Ama Abebrese
Year Award Category Work Result
2010 Ghana UK-Based Achievement Awards Media Personality N/A Won
2011 Zimbabwe International Film Festival Best Actress Sinking Sands Won
2011 African Movie Academy Awards Best Actress in a Leading Role Sinking Sands Won
2011 Nigeria Entertainment Awards Best Pan African Actress N/A Nominated
2011 Screen Nation Film & TV Awards Best West African Actress Ties That Bind Nominated
2011 Ghana Movie Awards Best Discovery Ties That Bind Nominated
2012 African Movie Academy Awards Best Actress in a Leading Role Ties That Bind Nominated
2012 Golden Icons Academy Movie Awards Best New Actress Sinking Sands Nominated
2013 Screen Nation Film & TV Awards African Film Personality N/A Won
2013 AU Diaspora African Mission Salute to the Diaspora Award N/A Won
2014 Noble Woman Award Noble Care Foundation N/A Won
2014 City People Entertainment Awards TV Hostess of the Year ( Ghana ) A Day in the Life show Won
2014 Ghana Movie Awards Best Actress in a Leading Role Double-Cross Nominated
2015 Golden Movie Awards Favourite Golden Actress N/A Nominated
2015 Ghana Movie Awards Actress in a Supporting Role The Cursed Ones Nominated
2016 Golden Movie Awards Golden Supporting Actress Drama The Cursed Ones Won
2016 Nigeria Entertainment Awards Non Nigerian Actress Beasts of No Nation Nominated
2017 Newark International Film Festival Best Actress Sink or Swim . The Perilous Journey Won
2018 Ghana Movie Awards Best Actress in a Supporting Role Azali Nominated
Awards and nominations
Ama K Abebrese (born May 3, 1980) is an award-winning 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. Her film credits includes Azali (film) which is Ghana first ever selection for the Oscars; and the 2015 Netflix movie Beasts of No Nation directed by Cary Fukunaga and stars Idris Elba. She plays the mother to lead young actor Abraham Attah who plays Agu. Abebrese is listed among Africa's Top 20 Actors and Actresses by FilmContacts.com. She is the narrator and a producer on the Blitz Bazawule film The Burial of Kojo which was acquired by Array and was released on Netflix. She is an accomplished television presenter with over two decades experience. Ama K started her TV presenting career in her teens at YCTV in London. She has presented on BBC2, OBE TV, Viasat 1, TV3, Ebonylife TV and many more.