Jesse Mensah
Jesse Mensah (1993) has been a member of the ITA Ensemble since 2021.
Mensah previously appeared at ITA in Age of Rage, Judas, Lehman Trilogy, Birds of a Kinds, Penthesilea, The Laws, The End of Eddy, Angels in America, Giovanni's Room and Prophet Song.
In the 2026/27 season Mensah appears in the premiere of Wuthering Heights (directed by Kjersti Horn) and in the revivals of Prophet Song, Angels in America, The End of Eddy and The Hours.
This season at ITA
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Jesse Mensah (Amsterdam, 1993) graduated from the Amsterdamse Toneelschool in 2016 and appeared in the second season of Anne+, in Ilias with his own collective at Orkater Nieuwkomers, and in Toneelschuur Producties' The End of Eddy, which is being revived this season following its success. For The End of Eddy Jesse was also nominated for the Louis d'Or, the award for the best male lead of the season. The nomination was exceptional: for the first time, four actors were nominated together. Mensah also appeared in Oostpool's Liefdesziek.
AWARDS
2025 | Theo d'Or nomination, supporting role | Giovanni's Room at Internationaal Theater Amsterdam
2024 | Theo d'Or nomination, supporting role | The Laws at Internationaal Theater Amsterdam
2021 | Louis d'Or nomination | The End of Eddy at Toneelschuur Producties
Work outside ITA
2025
Amsterdam Empire | Netflix
2024
Escape from Albatros
2023
Dag & Nacht | AVROTROS
Noise | Netflix
Goodbye Stranger | director: Aaron Rookus
2022
Odds | Videoland
2021
Dienstmeid #2 | director: 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 | director: Acacia Traynor
Zwart water | NNT
Ilias | Orkater/De Nieuwkomers, KONVOOI
2018
Flikken Maastricht | AVROTROS
Mensendagen | directors: Coen Eigenraam, Jeroen van 't Hullenaar
Platonov | Theater Utrecht
Thuislozen | Theater Utrecht
De meeuw | NNT
2017
Ein Lekkerding | director: Florian Froschmayer
2017: A Press Conference | director: 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 | director: Ruut Weissman
2013
De nachtmis | Circus Treurdier
2012
Romans 3:23 | directors: Charles A. Kennedy Jr., Zell Towners
