Aba Amuquandoh (born 1994 or 1996, 29 or 31 years old) is a Canadian actress and comedian, best known for her work on the CBC sketch comedy series This Hour Has 22 Minutes.Briony Smith, "Rising star Aba Amuquandoh on the mentors who shaped her path to comedy stardom". Toronto Star, January 31, 2021. She first joined the show in the 2020 season, both as a writer and as a supporting performer in sketches,"For the first time, This Hour Has 22 Minutes will cover the U.S. election in the field". CBC News, October 1, 2020. and was promoted to a starring member in the 2021–22 season.Stephen Cooke, "CBC fall season expands This Hour Has 22 Minutes, debuts South Shore-shot Moonshine". SaltWire Network, June 2, 2021.
From Toronto, Ontario, she has previously been associated with The Sketchersons and with The Second City's FamCo troupe for kids and family shows.Stephen Cooke, "Amuquandoh brings fresh energy, new perspective to This Hour Has 22 Minutes". SaltWire Network, October 19, 2020. She is also a partner with Coko Galore, PHATT Al, Alan Shane Lewis, Nkasi Ogbonnah, Ajahnis Charley, Brandon Ash-Mohammed and Brandon Hackett in Untitled Black Sketch Project, Canada's first all-black sketch comedy troupe.Del Cowie, "Canada's first all-Black sketch troupe (unless someone tells them otherwise)". CBC Arts, May 5, 2021.
In 2020, Amuquandoh performed on FreeUp! The Emancipation Day Special."Watch now: FreeUp! Emancipation Day 2020, a CBC special celebrating Black Canadian artists". CBC Arts, July 30, 2020. Beginning in 2022, she has also been the host of the reality competition series Best in Miniature.Jen McNeely, "‘Best In Miniature’ explores the current obsession with making things mini". She Does the City, February 22, 2022.
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