Adwoa Aboah

Adwoa Aboah was born in Westminster, London, England, to Charles Aboah and Camilla Lowther.[9] Adwoa means "born on Monday" (she was born on a Monday).[10] The Lowther family, headed by the Earl of Lonsdale, are members of the British nobility. Aboah's maternal great-grandfather was Anthony Lowther, Viscount Lowther. Aboah is a second cousin of Matilda Lowther.[11] Her granduncle was James Lowther, 7th Earl of Lonsdale.[9] Her father was born and raised in Ghana, and emigrated to England.[12]

Both Aboah's parents are involved in the fashion industry, as a location scout and photography agent, respectively.[13][14][15] Her sister Kesewa Aboah is also a model. Educated at Millfield, Aboah later graduated from Brunel University in 2013, with a bachelor's degree in Modern Drama.[16]

Aboah has modelled for Calvin Klein, Fendi,[17] DKNY, Alexander Wang,[18] Theory, H&M,[19] Aldo,[20] Versus (Versace), Topshop,[21] Fenty x Puma,[22] Kenzo, Simone Rocha, and Erdem among others.[23][24][25][26][27][28] She was previously signed to The Lions but sued the agency for damages after they allegedly withheld $190,000 of her earnings.[29]

Outside of modelling, Aboah had performed some short-films and music videos and in 2017 she landed her first Hollywood role as Lia in the 2017 Hollywood adaptation of the Japanese manga Ghost in the Shell.[30][31]

After her own personal struggles with sobriety and a concern over the lack of mental-health resources for young women, In 2017 Aboah launched an organisation for young women called Gurls Talk. [32][33][34] During the COVID-19 pandemic Aboah created the '#CreativeTogether' initiative, with the hope that creativity could be a way to connect people and combat some of the anxiety surrounding the lockdown. [35]

She was featured in a 2018 commercial for Revlon's PhotoReady Insta-Filter™ Foundation.[36] Aboah was named British GQ's 'Woman of the Year' for 2017.[37] In 2018, she was listed on the list of top 50 female models by models.com.[38] and was one of fifteen women selected to appear on the cover of the September 2019 issue of British Vogue, by guest editor Meghan, Duchess of Sussex.[39] She is also a British Vogue contributing editor.[40] 2020 saw Aboah listed for the first time on the Powerlist of the most influential Black British people across all industries. [41]

Aboah has suffered from depression and drug addiction and is now sober.[42][43] She self-medicated with drugs from a young age due to depression.[42] She attempted suicide by overdose in 2015, at a rehab centre in London, which resulted in a four-day coma before recovering in a psychiatric hospital.[43]

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