Akosua Busia Biography

Fast Facts

• She won a Michael Landon Award in 1987 for her role in the "Babies Having Babies" episode of "CBS Schoolbreak Special․"
• In 1999, she was nominated for a Golden Satellite Award and a Black Film Award for the "Beloved" screenplay
• She attended England's Oxford University, where she starred in a production of "Romeo and Juliet․"
• She is a member of the Royal House of Wenchi in Ghana
• She is known for playing Nettie Harris in "The Color Purple" and Kobe Ikabo in "ER․"
• During her teenage years, many of her paintings were displayed at London's National Museum of Art
• She book, "The Seasons of Beento Blackbird: A Novel," was published in 1997