Three Questions With Netflix U.K. Content VP Anne Mensah – The Hollywood Reporter

Whether Sex Education or a doc lens on Robbie Williams or David Beckham, whether The Crown or Black Mirror — London-based TV veteran Anne Mensah, vp, U.K. content at Netflix, has kept bringing global fans the Brit hits since joining the streamer in 2018. “The future is even stronger,” the former BBC and Sky exec vowed at the Edinburgh TV Festival in August. She leads the streamer’s teams across all genres, from scripted series and film to unscripted, documentaries and licensed programs.  Among the upcoming series from the team of the U.K. content guru are Guy Ritchie-produced-and-directed The Gentlemen with Theo James about the son of an English aristocrat whose inheritance sits on top of Europe’s biggest weed farm, as well as mythological dark comedy Kaos, created by Charlie Covell (The End of the F***ing World). She was also named Britain’s third-most influential Black person on The Powerlist 2023. For THR‘s feature on the 35 Most Powerful Women in International Television, Mensah shared thoughts on the good and the bad of 2023, as well as how to further improve diversity in the entertainment industry. What was the biggest professional challenge you faced this past year? Integrating all the U.K. genres from
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