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: 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.
Shows worked on
Current as of November 2024.
