# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/akosua-busia
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:58:04.648Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/akosua-busia"
name: "Akosua Busia"
slug: "akosua-busia"
description: "Akosua Gyamama Busia is a Ghanaian actress, writer and songwriter. She is known to film audiences for playing Nettie Harris in the 1985 film The Color Purple. She is the daughter of Ghanaian Prime Minister Kofi Abrefa Busia."
tagline: "Ghanaian-born British actress and songwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Akosua_Busia%2C_1986.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1966-12-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.69
  momentum:             0
  historical:           22.641092
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0124333/"
    handle:    "nm0124333"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/28kbbsYZbGy7NZaK9pJAPP"
    handle:    "28kbbsYZbGy7NZaK9pJAPP"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Akosua Busia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "أكوسوا بوسيا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "اكوسوا بوسيا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Akosua Busia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akosua_Busia"
    title: "Akosua Busia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://dga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akosua_Busia"
    title: "Akosua Busia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akosua_Busia"
    title: "Akosua Busia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akosua_Busia"
    title: "Akosua Busia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akosua_Busia"
    title: "Akosua Busia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gpe.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akosua_Busia"
    title: "Akosua Busia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%90%D7%94_%D7%91%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%94"
    title: "אקוסואה בוסיה"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D5%AF%D5%B8%D5%B7%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A1_%D4%B2%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%BD%D5%AB%D5%A1"
    title: "Ակոշուա Բուսիա"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akosua_Busia"
    title: "Akosua Busia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akosua_Busia"
    title: "Akosua Busia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kus.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akosua_Busia"
    title: "Akosua Busia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akosua_Busia"
    title: "Akosua Busia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akosua_Busia"
    title: "Akosua Busia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akosua_Busia"
    title: "Akosua Busia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%83%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B0%2C_%D0%90%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%88%D1%83%D0%B0"
    title: "Бусиа, Акошуа"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akosua_Busia"
    title: "Akosua Busia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akosua_Busia"
    title: "Akosua Busia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akosua_Busia"
    title: "Akosua Busia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7"
    title: "اکوسوا بوسیا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akosua_Busia"
    title: "Akosua Busia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Akosua_Busia"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://fr.wikiquote.org/wiki/Akosua_Busia"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ig.wikiquote.org/wiki/Akosua_Busia"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ea3e7df3-463a-46ec-9af7-8fd71f8e3ab5"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q175392"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump