Amma Asante
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Amma Asante

Sep 13, 1969 - Lambeth, London, England, UK

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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Movie1991The Best of FriendsThe Black Girl in Search of God
Movie2014Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel WomenSelf
Movie2021Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black FilmmakingSelf
TV Show1978Grange HillCheryl Webb48
TV Show2022Art That Made UsSelf - Writer & Director1
TV Show1989Birds of a FeatherSydnee1
TV Show1989Birds of a FeatherAngela (voice)1
TV Show2021Drunk history: Black StoriesNarrator1

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Movie2004A Way of LifeDirectorDirecting
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Movie2004A Way of LifeWriterWriting
Movie2018Where Hands TouchScreenplayWriting
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TV Show2017The Handmaid's TaleDirectorDirecting
TV Show2020Mrs. AmericaDirectorDirecting
TV Show2025Smilla's Sense of SnowCreatorCreator