Akosua Busia

DirectorActorWriter 1979–2007 (28 year career)

6.0 avg rating

Highest Rated

1994 · as Kobe Ikabo

7.8

The Twilight Zone

1985 · as (segment "Lost and Found")

7.8

The Color Purple

1985 · as Nettie

7.7

Known For

Film

The Color Purple

Nettie

Film

Tears of the Sun

Patience

Film

Crossroads

Woman at Boardinghouse

Film

New Jack City

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Film

Mad City

Diane

Film

The Seventh Sign

Penny Washburn

Film

Rosewood

Jewel

Film

Beloved

Screenplay

Filmography

Acting (26)

Movies (18)

Tears of the Sun

as Patience

Ill Gotten Gains

as Fey

Rosewood

as Jewel

Mad City

as Diane

New Jack City

as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Brother Future

as Caroline

The Seventh Sign

as Penny Washburn

The George McKenna Story

as Cynthia Byers

Saxo

as Puppet

A Special Friendship

as Mary Bowser

Crossroads

1986

as Woman at Boardinghouse

Native Son

as Bessie

Low Blow

as Karma

The Color Purple

as Nettie

Badge of the Assassin

as Ruth

Louisiana

as Ivy

The Final Terror

as Vanessa

Ashanti

as The Senoufo Girl

Television (8)

Dead Man's Walk

as Emeralda

as Kobe Ikabo

The Twilight Zone

as (segment "Lost and Found")

A.D.

as Acte

Late Starter

as Nicki

Knight Rider

as Nurse

St. Elsewhere

as Debra Etting

Simon & Simon

Crew (2)

Movies (2)

Ascension Day

2007

Director

Beloved

1998

Screenplay

5.8