Kweku Elliott is a Ghanaian actor of Ghanaian and Trinidadian descent,
who is also known as "Kay Elliott". His 2012 major debut role was in
Single and Married directed by Pascal Amanfo and produced by Yvonne
Nelson. He currently stars in Deloris Frimpong Manso's new series Coco
Brown. He is said to be "The next big thing to happen to Ghana's movie
industry."Born to a Ghanaian father and Trinidadian mother, Kweku
Elliot is of mixed heritage. His father Kojo Elliot was a lawyer, and
his mother Henrietta Elliot a school teacher. Elliot was born in
Takoradi, Ghana's Western Region. His family moved to Accra when he
was 5 years old, a year later his father Kojo Elliot died. He attended
SOS Herman Gmeiner International School with his elder sister Essie,
the same school in which his mother had also taught. During his high
school years he attended Akosombo International School, and later
switched to Mfantsipim School. In his late teens Elliot moved to The
United Kingdom and attended Arts University Bournemouth, during his
stay in the UK he has stated in interviews that he worked as a model,
and did the odd job here and there in order to make ends meet.Elliott
left the UK in 2006 and returned home to Ghana and successfully opened
up his own graphic design firm, Media-K Solutions, a boutique desktop
publishing company. His vibrant, outgoing, and charming personality
led many friends and family members to push him away from the IT world
and into showbiz. He landed his first paid gig in 2011 shooting a
popular commercial for Vodafone Ghana that aired throughout the nation
during its national brand campaign for "Power to you". He has stated
that before landing his first cinematic role, he applied for Big
Brother Africa but was not chosen to go through for the next round of
auditions. He than debuted in Yvonne Nelsons Single and Married, as
Raymond, Nadia Buari's unsatisfied, cheating husband. His role in
Single and Married propelled his career landing him more roles with
prominent Nollywood artistes such as Nse Ikpe Etim in Purple Rose.
Rukky Sanda in If you were mine, and Uti Nwachukwu in Devil In a Dress
all filmed within 2013 a year after his first on-screen appearance. In
2015, Elliott played lead role in Yvonne Nelsons acclaimed movie If
Tomorrow Never Comes, in which he plays an Atheist journalist, a role
in which he has described as "very challenging" in reference to
portraying a cold and heartless mannered character. Elliott was
nominated twice in 2015 for the City People Entertainment Awards for
Best Supporting Actor of The Year and The Golden Movie Awards Ghana
for Golden Supporting Actor in Zynnell Zuh’s Love Regardless. In
2016, he played lead role in Eddie Nartey's film In April which
premiered at the Silverbird Cinemas in Accra on September 3, 2016. He
currently stars in the ongoing TV series Coco Brown.
who is also known as "Kay Elliott". His 2012 major debut role was in
Single and Married directed by Pascal Amanfo and produced by Yvonne
Nelson. He currently stars in Deloris Frimpong Manso's new series Coco
Brown. He is said to be "The next big thing to happen to Ghana's movie
industry."Born to a Ghanaian father and Trinidadian mother, Kweku
Elliot is of mixed heritage. His father Kojo Elliot was a lawyer, and
his mother Henrietta Elliot a school teacher. Elliot was born in
Takoradi, Ghana's Western Region. His family moved to Accra when he
was 5 years old, a year later his father Kojo Elliot died. He attended
SOS Herman Gmeiner International School with his elder sister Essie,
the same school in which his mother had also taught. During his high
school years he attended Akosombo International School, and later
switched to Mfantsipim School. In his late teens Elliot moved to The
United Kingdom and attended Arts University Bournemouth, during his
stay in the UK he has stated in interviews that he worked as a model,
and did the odd job here and there in order to make ends meet.Elliott
left the UK in 2006 and returned home to Ghana and successfully opened
up his own graphic design firm, Media-K Solutions, a boutique desktop
publishing company. His vibrant, outgoing, and charming personality
led many friends and family members to push him away from the IT world
and into showbiz. He landed his first paid gig in 2011 shooting a
popular commercial for Vodafone Ghana that aired throughout the nation
during its national brand campaign for "Power to you". He has stated
that before landing his first cinematic role, he applied for Big
Brother Africa but was not chosen to go through for the next round of
auditions. He than debuted in Yvonne Nelsons Single and Married, as
Raymond, Nadia Buari's unsatisfied, cheating husband. His role in
Single and Married propelled his career landing him more roles with
prominent Nollywood artistes such as Nse Ikpe Etim in Purple Rose.
Rukky Sanda in If you were mine, and Uti Nwachukwu in Devil In a Dress
all filmed within 2013 a year after his first on-screen appearance. In
2015, Elliott played lead role in Yvonne Nelsons acclaimed movie If
Tomorrow Never Comes, in which he plays an Atheist journalist, a role
in which he has described as "very challenging" in reference to
portraying a cold and heartless mannered character. Elliott was
nominated twice in 2015 for the City People Entertainment Awards for
Best Supporting Actor of The Year and The Golden Movie Awards Ghana
for Golden Supporting Actor in Zynnell Zuh’s Love Regardless. In
2016, he played lead role in Eddie Nartey's film In April which
premiered at the Silverbird Cinemas in Accra on September 3, 2016. He
currently stars in the ongoing TV series Coco Brown.
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