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Akosua Gyamama Busia (born 30 December 1966) [1] [2] is a Ghanaian actress, writer and songwriter. She is known to film audiences for playing Nettie Harris in the 1985 film The Color Purple . She is the daughter of Ghanaian Prime Minister Kofi Abrefa Busia .
The Color Purple is a 1985 American epic coming-of-age period drama film that was directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Menno Meyjes.It is based on the Pulitzer Prize–winning 1982 novel of the same name by Alice Walker and was Spielberg's eighth film as a director, marking a turning point in his career as it was a departure from the summer blockbusters for which he had become known.
Akosua Busia brilliantly depicted this character in the original movie before Halle Bailey took on the role in the new musical adaptation.
Then: Akosua Busia. Busia, who also happens to be a Ghanaian princess, played young and adult Nettie (Celie’s younger sister) in the original film with a fierce love.
Akosua Busia (sister) Abena Pokua Adompim Busia (born 1953) is a Ghanaian writer, poet, feminist, lecturer and diplomat. She is a daughter of the former prime minister of Ghana, Kofi Abrefa Busia, and is the sister of actress Akosua Busia. Busia is an associate professor of Literature in English, and of women's and gender studies at Rutgers ...
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A. Augustine Abbey (Idikoko) [1] Ama K. Abebrese [2] (born 1980) Mavis Adjei, starred in over 25 films, currently based in the Netherlands [3] Psalm Adjeteyfio ( (1948–2022) Adjetey Anang (born 1973) (Pusher) Kofi Adjorlolo (born 1956) Kofi Adu [4] (Agya Koo) (born 1968) Freema Agyeman (born 1979), British actor of Ghanaian and Iranian descent.
Akosua Busia auditioned during an open casting call on Hollywood Boulevard, and was cast in the supporting role of Vanessa; Busia, the daughter of Ghana Prime Minister Kofi Abrefa Busia, was a childhood friend of Ward, who became acquainted with her while they were studying in London, [9] and neither were aware the other had been cast in the ...