama K. Abebrese" canonical: "https://film.one/person/ama-k-abebrese" fi1m_id: "ama-k-abebrese" imdb_id: "nm3848310" tmdb_id: 1533157 wikidata_id: "Q4738974" roles: ["Actor"] born: "3 May 1980" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-10-02T08:33:57.472406+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." --- # Ama K. Abebrese ## Identity Ama K. Abebrese - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ama-k-abebrese - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** ama-k-abebrese - **IMDb ID:** nm3848310 - **TMDB ID:** 1533157 - **Wikidata ID:** Q4738974 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ama_K._Abebrese, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4738974, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3848310/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1533157 Actor. Born 3 May 1980 in Ghana. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 3 May 1980, Ghana - **Also known as:** Ama Abebrese - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ama_K._Abebrese, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4738974, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3848310/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1533157 ## Coming up - *Phoenix Fury* (2026-10-30) ## Streaming the US now - **Netflix:** [*Beasts of No Nation*](https://film.one/film/beasts-of-no-nation.md) (72) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Ama K. Abebrese is a British-Ghanaian actress, television presenter and producer. Born on 3 May 1980 in Kumasi, Ghana, she was raised in West London. She began her presenting career as a teenager at YCTV in London and later worked on BBC2 and other channels. She attended Burlington Danes Academy, William Morris Sixth Form and St Mary's University, Twickenham. Her film roles include the mother in *Beasts of No Nation* (2015) and Pabi in *Sinking Sands* (2010). She won the AMAA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role in 2011 for the latter. Abebrese has also appeared in *Azali* (2018) and served as narrator and producer on *The Burial of Kojo* (2018). In 2024 she was appointed a Goodwill Ambassador for the International Organization for Migration Ghana. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Beasts of No Nation* (2015), Fi1m 72, as Mother — [page](https://film.one/film/beasts-of-no-nation.md) ## Complete filmography (15) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Phoenix Fury* (2026), Actor - *BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions* (2025), as Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti - *Black Savior* (2023), as Nana Adwoa - *Lagos to Oslo* (2020), as Iruka (I) - *Azali* (2018), as Joan - *The Burial of Kojo* (2018), as Older Esi (Narrator) · Producer - *Lotanna* (2017), Actor - *The Cursed Ones* (2015), Actor - *Beasts of No Nation* (2015), as Mother — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/beasts-of-no-nation.md) - *Double-Cross* (2014), as Effie Howard - *And Then There Was You* (2013), Thanks - *Ties That Bind* (2011), as Buki Ocansey - *Sinking Sands* (2011), as Pabi - *Elmina* (2010), Actor - *Boyz Trip*, Actor ## Gallery - ![Ama K. Abebrese is a British-Ghanaian actress, television presenter and a producer (2021)](https://film.one/media/person/4167264/gallery-d2856d192eaf.jpg) Ama K. Abebrese is a British-Ghanaian actress, television presenter and a producer (2021) — Fquasie, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/Ama_K_Abebrese_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Ama K. Abebrese at the 238th US Independence Day Reception at the US Embassy in Accra in 2013 (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/4167264/gallery-b9d23c5b4c74.jpg) Ama K. Abebrese at the 238th US Independence Day Reception at the US Embassy in Accra in 2013 (2014) — U.S. Embassy Ghana, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Ama_K._Abebrese_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Ama_K._Abebrese_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Ama K. Abebrese](https://film.one/media/person/4167264/gallery-23e3dacf10f2.jpg) Ama K. Abebrese — Ruby D-Brown, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Ama_K._Abrebrese.jpg/1280px-Ama_K._Abrebrese.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Ama K. Abebrese is a British-Ghanaian actress, television presenter and a producer (2021)](https://film.one/media/person/4167264/gallery-407a36166465.jpg) Ama K. Abebrese is a British-Ghanaian actress, television presenter and a producer (2021) — Fquasie, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Ama_K_Abebrese_2.jpg/1280px-Ama_K_Abebrese_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Ama K. Abebrese](https://film.one/media/person/4167264/gallery-b1e7d8450343.jpg) Ama K. Abebrese — Image via TMDB - ![Ama K. Abebrese is a British-Ghanaian actress, television presenter and a producer (2021)](https://film.one/media/person/4167264/gallery-386c56d77703.jpg) Ama K. Abebrese is a British-Ghanaian actress, television presenter and a producer (2021) — Fquasie, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Ama_K_Abebrese.jpg/1280px-Ama_K_Abebrese.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Australia v England Netball test - Adelaide october 2008](https://film.one/media/person/4167264/gallery-75fb172cf4f3.jpg) Australia v England Netball test - Adelaide october 2008 — NAPARAZZI, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/AMA_AGEBEZE_%282927027161%29.jpg/1280px-AMA_AGEBEZE_%282927027161%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) ## Awards ### Other awards — 3 won - Golden Icons Academy Movie Awards 2012: Golden Icons Academy Movie Awards (won) - Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role 2011: Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role (won) - Ghana UK-Based Achievement Awards 2010: Ghana UK-Based Achievement Awards (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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