Ama K. Abebrese is a TV Presenter, Producer, and Actress based in the UK. She has over a decade of experience in television with experience working with the YCTV (Youth Culture Television), BBC2 and OBE TV. The presenter and producer of shows like her resident entertainment chat show On the Sofa is extremely popular with viewers where she interviews international celebrities like Akon, Ziggy Marley, Hollywood actor Idris Elbaand UK stars like rapper Sway, as well as African celebrities like Jim Iyke, Jackie Appiah, Samini and Becca to name a few. Also the long running popular One Touch music request show.
A regular at Red Carpet Events, she is usually one of the fixtures at the Screen Nation Film and Television Awards’, the UK version of the Black Oscars. She also has experience on the MOBO (Music of Black Origin) Awards glitzy carpet interviewing the likes of Rihanna, Neyo and Joe. The UK based presenter, when in Ghana is often a co-host on the hugely popular Music Music programme and is usually featured as a guest on the popular ‘Mentor’ talent show. In the UK she can usually be seen hosting shows like the Ghana Music Awards UK, Miss Ghana UK and other prestigious shows and film premières.
Ama K. began her TV career at YCTV (Youth Culture Television) a training facility in West London, in 1997 as a teenager where the highlights of her time there was when she interviewed Hollywood legends Harrison Ford and Star Wars director George Lucas. She moved on to co-host the youth entertainment programme Pass da Mic, a show in collaboration with BBC2, where guests interviewed for the show included the then UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, rocker Mick Jagger, and football legend Kevin Keegan. She went on to report on BBC2 English File, reporting about the interactive image filmed on location in California.Also a trained actor, Ama K. has performed as part of the Lyric Theatre summer company in the play ‘Chinese Whispers’ on the London stage. She also portrayed the lead female role in the short play Three Nights at the Diroma Theatre in London. She played a cameo role in the 2006 African film London Get Problem.
An accomplished television producer Ama K's co-producing credits include Fresh Act, a reality television show format that sought to find actors and actresses for a TV drama, the first its kind to be produced on a UK Minority ethnic TV channel. She produced and presented in 2008 a six part series filmed on location in Johannesburg called South Africa Business Profile. She is also a producer on long standing shows One Touch and On the Sofa.
She holds a B A in Media Arts and Drama obtained from St Mary's University college, Surrey.
Filmography
- Sinking Sands, 2010: Role- Pabi
- Elmina, 2010: Role- Araba:2010
- London Get Problem, 2006: Role- Cameo
- TIES THAT BIND 2011: ROLE: BUKI
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