1. Afia Schwarzenegger is a film actress.
Born: 14 February 1982, Ashanti Region, Ghana
Children: 3 James Ian Geiling Heerdegan,John Irvin Geiling Heerdegen,Adiepena Geiling Amankona
Education: KNUST Senior High School
Parent(s): Augustine Agyei and Grace Achiaa
2. Akofa Edjeani is a Ghanaian veteran film actress, producer and entrepreneur. Her short film, Not My Daughter, won Best Short Film award at the African Movie Academy Awards in 2008.
Born: 20 February 1969, Ghana
Spouse: Robert Asiedu (m. 1985)
Children: 2 children
Nominations: Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
Education: University of Ghana, Ghana Institute Of Journalism
Movies: Azali (2018), I Sing of a Well (2009), Sidechic Gang (2018), Children of the Mountain (2016), Gold Coast Lounge (2019)
3. Akosua Gyamama Busia is a Ghanaian actress, film director, author and songwriter who lives in the United Kingdom. She is best known for her role as Nettie Harris in the 1985 film The Color Purple alongside Whoopi Goldberg.
Born: 30 December 1966, Ghana
Spouse: John Singleton (m. 1996–1997)
Books: The seasons of Beento Blackbird
Children: Hadar Busia-Singleton
TV shows: Badge of the Assassin, Late Starter, A.D.
Movies: The Color Purple (1985), Tears of the Sun (2003), Rosewood (1997), The Seventh Sign (1988), Beloved (1998)
4. Akumaa Mama Zimbi, also known professionally as Dr. Joyce Akumaa Dongotey-Padi, is a Ghanaian television and radio broadcast journalist, women's rights activist, blogger, marriage counselor, and an actress in Ghana. Akumaa is known for her fascinating, yet sexually stimulating, ways of expressing "Medaase".
Education: Ghana Institute Of Journalism
5. Ama K Abebrese is a British-Ghanaian actress, television presenter and a producer. She was born in Ghana and raised in West London in the United Kingdom. She won the 2011 Best Actress in a Leading Role at the AMAA Awards for her stellar performance in Sinking Sands.
Born: 3 May 1980, Kumasi, Ghana
Other name: Ama K
Nominations: City People Entertainment Award for Face of Ghana Movies
Education: William Morris Sixth Form, St Mary's University, Twickenham
Awards: Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
Movies: Azali (2018), The Burial of Kojo (2018), Sinking Sands (2010), Beasts of No Nation (2015), Ties That Bind (2011)
6. Ama Ampofo is a Ghanaian actress. In 2014, she starred as "Claudia" in Shirley Frimpong-Manso's film, Devil in the Detail, a role that earned her an Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination and a Golden Movie award.
Movies: Devil in the Detail
Education: Archbishop Porter Girls' Secondary School, University of Ghana
Awards: Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
7. Benedicta Gafah is a Ghanaian actress and a film producer. She has been featured in both Ghallywood and Kumawood movies which includes "Mirror Girl", "Azonto Ghost" and "April Fool". She is a signee of Zylofon Media.
Born: 1 September 1986, Abelemkpe, Accra, Ghana
Education: African University College of Communications
8. Berla Addardey Mundi, is a Ghanaian media personality, women's advocate and voice artist. She co-hosted the 20th VGMA with Kwami Sefa Kayi.
Born: 1 April 1988
Nationality: Ghanaian
Education: University of Ghana, Alliance française
9. Beverly Afaglo Baah is a Ghanaian actress and TV presenter.
Born: 28 May 1983, Volta Region, Ghana
Nationality: Ghanaian
Spouse: Choirmaster
Children: 2 daughters
Nominations: City People Movie Award for Best Supporting Actress of the Year (Ghana)
Movies: Sidechic Gang (2018), Northern Affair (2014), The Game (2010)
10. Christabel Ekeh is a Ghanaian actress and Model. She has been featured in more than eighty Ghanaian and Nigerian movies.
