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Akosua Busia

Actress | Director | Writer

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Her sister, Abena, is an associate professor of English at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. See more trivia »

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Akosua Cyamama Busia
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2007 Ascension Day
Cherry
 
2003 Tears of the Sun
Patience
 
1999 ER (TV series)
Kobe Ikabo
– Point of Origin (1999) … Kobe Ikabo
– Sticks and Stones (1999) … Kobe Ikabo
– The Storm: Part 2 (1999) … Kobe Ikabo
– Choosing Joi (1999) … Kobe Ikabo
 
1997 Ill Gotten Gains
Fey
 
1997 Mad City
Diane
 
1997 Rosewood
Jewel
 
1996 Dead Man's Walk (TV mini-series)
Emeralda
– Episode #1.3 (1996) … Emeralda
 
1993 Key West (TV series)
– Compadres (1993) (as Akousa Busia)
 
1991 New Jack City
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
 
1991 Brother Future (TV movie)
Caroline
 
1989 A Different World (TV series)
Girl in Dorm
– The Hat Makes the Man (1989) … Girl in Dorm
 
1988 The Seventh Sign
Penny Washburn
 
1987 A Special Friendship (TV movie)
Mary Bowser
 
1987 Highway to Heaven (TV series)
Vanessa Livingston
– A Song of Songs (1987) … Vanessa Livingston
 
1987 Saxo
Puppet
 
1986 Native Son
Bessie
 
1986 The George McKenna Story (TV movie)
Cynthia Byers
 
1986 The Twilight Zone (TV series)
Jennfer Templeton (segment "Lost and Found")
– The After Hours/Lost and Found/The World Next Door (1986) … Jennfer Templeton (segment "Lost and Found")
 
1986 Low Blow
Karma
 
1986 St. Elsewhere (TV series)
Debra Etting
– Black's Magic (1986) … Debra Etting
 
1986 Crossroads
Woman at Boardinghouse
 
1986 CBS Schoolbreak Special (TV series)
Brenda
– Babies Having Babies (1986) … Brenda
 
1985 The Color Purple
Nettie Harris
 
1985 Badge of the Assassin (TV movie)
Ruth
 
1985 A.D. (TV mini-series)
Acte
– Part 5 (1985) … Acte
– Part 4 (1985) … Acte
– Part 3 (1985) … Acte
– Part 2 (1985) … Acte
– Part 1 (1985) … Acte
 
1985 Late Starter (TV series)
Nicki
– Episode #1.2 (1985) … Nicki
– Episode #1.1 (1985) … Nicki
 
1985 Simon & Simon (TV series)
Girl #1
– Slither (1985) … Girl #1
 
1984 Louisiana (TV movie)
Ivy
 
1983 The Fall Guy (TV series)
Ms Stewart
– To the Finish (1983) … Ms Stewart
 
1983 Knight Rider (TV series)
Nurse
– Blind Spot (1983) … Nurse
 
1983 The Final Terror
Vanessa
 
1981 Warp Speed (TV movie)
 
1979 Ashanti
The Senoufo Girl
 
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2007 Ascension Day
 
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1998 Beloved (screenplay)
 
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2003 Cultivating a Classic: The Making of 'The Color Purple' (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
2003 A Collaboration of Spirits: Casting and Acting 'The Color Purple' (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
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2010 The Oprah Winfrey Show (TV series)
Herself
– Whoopi Goldberg and 25 years Later: The Color Purple Reunion (2010) … Herself
 
2003 A Collaboration of Spirits: Casting and Acting 'The Color Purple' (video documentary short)
Herself
 
2003 Journey to Safety: Making 'Tears of the Sun' (video documentary short)
Herself
 
1998 Women's Day: The Making of a Bill (documentary short)
 

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Tears of the Sun -- Bruce Willis plays a Special-Ops commander who leads his team into the jungle of Nigeria to rescue a doctor played by Monica Belluci who will only go with them if they agree to rescue 70 refugees too. Rosewood -- A dramatization of a 1923 horrific racist lynch mob attack on an African American community. The Color Purple -- The life and trials of a young African American Woman.
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Personal Details

Other Works:

1996 October: novel The Seasons of Beento Blackbird

Alternate Names:

Akousa Busia
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Trivia:

Her sister, Abena, is an associate professor of English at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. See more »

Star Sign:

Capricorn