Heather Akosua Agyepong is a British photographer, visual artist, performer and actor, living in London. Her work is held in the collection of Mead Art Museum.
Agyepong was born and raised in London and is of Ghanaian heritage.[1] She earned a National Diploma in Performing Arts from City of Westminster College; a BSc in Applied Psychology from the University of Kent; and an MA in Photography & Urban Cultures from Goldsmiths, University of London.[2]
In Wish You Were Here, commissioned by the Hyman Collection,[3] Agyepong channels the American vaudeville performer Aida Overton Walker, by posing for a series of fake postcards.[4] The work addresses physical and mental wellbeing.[5]
The Body Remembers is a solo performance that "explores how trauma lives in the body, particularly for Black British women across different generations."[6] [7]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Sylvia | Kemi | Short film |
| 2023 | Snowfalls in the Summer | Young Anita | Short film |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Enterprice | Emily | Episode: "When We Roar, Dem Run" |
| 2022 | This Is Going to Hurt | Rachel | Miniseries; 1 episode |
| 2023 | The Power | Ndudi | Main cast |
| Year | Title | Role | Venue | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Antigone | Tiresias | T24 Drama, Canterbury | |
| 2015 | 4.48 Psychosis | Voice #2 | T24 Drama, Canterbury | |
| 2016 | Switch | Matilda Swoon | Tricycle Theatre, London | |
| Still Barred | Yaz | Battersea Arts Centre, London | ||
| Hatch | Amma Boateng | Hackney Showroom, London | with Talawa Theatre Company | |
| Girls | Haleema | Soho Theatre, London | with Talawa Theatre Company | |
| 2017 | Jagged Edge | Colette | Rich Mix, London | |
| Best Friends | Vicky | Ovalhouse, London | ||
| So Many Reasons | Melissa | Ovalhouse, London | ||
| Sankara | Flore | Royal National Theatre, London | ||
| 2019 | Noughts & Crosses | Persephone Mira Hadley | Pilot Theatre, York | |
| 2022 | Celebrated Virgins | Sarah | Theatr Clwyd, Mold | |
| 2023 | School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play | Ama | Lyric Theatre, London | |
Agyepong's work is held in the following permanent collection: