Ebbe Bassey - Nigerian American Actor Worthy Of Mention.

Ebbe is an Actor, Producer, Writer, Host/MC and an all around talent.

Ebbe Bassey was born in the Bronx but raised across the Atlantic in the city of Calabar, Nigeria. She attended the William Esper Studio and under the tutelage of the estimable Maggie Flanigan who honed her craft as a method actor. 

Ebbe went on to be a co-founding member of the Tupu Kweli Theatre Company through which she explored socially conscious work such as the award nominated Reality, TRAPPED, Guilty But Mentally Ill, One Wish etc. 

She has worked with estimable companies such as the Classical Theatre of Harlem (Medea), Manhattan Theatre Source (Swift Encounter), 29th Street Rep/PACT (Issues), Manhattan Repertory Theatre (Behind Mountains are mountains).

After working on a Virgin Mobile commercial with R & B singing sensation, Kelis, Ebbe was chosen from amongst a hundred actors to be part of the first New York ABC's Diversity Talent Showcase in 2003 at the Acorn Theater. This venture led to a part on NYPD Blue and several stints on Law and Order: SVU. Her first film role was in "A Spoonful of Sugar" that first aired on World AIDS Day on Showtime Network on December 1st, 2003. 

This inspiring film introduced by Alec Baldwin has gone to touch hearts at film festivals in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Africa.

Ebbe has appeared in Nikyatu Jusu's "African Booty Scratcher." The film had its premiere at the American Black Film Festival in Los Angeles, California and subsequently shown on HBO. She is the writer, executive producer and lead actress in the short film "Siri Oko Fo (Mending Fences)," which explores the themes of love, family bonds, same sex parenting, female gender mutilation in Nigeria. 

The film made its debut at the 2008 Cannes International Film Festival in Nice, France and has gone on to screen at other festivals such as the Hollywood Black Film Festival (Los Angeles, California), Urban World Film Festival (New York, NY), Boston International Film Festival (Boston, Massachusetts), Raindance Film Festival (London, Great Britain), Mid Atlantic Black Film Festival (Norfolk, VA) etc. The film won two awards at the Nigeria Entertainment International Film Festival. She has completed work on the short films "DRAWN", "The End of Winter", "Say Grace Before Drowning" which screened at the 2010 American Black Film Festival in Miami, FL, "Brooklyn Shakara showing on Vox TV," and the upcoming web series "Harlem125" which centers around Nkem, a Nigerian-American single mother without a green card struggling to make ends meet as a waitress while pursuing a career as a singer-songwriter.

Ebbe is married to Mark Manczuk and they live in New York.

Beautiful and talented............