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.
Shows worked on
Current as of November 2024.
