Adwoa Aboah

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Adwoa Aboah
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Aboah at the 2019 British Fashion Awards
Born
Adwoa Caitlin Maria Aboah

(1992-05-18) 18 May 1992 (age 34)
Westminster, London, England[2]
Alma materBrunel University
Children1
Parent(s)Charles Aboah
Camilla Lowther
RelativesKesewa Aboah (sister)
Anthony Lowther, Viscount Lowther (great-grandfather)
Modelling information
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Hair colourRed-brown
Eye colourBrown
Agency

Adwoa Caitlin Maria Aboah[3][4] (born 18 May 1992) is a British fashion model and actress. In December 2017 she appeared on the cover of British Vogue.[5] She has also been on the cover of American Vogue, Vogue Italia, Vogue Poland, and i-D.[6][7][8] In 2017, the fashion industry voted her as Model of the Year for models.com.[9] She is the founder of Gurls Talk, a platform that provides resources and a safe space for young women and girls to discuss Mental Health.[10]

Early life and family

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Adwoa Aboah was born in Westminster, London, England, to Charles Aboah and Camilla Lowther.[11] The name Adwoa means "born on Monday" (she was born on a Monday) in the Akan language of the Akan people of Ghana.[12]

The Lowther family, headed by the Earl of Lonsdale, are members of the British nobility. Aboah's maternal great-grandfather was Anthony Lowther, Viscount Lowther. Aboah is a second cousin of Matilda Lowther.[13] Her granduncle was James Lowther, 7th Earl of Lonsdale.[11] Her father was born and raised in Ghana, and immigrated to England.[14] Through him, she is related to the Ghanaian politician William Kwasi Aboah.

Both Aboah's parents are involved in the fashion industry, as a location scout and photography agent, respectively.[15][16][17] Her sister Kesewa Aboah is also a model. Educated at Millfield, Aboah later graduated from Brunel University in 2013, with a bachelor's degree in Modern Drama.[18]

Career

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Adwoa Aboah on noughties fashion, Jeremy Scott and LA – LOVE 2017

Aboah has modelled for Calvin Klein, Fendi,[19] DKNY, Alexander Wang,[20][21] Theory, H&M,[22] Aldo,[23] Versus (Versace), Topshop,[24] Fenty x Puma,[25] Kenzo, Simone Rocha, and Erdem among others.[26][27][28][29][30][31] She was previously signed to The Lions but sued the agency for damages after they allegedly withheld $190,000 of her earnings.[32]

Outside of modelling, Aboah had performed some short-films and music videos and in 2017 she landed her first Hollywood role as Lia in the 2017 Hollywood adaptation of the Japanese manga Ghost in the Shell.[33][34]

After her own personal struggles with sobriety and a concern over the lack of mental-health resources for young women, In 2017 Aboah launched an organisation for young women called Gurls Talk.[35][36][37] During the COVID-19 pandemic Aboah created the '#CreativeTogether' initiative, with the hope that creativity could be a way to connect people and combat some of the anxiety surrounding the lockdown.[38]

She was featured in a 2018 commercial for Revlon's PhotoReady Insta-Filter Foundation.[39] Aboah was named British GQ's 'Woman of the Year' for 2017.[40] In 2017, Aboah made $1 million in modeling contracts alone.[41] In 2018, she was listed on the list of top 50 female models by models.com.[42] and was one of fifteen women selected to appear on the cover of the September 2019 issue of British Vogue, by guest editor Meghan, Duchess of Sussex.[43] She is also a British Vogue contributing editor.[44] 2020 saw Aboah listed for the first time on the Powerlist of the most influential Black British people across all industries.[45]

Personal life

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Family

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Aboah gave birth to her first child, a daughter, on 23 August 2024.[46][47][48][49]

Mental health and addiction issues

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Aboah has suffered from depression and drug addiction and is now sober.[50][51] She self-medicated with drugs from a young age due to depression and bipolar disorders.[21][50] She attempted suicide by overdose in 2015, at a rehab centre in London, which resulted in a four-day coma before recovering in a psychiatric hospital.[51]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2011 To Get Her Emily Mateo
2014 Shrimps
2017 Ghost in the Shell Lia
TBA Satisfaction Angela 2025 SXSW Film Festival

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2022 Willow Scorpia 2 episodes
2022–2023 Top Boy Becks 8 episodes
2024 RuPaul's Drag Race: UK vs. the World Herself (Guest judge) 1 episode (Series 2)
2025 Too Much Linnea Recurring

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