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Biography of Nana Ama Mcbrown; Real Name, Age, Husband, Children, Education, Net Worth

Nana Ama McBrown is a Ghanaian actress, TV presenter, and music writer. She rose to prominence for her role in the television series Tentacles. Later, she found mainstream success following her role in the Twi-language movies.

Real name

Felicity Ama Agyemang.

Age
15th August, 1973. She is currently 49 years. She will be 50 years in August, 2023.

Husband

In 2016, she married her longtime boyfriend Maxwell Mawu Mensah and had a baby girl in February 2019 in Canada

Children

Maxin Mawushi Mensah

Place of Birth
Kumasi, Ghana

Parents and Siblings

Her mother, Cecilia Agyenim Boateng, and her father Kwabena Nkrumah divorced when Nana Ama was young. With her father gone and her mother unable to take care of her and her six other siblings, Nana Ama together with her siblings was adopted by Kofi McBrown and her aunt, Madam Betty Obiri Yeboah. As a result, Nana Ama considers her childhood to have been difficult.

Along with her six siblings, Nana Ama grew up in Kwadaso, Kumasi with her aunt, and her adopted father. To this day, she considers her aunt her “real mother” and has spoken of her gratitude to her aunt for having provided her with a stable and caring home.

Biography of Nana Ama Mcbrown; Real Name, Age, Husband, Children, Education, Net Worth

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Education

Nana Ama attended St. Peter’s International Residential School, moved on to Minnesota International, and then to Central International. She continued to Kwadaso L.A. J.S.S, although she ended up as a dropout and could not sit for the Basic Education Certificate Exams.

Ambassadorial Deals

McBrown is the brand ambassador of Royal Drinks. She is the brand ambassador of So Klin washing powder. In March 2021, she was appointed as an ambassador for the COVID-19 National Trust Fund. She is also a brand ambassador for MacBerry biscuts

Career

McBrown essentially stumbled into acting. She answered an auction call on the radio by Miracle Films and was hired to do costuming instead. However, on the set, she was able to snag the lead role after the director, Samuel Nyamekye, felt that she was better suited for the role. In 2001, her first movie, That Day, was released launching her career.

Her performance in That Day opened the floodgates to interesting and exciting roles, landing her a spot on the TV series Tentacles.

In 2007, the movie Asoreba, co-starring Agya Koo and Mercy Aseidu, turned Nana Ama into a household name. Since then, she has slowly built a strong following by releasing a slew of critically acclaimed movies.

On 15 July 2007, Nana Ama was enthroned as the Nkosuohemaa (or ceremonial queen-mother of development) of Assin-Basiako near Assin-Fosu in the Assin North District of the Central Region, Ghana.

 

Filmography

She has acted in a lot of movies and has numerous awards to her credit which include Best/English Actress, Best Actress in Leading Role, Best Traditional movie, and Best Story at the 2011 Kumawood Awards. She also won the Favorite Actress at the 2016 Ghana Movie Awards and Eurostar Best Dressed Female Celebrity on the red carpet at the 2016 Ghana Movie Awards. She also won Golden Actress in a comedy movie with the movie Side Chic Gang at the Golden Movie Awards this year.

Some movies she starred in include;

  • Nnipa ye bad
  • Abro
  • He Is Mine
  • Madam Joan
  • Nsem Pii
  • Kumasi Yonko
  • Odo Ntira
  • Love Comes Back
  • Kae Dabi
  • Asoreba
  • Wo Nyame som po ni
  • Alicia
  • Fools Paradise
  • Dea Ade Wo No
  • Girl Connection
  • Playboy
  • My Own Mother
  • Friday Night
  • Di Asempa (Osofo Maame)
  • Asabea (The Blind Girl)
  • Evil Heart
  • The Pastor’s Wife
  • Pastors Club
  • Onyame Tumi
  • I Know My Rights
  • The End
  • Onyame ye Onyame
  • John and John (2017)

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