Chris Attoh

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Chris Attoh
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Born
Christopher Keith Nii Attoh

(1979-05-17) May 17, 1979 (age 45)
Ghana
EducationNew York Film Academy, Achimota School and Accra Academy
Occupations
  • Actor
  • television presenter
  • producer
Known forTinsel, The perfect picture, Sylvia, Scorned, Flower girl
Spouses
  • (divorced)
  • Bettie Jennifer
    (m. 2018)
Children1

Chris Attoh (born Christopher Keith Nii Attoh; May 17, 1979) is a Ghanaian actor, film director, on-air personality, television presenter and producer. He is best known as "Kwame Mensah" in Nigerian soap opera Tinsel . [1] [2] [3]

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Education

He attended the New York Film Academy, Achimota School and Accra Academy. At Accra Academy, his classmates included the media businessman and radio personality Nathan Adisi. He then moved on to KNUST where he studied for a Bachelor of Art in Painting degree. He later went to London to study Banking and Securities. [4]

Hosting of events

He co-hosted the 2016 edition of the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards with Naa Ashorkor and DJ Black. [5] He was also the MC of the 2014 edition of F.A.C.E List Awards in New York City along with Sandra Appiah. [6]

On Saturday, 1st June 2024, he co-hosted the 25th Telecel Ghana Music Awards (TGMA) with Naa Ashorkor Mensah-Doku [7]


Personal life

He was previously married to Damilola Adegbite, but was reported to be divorced in September 2017. [8] [9] He remarried on Saturday 6 October 2018 to Bettie Jennifer, a US-based businesswoman at a private ceremony in Accra. [10]

Filmography

Films

Television

Web

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