Born: 16 October 1990, Accra, Ghana
Nationality: Ghanaian
Parents: Emma Odoom
Nominations: City People Entertainment Award for Face of Ghana Movies
Education: St. Mary's Senior High School, University of Ghana
Movies: Potomanto (2013), Love or Something Like That (2014), Sidechic Gang (2018), Beautiful Ruins (2016), The Engagement
11. Cynthia Addai-Robinson is an English-born American actress. She is known for her roles as Naevia in the Starz television series Spartacus and DC Comics character Amanda Waller in The CW TV series Arrow. Since November 2016, she played the role of Nadine Memphis on the USA Network series Shooter. Her mother is from Ghana.
Born: 12 January 1985, London, United Kingdom
Height: 1.68 m
Nationality: American, British
Education: Tisch School Of The Arts, Montgomery Blair High School
Movies and TV shows: Shooter (2016 – 2018), Spartacus (2010 – 2013), The Accountant (2016), Arrow (2012 – 2020), Texas Rising (2015)
12. Jane Awindor, better known by her stage name Efya, is a Ghanaian singer, songwriter, and actress from Kumasi. She is the daughter of Nana Adwoa Awindor, a filmmaker and celebrity host of the late television show Greetings From Abroad.
Born: 10 April 1987, Kumasi, Ghana
Full name: Jane Awindor
Albums: Janesis, T.I.N.T., Urban Heartbeat,Vol.71, The Urban Pulse,Vol.24, Washed White EP
Record labels: IROKING, Risen Records, One Nation Entertainment
Movies: Single and Married (2012), Coz Ov Moni 2 (FOKN Revenge) (2013)
13. Emelia Brobbey is Ghanaian actress, television presenter and musician. She won the Best Indigenous Actress of the Year and was nominated for Best Supporting Actress of the Year at the City People Entertainment Awards in 2016.
Born: 6 January 1982, Akim Swedru
Education: Presbyterian College, Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA)
14. Fella Precious Makafui is a Ghanaian actress and a philanthropist. She is known mostly for her role in Yolo. She is married to the singer and rapper Medikal.
Born: 20 August 1995, Volta Region, Ghana
Spouse: Medikal (m. 2020)
Education: Kpando Senior High School, University of Ghana
15. Freema Agyeman is an English actress who is known for playing Martha Jones and Adeola Oshodi in the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who and reprising the role of Jones in its spin-off series Torchwood, Amanita Caplan in the Netflix science fiction drama Sense8, and Dr. Helen Sharpe in the NBC medical procedural series New Amsterdam. Her father, Osei, is Ghanaian.
Born: 20 March 1979, London, United Kingdom
Height: 1.59 m
Movies: Eat Locals, North v South, Hospital New Amsterdam - Toda Vida Importa
Parents: Azar Agyeman, Osei Agyeman
Siblings: Dominic Agyeman, Leila Agyeman
TV shows: New Amsterdam (Since 2018), Doctor Who (2005 – 2020), Sense8 (2015 – 2018), Law & Order: London (2009 – 2014), Torchwood (2006 – 2011)
16. Gloria Osei Sarfo is a Ghanaian actress and TV presenter. She won Best Supporting Actress at the 2020 Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards for her role in Shirley Frimping Manso's Perfect Picture: 10 Years Later.
17. Jackie Appiah is a Canadian-born Ghanaian actress. For her work as an actress, she has received several awards and nominations, including the awards for Best Actress in a Leading Role at the 2010 Africa Movie Academy Awards; and Best Actress in a Supporting Role at the Africa Movie Academy Awards in 2007.
Born: 5 December 1983, Toronto, Canada
Education: University of Ghana
TV shows: Things We Do for Love, Yolo
Children: Damien Agyemang
Parents: Janet Owusu, Kwabena Appiah
Movies: Set Apart, Princess Tyra (2007), Perfect Picture (2009), Beyonce: The President's Daughter (2006), Total Love
18. Jocelyn Bioh is a Ghanaian-American writer, playwright and actor. She graduated from The Ohio State University with a BA in English and Theater and got her master's degree in Playwriting from Columbia University. Jocelyn's Broadway credits include The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime.
