Nana Ama McBrown

Felicity Ama Agyemang (born 15 August 1977), also known as Nana Ama McBrown, is a Ghanaian actress, TV presenter and a music writer.[1] She rose to prominence for her role in television series Tentacles. Later, she found mainstream success following her role in the Twi-language movie "Asoreba" and "Kumasi Yonko".[2] She was the host of television cooking show McBrown Kitchen and entertainment talk show United Showbiz on UTV until March 2023 when she moved to Media General.[3][4][5]

Mrs.

Nana Ama Mcbrown Mensah
Born
Felicity Ama Agyemang

(1977-08-15) 15 August 1977
Kumasi, Ghana
NationalityGhanaian
CitizenshipGhana
OccupationActress/ TV presenter
Years active1998–date
Known forTelevision host, Actress
SpouseMaxwell Mawu Mensah
ChildrenMaxine Mawushi Mensah
Awards
  • Best English Actress, Best Actress in a Leading Role, Best Traditional movie, and Best Story at the 2011 Kumawood Awards
  • Golden Movie Awards in 2018
  • Ghana Outstanding Women Awards 2020

Early life and education

Nana Ama McBrown was born Felicity Ama Agyemang in Kumasi, Ghana, on 15 August 1977.[6] Her mother, Cecilia Agyenim Boateng, and her father Kwabena Nkrumah,[7] divorced when McBrown was young. With her father gone and her mother unable to take care of her and her six other siblings, she together with her siblings were adopted by Kofi McBrown and her aunt, Madam Betty Obiri Yeboah.[7]

Along with her six siblings, McBrown grew up in Kwadaso, Kumasi with her aunt and her adopted father. McBrown considers her aunt her "real mother" and has spoken of her gratitude to her for having provided a stable and caring home.[8]

McBrown 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 dropping out and could not sit for the Basic Education Certificate Exams.[9] McBrown later attended College of Business where she obtained a secretarial certificate.[8]

Career

Acting

McBrown's acting career started after she answered an audition call on the radio by Miracle Films and was hired to do costuming instead; however, on the set, she was given 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.[10] Her performance in That Day helped her land a spot on the TV series Tentacles.[11]

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.[12]

Ambassadorial Deals

McBrown is the brand ambassador of Royal Drinks.[13] She is the brand ambassador of So Klin washing powder.[14] In March 2021, she was appointed as an ambassador for the COVID-19 National Trust Fund.[15] She is also a brand ambassador for MacBerry biscuits. She is also the Ambassador for the brand Hisense.[16]

Television Host

She was the host of television cooking show McBrown's Kitchen and entertainment talk show United Showbiz on UTV until March 2023.[3][4][5]

She became the host of Onua Showtime on Onua TV; a subsidiary of Media General.[17][18][19][20]

Personal life

McBrown has been linked to Omar Sheriff Captan, her co-star in a number of movies, although both have denied any romantic attachments.[21] In 2004, 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.[22]

On 15 July 2007, McBrown 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.[23]

In 2016, she married her longtime boyfriend Maxwell Mawu Mensah.[24] In February 2019 McBrown gave birth to a girl in Canada.[25][26][27][28]

Selected filmography
  • Coming to Africa
  • Nnipa ye bad
  • SideChic Gang
  • Abro
  • He Is Mine
  • Madam Joan
  • Nsem Pii
  • Kumasi Yonko
  • Odo Ntira
  • Madam Moke
  • Love Comes Back
  • Kae Dabi
  • Asoreba
  • Wo Nyame som po ni
  • Alicia
  • Fools Paradise
  • Dea Ade Wo No
  • Girl Connection
  • Playboy
  • My Own Mother
  • Friday Night
  • Di Asempa (Osofo Maame)
  • Asabea (The Blind Girl)
  • Evil Heart
  • The Pastor's Wife
  • Pastors Club
  • Onyame Tumi
  • I Know My Rights
  • The End
  • Onyame ye Onyame
  • John and John (2017)
  • Obidea Aba
  • My Soldier Father
  • Alhaji Grusa
  • Agya Koo trotro Driver
  • Nana Goes To Mecca
  • Games of the Heart
  • That Day
  • Otan Hunu Kwah
  • Aloe Vera
  • Asantewaa
  • Soantie pastor

