Naa Ashorkor (born 24 November 1988), also known as Nisirine Naa Ashorkor Mensah-Doku, is a Ghanaian actress and media personality who currently works at Media General Limited, which houses TV3 Ghana and others. Before joining the Media General Limited, she formerly worked with

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, an

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-based radio station. She is known for starring in ''The Perfect Picture'' (2009) and Iroko TV's ''

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''. In 2010, she won ''Best Actress'' at the Africa Movie Academy Awards for her role played in ''The Perfect Picture''. Naa Ashorkor also starred alongside Yvonne Okoro,

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Career

Ashorkor, along with

Chris Attoh Chris Attoh (born Christopher Keith Nii Attoh; May 17, 1979) is a Ghanaian actor, film director, on-air personality, television presenter and producer. He is best known as "Kwame Mensah" in Nigerian soap opera ''Tinsel''. Education He attend ...

, hosted the 2016 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards. She also hosted the Miss Malaika Ghana pageant for eight years. Askorkor started off as a presenter with Starr 103.5 FM where she hosted a midmorning show dubbed ''The Zone''. In 2008, she was featured in her first movie by

Shirley Frimpong-Manso Shirley Frimpong-Manso (born 16 March 1977) is a Ghanaian film director, writer, and producer. She is the founder and CEO of Sparrow Productions, a film, television and advertising production company. She won Best Director at the 6th Africa Mo ...

. She was a presenter with the Multimedia Group from 2017 till 2020, where she hosted ''Showbiz A-Z'' and ''Strong and Sassy.'' She moved to

at the end of June 2020 and currently hosts the shows ''Between Hours'' and ''Just Us''. In March 2021, she was the host for the

3Music Awards The 3 Music Award is Ghanaian music awards ceremony held annually since 2018 to celebrate Ghanaian music. It was established by the 3Music Network with Media General TV3 as broadcasters. The Multimedia group became the media right holder in th ...

. She is a business woman who runs two ventures: Jaarno, a digital food market, and April Communications, which handles theatre productions. Ashorkor is a brand ambassador for Unilever Ghana as well as Verna Mineral Water. She also advocates DKT International Ghana, where she serves as the Lydia Contraceptives Brand Ambassador. Ashorkor had been involved in several popular television commercials, notably for Tigo Ghana's ''Drop That Yam'' and the Yensor Nkoaa commercials.. On Saturday, 1st June 2024, she co-hosted the 25th Telecel Ghana Music Awards with

Personal life

Naa Ashorkor married her longtime partner Ahuma Cabutey Adodoadji in 2014. On August 15th, 2017, she announced the birth of her son via news outlets and social media. She announced the birth of her second child, also a son, on July 1st, 2019.

Filmography

Film Television Stage Radio

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ashorkor, Naa Ghanaian film actresses Living people 1988 births University of Ghana alumni Ghanaian radio presenters Ghanaian women radio presenters