Born: New York, New York, United States
Plays: School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play
Awards: Outer Critics Circle Award for John Gassner Playwriting Award, Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play
Nominations: Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play
Education: The Ohio State University, Columbia University School of the Arts, Columbia University
Movies and TV shows: Ben Is Back (2018), The Detour (2016 – 2019)
19. Joselyn Dumas is a Ghanaian television host and actress. In 2014 she starred in A Northern Affair, a role that earned her a Ghana Movie Award and an Africa Movie Academy Award nomination for Best Actress.
Born: 31 August 1980, Ghana
Education: Archbishop Porter Girls' Secondary School
TV shows: Shampaign, Lekki Wives
Nominations: Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
Awards: BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, Golden Bell Award for Best Supporting Actress
Movies: Potato Potahto (2017), Love or Something Like That (2014), Northern Affair (2014), Silver Rain (2015), Cold Feet (2019)
20. Juliet Yaa Asantewa Asante is a Ghanaian film actress, producer and director, and philanthropist. Her latest film, Silver Rain, was nominated for "Best Film in West Africa" and "Best costume" for 2015 in the Africa Magic viewer's choice awards and also 2015 "Best Overall Film In Africa".
Born: Ghana
Movies: Silver Rain
Education: Harvard Kennedy School, University Of Cape Coast, National Film And Television Institute
Nominations: Nigeria Entertainment Award for Best Picture (Non Nigerian)
21. Juliet Ibrahim is a Ghanaian actress, film producer, singer and humanitarian of Lebanese, Ghanaian and Liberian descent. She won the Best Actress in a Leading Role award at the 2010 Ghana Movie Awards for her role in 4 Play.
Born: 3 March 1986, Accra, Ghana
Nationality: Ghanaian
Spouse: Kwadwo Safo Jnr. (m. 2010–2014)
Children: Jayden Safo
Parents: Mr. Hussein Ibrahim, Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Ibrahim
Movies: 4 Play (2010), Crime to Christ (2007), Shattered Romance (2014), 30 Days in Atlanta (2014), In The Eyes of My Husband
22. Kafui Danku is a Ghanaian actress and movie producer, mostly known for her role in movies such as Any Other Monday, Alvina: Thunder and Lightning, I Do, and 4Play.
Born: 16 August 1982, Ho, Ghana
Spouse: Kojo Pitcher
Nominations: City People Entertainment Award for Hottest Ghanaian Actress In Nollywood
Awards: City People Movie Award for Best Supporting Actress of the Year (Ghana)
Education: OLA Girls Senior High School, University Of Cape Coast
23. Kalsoume Sinare is a Ghanaian actress and former model. She has appeared in over fifty films, including Babina, Trinity, and Sala, for which she received a Golden Actress award in the Drama category.
Born: Accra, Ghana
Spouse: Anthony Baffoe
Education: Accra High School
Award: Golden Movie Awards
Movies: Princess Tyra (2007), Darkness of Sorrow (2006), 4 Play (2010), The Return of Beyonce, Who Loves Me
24. Kyeiwaa is an actress.
Movies: 2016
Awards: City People Entertainment Award for Best Indigenous Actress of the Year (Ghana)
25. Lydia Forson is a Ghanaian actress, writer, and producer. In 2010 she won the African Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.
Born: 24 October 1984, Mankessim, Ghana
Nominations: Africa Movie Academy Award for Most Promising Actress, Nigeria Entertainment Award for Best Actress ( Africa)
Awards: Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
Education: University of Ghana, St Louis Senior High School
Movies: Keteke (2017), Sidechic Gang (2018), Perfect Picture (2009), Isoken (2017), A Sting in a Tale (2009)
26. Marie Humbert is a Swiss, Ghanaian actress. She received two nominations at the 2016 Ghana Movie Awards for best discovery and best actress, as well as at 10th Africa Movie Academy Awards for best supporting actress. She grew up in six countries with her family.
