Felicity Ama Agyemang known as Nana Ama McBrown is a Ghanaian actress and a music writer born in Kumasi, Ghana, on 15 August 1973. Her mother, Cecilia Agyenim Boateng, and her father Kwabena Nkrumah, divorced when Nana Ama was young.
Nana Ama together with her siblings were adopted by Kofi McBrown and her aunt, Madam Betty Obiri Yeboah. As a result, Nana Ama considers her childhood to have been difficult.
Nana Ama grew up in Kwadaso, Kumasi with her aunt, and her adopted father. Nana Ama attended St. Peter’s International Residential School and moved on to Minnesota International and then to Central International. She continued to Kwadaso L.A. J.S.S, completed and went to Prince of Peace Secondary School all in Kumasi. Later, she attended the College of Business intending to become a secretary.
In response to an audition call on the radio by Miracle Films, she 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.
Her performance in That Day opened the floodgates to choicer roles, landing her a spot on the TV series Tentacles.
In 2007, the movie Asoreba, co-starring Agya Koo and Mercy Aseidu, turned Nana Ama into a household name. Since then, she has slowly built a strong following by releasing a slew of critically acclaimed movies.
She has featured in popular movies such as Kumasi Yonko, Odo Ntira, Wo Nyame Som Mpo Ni, Madam Juan, amongst others
The versatile actress won an award for the actress in leading role in a movie (na me Nnim)
Nana Ama Mcbrown was honored by the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) at the 2016 Eminence Awards in Accra.
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.
In 2016, she married her longtime boyfriend Maxwell Mawu Mensah. Their wedding photos were released that November.
Empress, as she is known in the industry was given the honour as ‘Most Distinguished Eminent Ghanaian Movie Personality’, for her contribution towards the movie industry in Ghana.
She is one of the most versatile movie actresses in Ghana.
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