Kumawood actress Ellen Kyei White in an interview with Abeiku Santana shared her journey into acting and stardom.

According to the actress, she was introducted to the movie industry by a producer who got her to play the girlfriend of the legend Bob Santo in the movie Okukuseku.

The actress admits she had no interest in acting therefore moved abroad to seek greener pastures. After spending 5 years in Germany she moved to London to work in a grocery shop called Netto.

She worked at the tills for the shop but decided to move to Ghana after 5 years of living in London. She blamed the cold she suffered in London for a decision to move back to Ghana. The actress said she had to wait for a bus for over 2 hours after it snowed in London. She talked about the bitter cold she felt that day which was made worse by the kind of shoe she had on that day.

Ellen is the only person that moved back to Ghana after several years abroad with Okyeame Kwame, Ex-Doe and Nkomode of late memory a few examples.

Ellen lamented the current state of the movie industry but unlike the other actors and actresses in Kumawood, she has not suffered from the decline in the movie industry. The actresses have several businesses including a cold store where she sell frozen fishes.