Born: Geneva, Switzerland
Nominations: Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Education: Cours Florent, Deakin University
Movies and TV shows: An African City (2014), Potomanto (2013)
27. Martha Ankomah is a Ghanaian film actress and an entrepreneur.
Born: 10 October 1985, Accra, Ghana
Education: Labone Senior High School
Movies: Heart of Men, Somewhere In Africa, Sugar Town
Nominations: Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Young Actor, Africa Movie Academy Award for Most Promising Actress
28. Mavis Adjei is a Ghanaian actress currently based in The Netherlands.
Born: Akwatia
29. Moesha Buduong is a Ghanaian TV presenter, actress and model who is also known for granting a controversial interview to CNN reporter Christiane Amanpour on issues of sex, love and gender.
Born: 10 March 1990, Kumasi, Ghana
Parents: Tina Boduong
Residence: Accra, Ghana
Known for: Starring in various Ghanaian movies, Interview with Christiane Amanpour
Education: Accra Girls Senior High School, University of Ghana
30. Naa Ashorkor also known as Nisirine Naa Ashorkor Mensah-Doku, is a Ghanaian actress and a media personality who currently works at Asaase Radio a radio station in Accra. She's known for starring in "The Perfect Picture", by Shirley Frimpong-Manso and Iroko TV's Poisoned Bait - a movie directed by Leila Djansi.
Born: 24 November 1988, Teshie, Accra, Ghana
Spouse: Ahuma Cabutey Adodoaji (m. 2014)
Education: University of Ghana
Nominations: The Future Awards Africa Ghana Prize for Acting
Movies: Checkmate
31. Nadia Buari is a Ghanaian actress. She received two nominations for Best Actress in a Leading Role at the Africa Movie Academy Awards in 2009.
Born: 21 November 1982, Takoradi, Ghana
Nationality: Ghanaian
Siblings: Malik Buari, Jeed Rogers, Aysha Buari, Shaida Buari, Jameel Buari
Parents: Sidiku Buari, Hajia Buari
Education: University of Ghana, Mfantsiman Girls' Secondary School
Movies: Beyonce: The President's Daughter (2006), Set Apart, Darkness of Sorrow (2006), The Return of Beyonce, Mummy's Daughter (2006)
32. Felicity Ama Agyemang known as Nana Ama McBrown is a Ghanaian actress, TV presenter and a music writer. She rose to prominence for her role in television series Tentacles. Later, she found mainstream success following her role in the Twi-language movie Asoreba.
Born: 15 August 1973, Kumasi, Ghana
Spouse: Maxwell Mawu Mensah (m. 2016)
Education: James Madison University College of Business
Movies: Sidechic Gang, Madam Joan, Vagabonds, Beautiful Soul
Children: Maxin Mawushi Mensah
Parents: Cecilia Agyenim Boateng, Kofi McBrown, Betty Obiri Yeboah, Kwabena Nkrumah
33. Nikoletta Samonas is a Ghanaian actress and a freelance model. She is known as Nikki Samonas in the entertainment industry and has had roles in a number of feature films. She is an alumna of both Holy Child High School and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.
Born: 5 September 1985, Tema, Ghana
Nationality: Ghanaian
Other name: Nikki Samonas
Movies: Potato Potahto, My First Wife, I Quit, Sinking Heart
Education: Holy Child High School, Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Nominations: City People Movie Award for Best Supporting Actress of the Year (Ghana)
34. Nuong Faalong is a journalist, writer and Gender Activist. She hails from Lawra in the Upper West region of Ghana. She is also known as Edith Faalong. She had her secondary education at Aburi Girls Senior High School and later continued to the University of Ghana, Legon.
Born: Tamale, Ghana
Movies: Freetown
Education: Aburi Girls' Senior High School, University of Ghana
Awards: Nigeria Entertainment Award for Best Actress (Non Nigerian)
35. Pascaline Edwards is a Ghanaian actress, winner of Ghana’s Best Female Actress in 2002. Edwards is considered a diva in the Ghanaian movie scene, with over a hundred movies to her credit in a professional career spanning a little over two decades. She has also acted in a number of Nollywood films.
