Nana Mensah wants to conquer every aspect of the entertainment industry, and she’s already on a roll. The Ghanaian-American writer, director, producer, and actress is known for her performances in plays like Nollywood Dreams and The Man From Nebraska. She has also been flexing her talents behind the scenes in the writer’s rooms for shows like HBO’s Random Acts of Flyness, Amazon’s The Power, and Netflix’s The Bonding. However, her directorial debut, Queen of Glory, and a new Netflix series, The Chair, where she stars opposite Sandra Oh, have pushed her center stage in ways that she never expected.
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