Ebbe Bassey

Ebbe Bassey was born in the Bronx, New York and raised in Calabar, Nigeria, West Africa. She is an actress, writer, producer who believes that art should educate and entertain. She studied the Meisner technique of Method acting at the William Esper Studio under the tutelage of Ms. Maggie Flanigan. In 2007, under the umbrella of her production company, 10Wembly Productions, Ebbe produced her first short film "Siri Oko Fo (Mending Fences)" in which she starred, co-wrote and executive produced. The film made its debut at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival Short Film Corner and has been accepted at other prestigious film festivals such as the Hollywood Black Film Festival, Boston International Film Festival,Urban World, Newfilmmakers,London's Raindance, Show Off Your Shorts film festivals. Ebbe has had the great fortune to work as an actor on such shows as NYPD Blues as well as Law & Order: SVU and on the latter she also served as a technical advisor on the episode "Snitch" which dealt with female gender mutilation in Nigeria. She has also been seen in other short films such as "A Spoonful of Sugar" which won Best Student Film at the Hollywood Black Film Festival in 2003 (Showtime),"African Booty Scratcher"(HBO), "Drawn", "The End of Winter" and presently, she is rehearsing for "Say Grace Before Drowning". Ms. Bassey has been profiled in magazines such The Nigerian Sunday Guardian, Daily Independent's Positive People, Momentum MV and only blogazines Ladybrille and Obaasema. Ebbe is working on pre-production for her second short film under her producion company, "Saving My Father."