Anne Mensah , Netflix ’s U.K. VP of content, is one of the streamer’s most senior U.
K. executives, overseeing scripted, unscripted, film and acquisitions. “Any content that comes out of the U.
K. slate I look after in some way,” she explains before adding: “Or, more specifically, somebody who’s better than me looks after it and I cheer in the background.” It’s a statement typical of Mensah, who throughout our hour-long interview is always quick to give credit to the colleagues and creatives she works with both locally and internationally as well as being unabashedly enthusiastic about the content.
Before I’ve even managed to hit “record” on our conversation, we’re chatting about “The Gentlemen,” which has been renewed for a second season , and “Love Is Blind U.K.,” which is just about to launch when we speak.
When I tell her I’ve seen the first four episodes under embargo, Mensah grins conspiratorially: “It only gets better and better.” “I think I’ve got the easiest job because the U.K.
is just brilliant,” she says. “You’re working with such an incredible base of talent, so then the question is just how do you provide them with the space and the platform to do their best work?” Mensah was hired in 2019 from Sky, where she’d worked on high-end original productions such as “Chernobyl” and “Gangs of London.” The streamer had already greenlit a number of British shows out of the U.
S. – including “The Crown,” “Top .