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Ama K. Abebrese

Ama K. Abebrese
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Nationality United-kingdom

Ama K. Abebrese is an award-winning actress, television presenter and 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 performance in Sinking Sands. Her film credits includes the Cary Fukunaga directed Beasts of No Nation which stars Idris Elba. She plays the mother to Abraham Attah who plays Agu. Ama K is listed among Africa's Top 20 Actors and Actresses by FilmContacts.com. She was named among C Hub magazine's 100 most influential 'African Women Influencers' of the era 2014/15.

She is an accomplished television presenter, having started hosting TV shows in her teens on YCTV in London, she has presented on BBC2, OBE TV, Viasat 1 TV3 and many more.

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Filmography of Ama K. Abebrese (5 films)

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Beasts of No Nation, 2h16
Directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Idris Elba, Ama K. Abebrese, Abraham Attah, David Dontoh
Roles Mother
Rating76% 3.848823.848823.848823.848823.84882
With war approaching their small West African village, the mother, sister, and baby brother of the principal character, Agu, a preadolescent boy, leave for the capital, but Agu and his father, older brother, and grandfather stay behind. All the men in the family are shot dead by the army except Agu, who flees to the bush. He is soon found there by a battalion of the rebel Native Defense Force, which first threatens to kill him, but coerces him to join them as a child soldier.
The Cursed Ones, 1h40
Genres Drama
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about children
Actors Oris Erhuero, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Ama K. Abebrese
Roles Chinue
Rating77% 3.887593.887593.887593.887593.88759
Un journaliste désabusé et un jeune pasteur réformé tentent de sauver la vie d'un enfant accusé de sorcellerie en luttant courageusement contre la corruption et les faux prophètes.
Double-Cross, 1h28
Genres Thriller, Romance
Actors Ama K. Abebrese, John Dumelo
Roles Effie Howard

Sinking Sands, 1h45
Directed by Leila Afua Djansi
Actors Jimmy Jean-Louis, Ama K. Abebrese
Roles Pabi
Rating65% 3.285363.285363.285363.285363.28536
The film tells the story of a couple, Jimah and Pabi, whose marriage turns into violence and abuse when Jimah becomes disfigured in a domestic accident.