Effie Nkrumah
Director, Actor, Community Engagement
Effie Nkrumah (she/her) is a Ghanaian-Australian and proud Western Sydney artist. A graduate of Theatre Nepean, she works as an actor, director, host, curator, and writer.
Malthouse Theatre: Telethon Kid; Director for Who No Kno Go Kno; and Community Engagement Consultant for seven methods of killing kylie jenner. Other Theatre: La Belle Epoque (Theatre Works) and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Michael Cassel Group); Director for Ilarun (fortyfivedowntairs); Akaraka (Empty Seat Theatre) and Oshun (La Mama); and Resident Director for MJ the Musical (Michael Cassel Group). Television: Neighbours (Fremantle).
Effie is a contributor in Maxine Beneba Clarke’s Growing Up African in Australia, and voice of Astra, the first Ghanaian agent in Valorant (Riot Games).
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.
Instagram: @_itseffie
Headshot by Kobla Photography
Shows worked on
Current as of November 2024.
