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Amma Asante

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British actor and film director (born 1969)

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Amma Asante is a British filmmaker, screenwriter, former actress, and, since 2019, chancellor at Norwich University of the Arts. She first appeared in the BBC children's television drama series Grange Hill, and later wrote and produced the 1998 BBC Two television series Brothers and Sisters, starring David Oyelowo.

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Filmography 9

Belle2013 · ★ 7.1
Where Hands Touch2018 · ★ 7.9
A United Kingdom2016 · ★ 6.7
A Way of Life2004
Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking2021
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women2014
The Best of Friends1991
Billion Dollar Spy
London, I Love You

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Television 6

The Handmaid's Tale2017
Grange Hill1978
Mrs. America2020
Birds of a Feather1989
Art That Made Us2022
Drunk history: Black Stories2021

Awards 2

2017OkayAfrica 100 Women
Member of the Order of the British Empire

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Amma Asante is a British filmmaker, screenwriter, former actress, and, since 2019, chancellor at Norwich University of the Arts. She first appeared in the BBC children's television drama series Grange Hill, and later wrote and produced the 1998 BBC Two television series Brothers and Sisters, starring David Oyelowo. She is known for directing the feature films A Way of Life (2004); Belle (2013); and A United Kingdom (2016), also starring Oyelowo. On television, she directed two episodes of season 3 of The Handmaid's Tale in 2019, and is co-creator, writer, and director of the internationally co-produced TV crime drama series Smilla's Sense of Snow, premiering on Australian television on 30 July 2025.

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United Kingdom
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Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
living
Dates
Born 1969 · age 57
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