Nana Mensah

  • Nana Mensah
© courtesy ITG
Film director, Actor, Screenwriter
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv

Ghanaian American actress, writer, and director.

Her Talent Agency: Independent Talent Group (London)
www.independenttalent.com/actors/nana-mensah/

Nana MENSAH is an actor, writer, and director. Her acting credits include Netflix's "BONDiNG", NBC's "New Amsterdam", and the forthcoming Netflix series "The Chair" starring Sandra Oh. She has written on shows for Amazon, HBO, and Netflix, as well as original pilots. "Queen of Glory" (2021) is her first film.

"Her Credits"

FEATURE FILM
* FAREWELL AMOR (Featured, as "Linda") /// Dir: Ekwa Msangi. Prod: Ekwapics (Sundance film 2020 in competition-.)
* STATEN ISLAND (Featured) /// Dir: Judd Apatow. Prod: Universal
* AFTER YANG (Featured) /// Dir: Kogonada. Prod: A24
* THE MAN IN THE WOODS (Featured) /// Dir: Noah Buschel. Prod: Ind
* LIKE FATHER (Featured) /// Dir: Lauren Miller Rogen. Prod: Netflix
* THE MISOGYNISTS (Supporting) /// Dir: Onur Tukel. Prod: Ind
* QUEEN OF GLORY (Lead, as "Sarah Obeng") /// Dir: Nana Mensah. Prod: Ind/Adelos Media
* BEASTS OF NO NATION (Featured) /// Prod: Netflix

SHORT FILM
* MAFIA (Lead) /// Dir: Michael Stahl David. Prod: Ind
* FAREWELL MEU AMOR (Lead) /// Dir: Ekwa Msangi. Prod: Ind/Epic Film Productions
* SHENIKA'S REDEMPTION (Featured) /// Ind./Kubbic Inch Productions
* DAADI (Featured) /// Prod: Independent
* ALTERNATE SIDES (Featured) /// Prod: Independent
* BEHOLD SWELLING SCENE (Supporting) /// Prod: Independent
* THE FILM YOU DID NOT SEE (Supporting) /// Prod: Independent

TELEVISION
* EVIL (Guest Star). Prod: CBS
* BONDING (Recurring Guest). Prod: NETFLIX
* LITTLE AMERICA (Guest Star). Prod: APPLE/ Universal
* NEW AMSTERDAM (Recurring Guest Star). Prod: NBC/ Universal
* 13 REASONS WHY (Recurring Guest Star). Prod: NETFLIX
* ELEMENTARY (Guest Star). Prod: CBS
* MADAME SECRETARY (Recurring). Prod: CBS
* ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK (Co-Star). Prod: NETFLIX/Lionsgate
* THE GOOD FIGHT (Co-Star). Prod: CBS All Access
* CRASHING (Co-Star). Prod: HBO
* THE WALKER (Guest Star). Prod: Uncorked Productions/Refinery 29
* AN AFRICAN CITY (Recurring Guest Star). Prod: Naa Amerly Productions

THEATRE
* NOLLYWOOD DREAMS (Dede Okafor) /// Company: MCC/Newman Mills Theater, NYC /// Off-Broadway
* LUNCH BUNCH (Mitra) /// Company: The Wild Project, NYC
* HARRY POTTER & THE CURSED CHILD (Hermione Granger) /// Company: Lyric Theater, NYC /// Broadway
* NOLLYWOOD DREAMS (Dede Okafor) /// Company: Cherry Lane Theater, NYC /// Off-Broadway
* MAN FROM NEBRASKA (Tamyra) /// Company: 2econd Stage, NYC.
Off-Broadway. Nominated for Lucille Lortel Award 2017 & Outer Critics /// Company: Circle 2017
* I'LL NEVER LOVE AGAIN - A Chamber Piece (Clare) /// Company: The Bushwick Starr
* THE TEMPTEST (Ariel) /// Company: Target Margin
* THE BACCHAE (Choral Leader) /// Company: NYSF
* MOTHER COURAGE & HER CHILDREN (Soldier) /// Company: NYSF

Source:
(Tribeca 2021) - https://tribecafilm.com/films/queen-of-glory-2021
ITG - www.independenttalent.com/actors/nana-mensah/

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  • Gens de la Caraïbe
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  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
  • FURTHER ARTS
  • Zimbabwe : Culture Fund Of Zimbabwe Trust
  • RDC : Groupe TACCEMS
  • Rwanda : Positive Production
  • Togo : Kadam Kadam
  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
  • Collectif 2004 Images
  • Africultures Burkina-Faso
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