Honors and awards

McBrown has acted in many movies and has a number of awards including Best English Actress, Best Actress in a 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 in 2018.[29]

In 2020, she was awarded 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.[30]

In 2020 she won the award for Outstanding Woman Brand Influencer at the third edition of the Ghana Outstanding Women Awards (GOWA).[31]

In March 2021, she was awarded the Female Actor of the Year in the Entertainment Achievement Awards.[32]

See also

References
  1. "Glitz top 100 inspirational women". Glitz Africa Magazine. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  2. "ASOREBA 1 - Latest 2017 Ghanaian Asante Akan Twi Movies". YouTube. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  3. Tetteh, O. (17 March 2020). "McBrown gets massive praises from top American TV personality in new video". Yen.com.gh. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  4. "McBrown stops Freda Rhymz from walking out of UTV studio after clash with Sista Afia (video)". Pulse. 24 May 2020. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  5. Owusu-Amoah, Gifty (13 March 2023). "Mcbrown unveiled host of Onua TV's Onua Maakye show". Graphic Online. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  6. "Nana Ama McBrown celebrates 41st birthday with stunning photos". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  7. "Biography- Nana Ama McBrown". Modern Ghana. 1 April 2009. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  8. "Nana Ama Mcbrown Biography: 10 Surprising Facts About Her". BuzzGhana. 20 October 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  9. "I dropped out of JSS". MyJoyOnline. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  10. "Nana Ama McBrown". Online Nigeria. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  11. "10 most beautiful Ghanaian Actresses 2015". Africa Ranking. Archived from the original on 7 November 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  12. Akwasi, Kofi (22 February 2019). "20 best Kumawood movies ever". Yen.com.gh. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  13. "Nana Ama Mcbrown as Royal drink Ambassador". kasapafmonline.com. Archived from the original on 14 January 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  14. "Nana Ama McBrown Unveiled As So Klin Brand Ambassador". DailyGuide Network. 31 July 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  15. "Nana Ama Mcbrown, Israel Laryea, Reggie Rockstone named as first batch of Covid-19 Trust Fund Ambassadors". MyJoy. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  16. "Hisense Ghana rewards Asante Kotoko and legends of the club - MyJoyOnline.com". www.myjoyonline.com. 9 November 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  17. Tbwoy, Blacc (23 August 2023). "Nana Ama Mcbrown's Onua Showtime studio burn to ashes [Photos]". Lawrence Postings. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  18. Tbwoy, Blacc (9 May 2023). "Nana Ama Mcbrown drops 'secrets' behind her ONUA Showtime program". Lawrence Postings. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  19. Tbwoy, Blacc (26 April 2023). "Nana Ama McBrown's show on Onua TV premieres Sunday, April 30". Lawrence Postings. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  20. "When Nana Ama McBrown premiered Onua Showtime and how social media reacted". Graphic Online. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
  21. "Sexy Nana Ama McBrown is Single Again". GhanaWeb. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  22. "Nana Ama McBrown Broke My Heart – Okyeame Kwame". OMG Ghana. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  23. "GhanaWeb Blog: Nana Ama Mcbrown On Jackie And Nadia". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
  24. Duah, Kofi; Awen, Ariel (14 December 2017). "Marriage is not easy – Nana Ama McBrown". Graphic Showbiz. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  25. Osafo-Nkansah, Eugene. "Nana Ama McBrown And Husband Welcome Bouncy Baby Girl". PeaceFMOnline. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  26. "Nana Ama McBrown excites social media with baby news". Graphic Showbiz. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  27. firm, Odartey Lamptey Odartey GH Media House is a new Ghanaian entertainment. "Nana Ama Mcbrown shows baby's face for the first time as she celebrates her first anniversary". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  28. Mensah, Jeffrey (25 May 2019). "Nana Ama McBrown officially names her daughter in a private ceremony". Yen.com.gh. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  29. "Here's Everything You Probably Didn't Know About Nana Ama McBrown » GhBase•com™". GhBase. 2 November 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  30. "Full list of 2020 RTP Award winners". Graphic Online. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  31. Agency, Ghana News (17 October 2020). "Delay wins big at Verna Ghana Outstanding Women Awards". News Ghana. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  32. "Winners of Entertainment Achievement Awards 2021 [Full list]". Citinewsroom. 27 March 2021. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.