Belinda Naa Ode Oku (born October 5, 1970) is a Ghanaian actress popularly known in showbiz as "Adwoa Smart".
Adwoa came into prominence as a cast member of the long-running Akan drama series "Obra" (Life) which aired on GTV during the 80s and 90s.
Her dancing and acting skills were noticed by a woman called Auntie Rose (Obi Aberewa) who introduced her to Grace Omaboe of "7" fame to refine Adwoa's talents.
In Obra, Adwoa starred alongside the likes of David Dontoh (Ghanaman), Grace Omaboe (Maame Dokono), Joe Eyison (Station Master), Esi Kom, Rev Prince Yawson (Waakye), Charles Amankwaa Ampofo, Jojo Mills Robertson (Yoofi), Richard Kwame Agyeman (Odompo), Lily Ameyaw (Nana Yaa), C.K.
In later years when Obra eventually folded, Adwoa joined "Efie Wura" (Landlord), another comic Akan drama series which featured on TV3.
Throughout her acting career, Adwoa was often typecast as a child or young girl because of her diminutive stature; she suffers from genetic dwarfism, characterised by a fairly average upper torso with a short lower body and limbs.
Adwoa Smart was not able to complete basic school because her classmates teased her about her height and manhandled her because she was comparatively smaller than most of them.
Adwoa had a tough childhood because of the social stigma attached to dwarfism and other forms of disability in Ghanaian society.
This incredible ability to look beyond her own physical disability and maintain a positive perspective about life has won her many friends.