Nana Ama McBrown

Nana Ama was born in Kumasi, Ghana, on 15 August 1977.[2] Her mother, Cecilia Agyenim Boateng, and her father Kwabena Nkrumah,[3] 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 were adopted by Kofi McBrown and her aunt, Madam Betty Obiri Yeboah.[3]

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.[4][5]

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 drop out and could not sit for the Basic Education Certificate Exams.[6] Nana Ama attended College of Business where she obtained a secretarial certificate.[5]

McBrown essentially stumbled into acting. She answered an audition 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.[7]

Her performance in That Day helped her land a spot on the TV series Tentacles.[8]

In 2007, McBrown appeared in the movie "Asoreba", co-starring Agya Koo and Mercy Aseidu. Since then, she has had roles in a number of movies.[9]

Nana Ama is the brand ambassador of Royal Drinks.[10]

She is the host of television cooking show McBrown Kitchen and entertainment talk show United Showbiz on UTV.[11][12]

Nana Ama has been linked to Omar Sheriff Captan, her co-star in a number of movies, although both have continually denied any romantic attachments.[13]

In 2004, Nana Ama McBrown briefly dated Okyeame Kwame, a Ghanaian musician. In the course of the year, the pair were seen traveling together all over Ghana promoting Kwame's solo release.[14]

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.[15]

In 2016, she married her longtime boyfriend Maxwell Mawu Mensah.[16] In February 2019 Nana Ama gave birth to a girl in Canada.[17][18][19][20]

In 2020 she won the award for Outstanding Woman Brand Influencer at the third edition of the Ghana Outstanding Women Awards (GOWA).[21]

McBrown has acted in many movies and has a number of awards including 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 SideChic Gang at the Golden Movie Awards this year.[22] She was the Radio and Television Personality Awards TV Female Entertainment Show Host Of The Year 2019–2020. She also picked the TV Female Presenter Of The Year 2019–2020 award[23]

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