Nana Mensah

Biography

Nana Mensah is a Ghanaian-American stage, film and television actress, writer and director. She's a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and the Loomis Chaffee School, Windsor, Connecticut, USA.

Known For

Elementary

Orange Is the New Black

New Amsterdam

13 Reasons Why

Evil

The Good Fight

Madam Secretary

The Diplomat

All Movies (13)

• Jaja's African Hair Braiding2023 · as Aminata
• Queen of Glory2022 · as Sarah Obeng
• After Yang2022 · as Nico
• Real Talk2020 · as Fanny
• The Man in the Woods2020 · as Ethel McRae
• The King of Staten Island2020 · as Kindergarten Teacher
• Farewell Amor2020 · as Linda
• Like Father2018 · as American Airlines Agent
• We Win2018 · as Claire
• The Misogynists2017 · as Blake
• Farewell Meu Amor2016 · as Linda
• Beasts of No Nation2015 · as Young Girl
• Love or Something Like That2014 · as Asantewaa

All TV Shows (13)

• Presumed Innocent2024 · as Det. Alana 'Rigo' Rodriguez
• The Diplomat2023 · as Billie Appiah
• Big Boys2022 · as Eleanor
• The Chair2021 · as Yasmin 'Yaz' McKay
• Evil2019 · as Esther
• Bonding2019 · as Mistress Mira
• New Amsterdam2018 · as Camila Candelario
• 13 Reasons Why2017 · as Amara Achola
• The Good Fight2017 · as Kristen
• UnicornLand2017 · as Julianne
• Madam Secretary2014 · as Sally Palermo
• Orange Is the New Black2013 · as Hairdresser
• Elementary2012 · as Agent Kerner