Clare-Hope Ashitey (born 12 February 1987)^[1] is a British actress. She attended the Centre Stage School of Performing Arts, Southgate^[2] while being educated at The Latymer School,^[3] in the Edmonton area of London, for seven years.

She took a gap year between school and university to work on the film Children of Men (2006).^[3] In 2018, she starred in the Netflix Original crime drama series Seven Seconds.^[4]

Ashitey was born in Enfield^[1] to Tina, a medical secretary, and Paul, a dentist, who are both from Ghana. She has an older sister, Grace, who studied at the University of Warwick, and an older brother. Ashitey attended Brimsdown primary school in Brimsdown, Enfield before being educated at The Latymer School in Edmonton, North London.^{[5][failed verification]} She graduated in anthropology from SOAS, University of London in 2009.^[6]