Born: 1970, Lome, Togo
Education: Ghanata Secondary School (Senior High)
Movies: A Stab in the Dark, Forbidden Fruit, Deranged
Nominations: City People Movie Award for Best Supporting Actress of the Year (Ghana)
Awards: Best Actress Award
36. Salma Mumin is a Ghanaian actress. Her contributions to the Ghanaian movie industry have earned her several accolades, including Best International New Actress at the 2014 Papyrus Magazine Screen Actors Awards and Best Actress in a Leading Role at the 2019 Ghana Movie Awards.
Born: Wa, Ghana
Nationality: Ghanaian
Movies: HashTag
Nominations: City People Movie Award for Best Actress of the Year (Ghana)
Awards: Best Actress Award
37. Selassie Ibrahim is a Ghanaian actress, film producer, entrepreneur and the CEO smarttys Management and production. Selassie Ibrahim has starred in movies like Her mother’s Man which was directed by Desmond Elliott for IROKOtv.
Spouse(s): Ibrahim Adams
38. SellyGalley, (Selorm Galley-Fiawoo) is a Ghanaian actress and TV presenter. She was on Big Brother Africa.
Born: 25 September 1987 (age 32 years), Klikor-Agbozume, Ghana
Education: Akosombo International School
Nominations: City People Movie Award for Best Supporting Actress of the Year (Ghana)
Awards: City People Movie Award for Most Promising Actress of the Year (Ghana)
39. Sassy Sika Osei is a Ghanaian actress, producer and TV personality who has worked as a brand influence for popular brands including L’Oreal Paris and Woodin.
Born: 1985, Ghana
Nominations: Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
Education: University of Ghana, Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA)
Movies: Sidechic Gang (2018), Grey Dawn (2015), Bad Luck Joe, kintampo (2017), In Line (2017)
40. Stacy Amoateng is television presenter/producer, media consultant, philanthropist and actress from Ghana. She founded a charitable organisation to support women and children in need and has been recognised for her work with a Ghana Peace Award.
Nominations: City People Entertainment Award for TV Hostess of the Year (Ghana)
41. Vickoria Zukah better known as Vicky Zukah is a Ghanaian female actress and celebrity who hails from the Volta Region of Ghana.
Born: Volta Region, Ghana
42. Yvonne Nelson is a Ghanaian actress, model, film producer and entrepreneur. She has starred in several movies, including House of Gold, Any Other Monday, In April, and Swings.
Born: 12 November 1985, Accra, Ghana
Height: 1.83 m
Children: Ryn Roberts
Parents: Mr. O. Nelson, Margaret Gaddy
Awards: City People Movie Award for Best Actress of the Year (Ghana)
Movies: House of Gold (2013), Princess Tyra (2007), Single and Married (2012), Heart of Men (2009), The Game (2010)
43. Chinyere Yvonne Okoro is a Ghanaian-Nigerian actress. Born to a Nigerian dad and Ghanaian mother, Yvonne Okoro is of mixed lineage and calls herself an African. Yvonne Okoro is from Amankalu Alayi in Abia State, Nigeria.
Born: 25 November 1984, Accra, Ghana
Nationality: Ghanaian
Siblings: Roseline Okoro, Elizabeth Okoro, Kenneth Okoro, Raymond Okoro, Martin Okoro
Nominations: Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
Education: Mfantsiman Girls' Secondary School, University of Ghana, Lincoln Community School
Movies: Ghana Must Go (2016), Contract (2012), Single Six (2011), Potomanto (2013), Why Marry?
44. Lydia Zynnell Zuh is a Ghanaian fashion icon, actress, writer, producer, television personality and philanthropist who hails from the Volta region of Ghana.
Born: 18 July 1990, Accra, Ghana
Nationality: Ghanaian
Nominations: City People Movie Award for Best Actress of the Year (Ghana)
Education: University of Ghana, Wesley Girls' Senior High School
Movies and TV shows: When Love Comes Around, Crazy, Lovely, Cool, Hire A Man (2017), Gold Coast Lounge (2019), Deranged (2017)
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