Naa Ashorkor

Naa Ashorkor won an Africa Movie Academy Award in 2010 for her role in Shirley Frimpong-Manso's The Perfect Picture. She has since become one of Ghana's best-known hosts, sharing the stage with Chris Attoh as host of the 2024 Telecel Ghana Music Awards, the event's 25th edition.

Radio and TV

Nisirine Naa Ashorkor Mensah-Doku was born on 24 November 1988. She started on Starr 103.5 FM with the mid-morning show The Zone and made her film debut in Frimpong-Manso's Scorned in 2008. From 2017 to 2020 she presented Showbiz A-Z and Strong and Sassy at the Multimedia Group, then hosted Between Hours and Just Us on Asaase Radio before joining Media General, owner of TV3. For eight editions she was the face of the Miss Malaika Ghana pageant, and she hosted the 2016 VGMAs with Chris Attoh and the 2021 3Music Awards.

Theatre

In June 2024 she made her directing debut with Martin Owusu's The Legend of Aku Sika. She has performed the Spanish monologue Five Hours with Mario, and directed and acted in Beyond the Walls, a play about women in prison staged at the National Theatre.

Business

Her businesses are Jaarno, which sells food online, and the stage company April Communications. She has been an ambassador for Unilever Ghana, Verna Mineral Water and DKT's Lydia contraceptives.