Michelle Asante
Michelle’s extensive TV credits include a regular role in two series of Netflix’s TOP BOY, Apple’s THE ESSEX SERPENT, Sky Atlantic THIS ENGLAND, ITV’s THE SUSPECT and NOUGHTS & CROSSES on BBC One.
Michelle starred as Josephine in the New Diorama Theatre’s production of BRENDA’S GOT A BABY. Michelle has a had a consistent theatre career receiving rave reviews for her outing in the play OUR LADY OF KIBEHO at Theatre Royal Stratford East. The play received five stars from The Guardian. Other theatre accolades include NOTES ON GRIEF at Manchester International Festival, and she played the role of ‘Cassandra’ in VANYA & SONIA & MASHA & SPIKE at Theatre Royal Bath.
She was nominated for a Broadway World Award for SUNSET BABY, as Best Featured Actress in a Play, and also for a Black Entertainment Film Fashion & Television Award (BEFFTA) for Best Actress in a Television Show, for MONROE. She has also received a special mention in the Emerging Talent Category of the Screen Nation Awards.
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Television
Production | Character | Director | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
DEATH IN PARADISE | Janelle Dulice | Red Planet Pictures | Atlantique Productions | Judos Film and Television | |
KIDNAPPED: THE CHLOE AYLING STORY | Ashley | Al MacKay | BBC Studios / BBC 3 |
TOP BOY: THE FINAL CHAPTER | Diana Palmer | Myrian Raja, William Stefan Smith | Netflix / Well Street |
THE SUSPECT | Fisher | James Strong/ Camilla Strøm Henriksen | World Productions |
THIS ENGLAND | Grace | Michael Winterbottom & Julian Jarrold | SKY |
BEST & BESTER | Raquel | Kitty Taylor | Eye Present/ Gigglebug Entertainment/ Nelvana |
THE ESSEX SERPENT | Maureen Fry | Clio Bernard | Apple TV+ |
TOP BOY S4 | Diana | MYRIAM Raja / William Stefan Smith / Koby Adom | Netflix |
NOUGHTS & CROSSES | Officer Dooshima | Julian Holmes | BBC |
MOVING ON | Jamaal | Adrian Dunbar | BBC |
FATHER BROWN (Series 4) | Yveline Lafond | James Larkin | BBC 1 |
LUCKY MAN | Marianne Bangura | Brian Kelly | Carnival Films / Sky 1 |
OUR GIRL | Dr Duma | Jan Matthys | BBC |
DOCTORS SERIES 19 | Esther Warden | David Lewis Richardson | BBC |
CASUALTY SERIES 33 | Lia | Various | BBC |
DOCTOR WHO (Series 8) | Sheree Folkson | BBC One | |
MONROE II | Kitty Wilson | Damon Thomas/ Brian Kelly | Mammoth Screen/ ITV |
MONROE | Dr. Kitty Wilson | Paul McGuigan/ David Moore | Mammoth Screen/ ITV |
HOLBY CITY XIII | Barbara Eze | David Innes Edward | BBC |
THE BILL | Nicola MacKenzie | Rob Knights | Talkback Thames/ ITV |
DOCTORS S21 | Lucy Carpenter | David Lewis Richardson | BBC |
LAW & ORDER: UK | Leona Collins | Omar Madha | Kudos Films/ ITV |
HARLEY STREET | Debbie | Paul Whittington | Carnival Films/ ITV |
MIDNIGHT MAN | Stephanie | David Drury | Carnival Films |
HOLBY BLUE I | Flo | Bryn Higgins | BBC/ Kudos Film & Television |
BBC YOUTUBE PROJECT (Workshop) | Karis | Yann Demange | BBC Drama Series Development |
Stage
Production | Character | Director | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
FAMILY TREE | Henrietta Lacks | Matthew Xia | ATC / Greenwich & Docklands Festival |
NOTES ON GRIEF | Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie | Rae McKen | Manchester International Festival |
OUR LADY OF KIBEHO | Sister Evangelique | James Dacre | Royal & Derngate Theatre |
VANYA & SONIA & MASHA & SPIKE | Cassandra | Walter Bobbie | Theatre Royal Bath |
THINGS OF DRY HOURS | Cali | Debbie Hannan | Young Vic |
WELCOME HOME, CAPTAIN FOX | Juliette | Blanche McIntyre | Donmar Warehouse |
ECLIPSED | Helena | Caroline Byrne | The Gate Theatre |
TIATA DELIGHTS | Various | Natalie Ibu | Tiata Fahdozi |
WENDY AND PETER PAN | Tiger Lily | Jonathan Munby. | RSC |
FANA LE FALE (Rehearsed Reading - New Plays From South Africa) | Dawn Walton | Royal Court | |
FEAST | Oya | Rufus Norris | Young Vic/ Royal Court |
SUNSET BABY | Nina | Charlotte Westenra | The Gate Theatre |
ONE MONKEY DON'T STOP NO SHOW | Lil' Bits | Dawn Walton | Eclipse Theatre/ Sheffield Crucible/ WYP |
RUINED | Salima | Indhu Rubasingham | Almeida Theatre |
SCHOOL REUNION | Sister Andrea | Vicky Jones | DryWrite/ Latitude Festival |
TORN | Dominique | Raz Shaw | Arcola Theatre |
DIRTY BUTTERFLY | Amelia | Michael Longhurst | The Young Vic |
THE BACCHAE | Bacchante | John Tiffany | NTS/ Edinburgh Festival/ Lyric Hammersmith |
OZ | Dot | Gregg Banks | Caryl Jenner Productions/Unicorn Theatre |
Film
Production | Character | Director | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
BONE | Joi Productions | ||
HELLFIGHTERS | Adrian Shankar Filho | Five Fifty Five Productions | |
IDENTICALS | The Manager | Simon Pummell | Hot Property Films Ltd |
VERBO | Night | Eduardo Chapero-Jackson | Telecinco Cinema/ Apaches Entertainment |
HEAT | Brenda | Debbie Tucker-Green | HillBilly Films |
SOME DOGS BITE | Venetia | Marc Munden | BBC/ Kindle Entertainment |
LONDON BOULEVARD | Marcia Briscoe | William Monahan | GK Films |
SAND SERPENT | Private Susan Eno | Jeff Renfroe | RHI Entertainment/ The Sci-Fi Channel |
Radio
Production | Character | Director | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
HOLDING BACK THE TIDE | Sally Avens | BBC Radio | |
THE EMPERORS BABE | Zuleika | Mary Ward-Lowery | BBC Radio 4 |
GONE | Young Woman 2 | Debbie Tucker-Green | BBC Radio 3 |
TESTIMONIES | Catherine | British Association for Adoption & Fostering | |
TESTIMONIES | Jessica | British Association for Adoption & Fostering | |
TESTIMONIES | Hope | British Association for Adoption & Fostering |