Effie Nkrumah

Effie Nkrumah

Actor, Director, Consultant

AUS / GHA

Effie Nkrumah (she/her) is a Ghanaian-Australian and proud Western Sydney artist, working as an actor, director, host, curator, and writer.  

Malthouse Theatre: Acting credits include Telethon Kid; Directing credits include WHO NO KNO GO KNO; and Community Engagement for seven methods of killing kylie jenner 

Other Theatre: Acting credits include La Belle Epoque (Theatre Works) and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Michael Cassel Group); Directing credits include Ilarun (fortyfivedowntairs); Akaraka (Empty Seat Theatre) and Oshun (La Mama); and Resident Director for MJ the Musical (Michael Cassel Group). 

Television: Neighbours (Fremantle).  

Other: Contributor for Maxine Beneba Clarke’s Growing Up African in Australia, and voice of Astra, the first Ghanaian agent in Valorant (Riot Games).  

Training: Theatre Nepean 

Effie is a board member for Multicultural Arts Victoria and holds a master’s in arts politics from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. Her mission is to ensure people living at the pinpoint of complex intersection, can find a sense of grounding and pride in who they are and renewed curiosity about who they can be. 

 

 

@_itseffie  

Headshot by Kobla Photography

Shows worked on

Current as of November 2024. 

Effie Nkrumah has worked with...

Tane Williams Accra

Tane Williams Accra

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2025)

Henrietta Amevor

Henrietta Amevor

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2025)

Lyall Brooks

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2025)

Erica Browne

Erica Browne

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2025)

Bernadette Fam

Bernadette Fam

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2025)

Harrie Hogan

Harrie Hogan

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2025)

Jonathan Homsey

Jonathan Homsey

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2025)

Alpha Kargbo

Alpha Kargbo

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2025)

Kudakwashe

Kudakwashe

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2025)

Joe Paradise Lui

Joe Paradise Lui

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2025)

Rosemary Osmond

Rosemary Osmond

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2025)

Masego Pitso

Masego Pitso

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2025)

Diana Quarshie

Diana Quarshie

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2025)

Zoë Rouse

Zoë Rouse

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2025)

Kwame Tosuma

Kwame Tosuma

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2025)

Rhys Velasquez

Rhys Velasquez

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2025)