Effie Nkrumah

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

Malthouse Theatre: TELETHON KID; As Director, WHO NO KNO GO KNO. As Community Engagement, SEVEN METHODS OF KILLING KYLIE JENNER 

Other Theatre: LA BELLE EPOQUE (Theatre Works) and HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD (Michael Cassel Group). As Director, ILARUN (fortyfivedowntairs); AKARAKA (Empty Seat Theatre) and OSHUN (La Mama). As Resident Director, 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: Kobla Photography