Kalsoume Sinare


Kalsoume Sinare is a Ghanaian actress and former model. She has appeared in over fifty films, including Babina, Trinity, and Sala, for which she received a Golden Actress award in the Drama category.

Biography

Sinare was the first of nine children in her family. She attended Accra High School, after which she started her entertainment career as a model. She represented Ghana at the 1990 Miss Model of the World pageant, and regularly appeared on television as a commercial model for consumer products.
Sinare made her acting debut in the stage production Theatre Mirrors, then began her film career in 1993 in Out of Sight. She became "immensely popular" in Ghana after she played the lead role in Babina, a religiously-themed horror film. She has appeared in over fifty films, including 4ever Young, The Five Brides, and The New Sun. Her role in the 2010 film Trinity earned a Zulu African Film Academy Awards nomination for Best Supporting Actress as well as a Best Supporting Actress nomination at the Ghana Movie Awards. She received a second Ghana Movie Awards nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the 2013 film 3 Some. In 2017 her lead role in the film Sala won the Golden Actress award in the Drama category at the Golden Movie Awards. Sinare is appointed Ghana’s ambassador to the Kingdom of Spain by President John Dramani Mahama.

Personal life

Sinare married Ghanaian international footballer Anthony Baffoe in 1994. Both Sinare and Baffoe are Muslims. Sinare has publicly supported the National Democratic Congress in Ghanaian elections, and participated in the 2013 inauguration ceremony for John Mahama, whom she endorsed again in 2016. She is the sister of Ghanaian politician and former Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Said Sinare.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1993Out of SightSally
2000BabinaBabina
2006Mummy's DaughterGladys
2007Princess TyraAgnes
20104 PlayMadine
20104ever YoungSalimat Ellen Mahama
2010Trinity
20133 SomeNominated for Best Supporting Actress, Ghana Movie Awards
2014Jackie Goes to SchoolQueen
2017The New Sun
2017SalaWon Golden Actress, Golden Movie Awards
2018Getting MarriedJordan's Mum
2019P over DMrs. AmpomaaComedy/Drama/Romance
2019Away BusAunty Muni
2021Accra HustlersMrs. PaulaDrama
2022Woe to MenRamatuComedy
2023A Taste of SinGraceDrama
2024SilenceYaayoDrama
20241957