Clare-Hope Ashitey (born 12 February 1987)
is an English actress. She attended the Centre Stage School of Performing Arts,
Southgate while being educated at
The Latymer School
The Latymer School is a selective, Coeducation, mixed grammar school in Edmonton, London, Edmonton, London, England, established in 1624 by Edward Latymer. According to league tables, Latymer is one of the top state-schools in the country.
Histo ...
,
located in the
Edmonton
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area of London, for seven years.
She took a
gap year
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between school and university to work on the film ''
Children of Men'' (2006).
[ In 2018, she starred in the ]Netflix Original
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crime drama series ''Seven Seconds''.
Early life and education
Ashitey was born in Enfield
Enfield may refer to:
Places Australia
* Enfield, New South Wales
* Enfield, South Australia
** Electoral district of Enfield, a state electoral district in South Australia, corresponding to the suburb
** Enfield High School (South Australia)
...
[ to Tina, a medical secretary, and Paul, a dentist, who are both from ]Ghana
Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...
, and has an older sister (Grace, who studied at the University of Warwick
, mottoeng = Mind moves matter
, established =
, type = Public research university
, endowment = £7.0 million (2021)
, budget = £698.2 million (2020â ...
), and an older brother. Ashitey attended Brimsdown primary school in Brimsdown
Brimsdown is a neighbourhood of eastern Enfield in the London Borough of Enfield, north London, on the west side of the mid-to-lower Lea Valley.
Geography
The east of Brimsdown, that is, east of the eastern Lea Valley line is one of the borough ...
, Enfield before being educated at The Latymer School
The Latymer School is a selective, Coeducation, mixed grammar school in Edmonton, London, Edmonton, London, England, established in 1624 by Edward Latymer. According to league tables, Latymer is one of the top state-schools in the country.
Histo ...
in Edmonton, North London. She graduated in anthropology
Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, societies, and linguistics, in both the present and past, including past human species. Social anthropology studies patterns of be ...
from SOAS, University of London
SOAS University of London (; the School of Oriental and African Studies) is a public research university in London, England, and a member institution of the federal University of London. Founded in 1916, SOAS is located in the Bloomsbury are ...
in 2009.
Filmography
Film
Television
Theatre
Video games
References
External links
*
Yahoo! Movies
yahoo.com. Accessed 5 December 2022.
*
1987 births
English film actresses
English television actresses
Living people
People from Enfield, London
English people of Ghanaian descent
Black British actresses
Alumni of SOAS University of London
People educated at The Latymer School
21st-century English actresses
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