[7] She appeared in two seasons of the BBC sitcom Bad Education as Blessing, alongside Jack Whitehall.
She was a music intern on Inua Ellams’ adaptation of Chekhov's play Three Sisters for the Royal National Theatre.
[14] Her casting caused a backlash, described by the play's director Jamie Lloyd as "racial abuse.
[16] Amewudah-Rivers is a classical and jazz pianist who also plays guitar, bassoon and djembe drum.
While studying music at Oxford, she struggled with feeling alienated for being the only black person in her college year group.