Actor

Jesse Mensah

Jesse Mensah (1993) has joined the ITA-ensemble in 2021.

In season 24|25 he will perform in the premiere of Giovanni's Room (directed by Eline Arbo), the remakes of The End of Eddy (director Eline Arbo) and Angels in America (director Ivo van Hove) and the revivals of Penthesilea and The Hours.

C.V.


Jesse Mensah is an actor, dancer, singer and presenter. Since graduating from the Academy of Theatre in Amsterdam, Jesse performed in many theatre productions in The Netherlands and presented a renowned children’s television program Willem Wever. Jesse also plays parts in on screen productions, for example in the remarkable series Anne+. In 2020 Jesse is nominated for the Louis d’Or, the award for best male lead of the season for the production Weg met Eddy Bellegueule.

Previously Mensah performed with the ITA Ensemble in Judas (directed by Robert Icke), Age of Rage (directed by Ivo van Hove), Lehman Trilogy (directed by Guy Cassiers), Birds of a Kind (directed by Alize Zandwijk) and The Laws (directed by Eline Arbo).

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AWARDS
2024
| nomination Theo d'Or contributing role | The Laws at Internationaal Theater Amsterdam
2021
| nomination Louis d'Or | Weg met Eddy Bellegueule at Toneelschuur Producties

WORK OUTSIDE ITA


2024
Dag & Nacht | AVROTROS

2023
Noise | Netflix
Goodbye Stranger | regie: Aaron Rookus

2022
Odds | Videoland

2021
Dienstmeid #2 | Roxanne Stam
Verdriet is een ding met veren | Theater Rotterdam

2020
Nieuw zeer | NTR:
ANNE+ | Millstreet Films
Klem | BNNVARA
Weg met Eddy Bellegueule | Toneelschuur Producties
Liefdesziek | Toneelgroep Oostpool

2019
The Equivalent | Acacia Traynor
Zwart water | NNT
Ilias | Orkater/De Nieuwkomers, KONVOOI

2018
Flikken Maastricht | AVROTROS
Mensendagen | Coen Eigenraam, Jeroen van 't Hullenaar
Platonov | Theater Utrecht
Thuislozen | Theater Utrecht
De meeuw | NNT

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2017
Ein Lekkerding | Florian Froschmayer
2017: A Press Conference | Jordi Wijnalda
Lear | Toneelmakerij
De verbeelde stad | Over het IJ

2016
Centraal Medisch Centrum | RTL
Een soort Hades | Theater Utrecht
Fort Europa | Amsterdamse Toneelschool

2015
Stad der blinden | Theater Utrecht

2014
De laatste vriend van Napoleon | Ruut Weissman

2013
De nachtmis | Circus Treurdier

2012
Romans 3:23 | Charles A. Kennedy Jr., Zell Towners

SHOWS

Language NP Language no problem The Laws ITA Ensemble Theater The Laws
Close The Laws ITA Ensemble / Eline Arbo
In her debut novel The Laws, Connie Palmen tells the story of a woman in search of herself. Seven encounters with seven men over seven years.
Language NP Language no problem penthesilea ITA Ensemble Theater penthesilea
Close penthesilea ITA Ensemble / Eline Arbo
In this searing drama about a fatal love, a blistering passion churns unstoppably to the surface.
Language NP Language no problem Giovanni's Room ITA Ensemble Theater Giovanni's Room
Close Giovanni's Room ITA Ensemble / Eline Arbo
15 Jan '25 to 02 Mar '25
Director Eline Arbo adapts James Baldwin's timeless classic for the stage. A music filled performance about love, identity, and the fear of being oneself.
Language NP Language no problem Angels in America ITA Ensemble Theater Angels in America
Close Angels in America ITA Ensemble / Ivo van Hove
11 Apr '25 to 28 Apr '25
In 2008, Ivo van Hove directed a radical Angels in America which Tony Kushner himself, after his passage through Amsterdam, dubbed his favourite version up to then. It is this version that is now being staged again, with some actors from the original cast and some new actors from the ITA Ensemble.
Language NP Language no problem The Hours
on Tour
ITA Ensemble Theater The Hours
Close The Hours ITA Ensemble / Eline Arbo
20 Jun '25 to 22 Jun '25
The stage adaptation of Michael Cunningham's The Hours.
Language NP Language no problem The Hours
on Tour
ITA Ensemble Theater The Hours
Close The Hours ITA Ensemble / Eline Arbo
04 Jul '25 to 06 Jul '25
The stage adaptation of Michael Cunningham's The Hours.