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Amma Asante

1969 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Amma Asante is the 13,141st most popular actor (down from 12,335th in 2024), the 7,685th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 7,409th in 2019) and the 1,404th most popular British Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Amma Asante ranks 13,141 out of 13,578. Before her are Abby Elliott, Tanvi Azmi, Barbara Chiappini, Maia Reficco, Marina Salas, and Ai Shinozaki. After her are Elizabeth Anne Allen, Andrea Duro, Derek Hough, Cody Christian, Asuka Saitō, and Michalina Olszańska.

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Among people born in 1969, Amma Asante ranks 1,234. Before her are Brian O'Halloran, Richard Carrier, Jake Tapper, Sonia O'Sullivan, Bodhi Elfman, and Madhoo. After her are Adrian Young, James Frey, Michellie Jones, Brian Drummond, Nicky Wire, and Darcey Bussell.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Amma Asante ranks 7,687 out of 8,785. Before her are Gary O'Neil (1983), Willie Thorne (1954), Jane Goldman (1970), Nicholas Lyndhurst (1961), Cher Lloyd (1993), and Tim Hetherington (1970). After her are Tao Geoghegan Hart (1995), Marlon Devonish (1976), Jeff Minter (1962), Ben Brereton Díaz (1999), Billy Howle (1989), and Lee Sharpe (1971).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Amma Asante ranks 1,404. Before her are James Dreyfus (1968), Chuku Modu (1990), Kit Connor (2004), Hugh Skinner (1985), Adam Campbell (1980), and Nicholas Lyndhurst (1961). After her are Billy Howle (1989), Hermione Corfield (1993), Lyndsey Marshal (1978), Greg Davies (1968), Miranda Raison (1977), and Rupert Young (1978).

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