Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
January 11, 1978
Place of Birth:
Brooklyn, New York, USA
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Adepero Oduye
Biography
Adepero Oduye hails from Brooklyn, New York City by way of Nigeria. She is a graduate of Cornell University; and has studied acting with Wynn Handman, Austin Pendleton, and Susan Batson. Her name is pronounced "Add-eh-pair-o Oh-due-yay."
Her theatre credits include Danai Gurira's play Eclipsed, at the Yale Repertory Theatre; The Bluest Eye, at the Hartford Stage and Long Wharf Theatres; and Fela!, in the AEA workshop, directed and choreographed by Bill T. Jones.
Ms. Oduye first starred for writer/director Dee Rees as Alike in the award-winning short film Pariah. Among the other shorts that she has starred in are Gabriele Zamparini's Water; Russell Costanzo's The Tested; and Nadiah Hamzah's Sub Rosa.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Lines | |
| 2020 | Tazmanian Devil | Elizabeth Ayodele |
| 2018 | Galveston | Loraine |
| 2018 | Viper Club | Keisha |
| 2018 | Widows | Breechelle |
| 2017 | The Dinner | Nina |
| 2017 | Geostorm | Eni Adisa |
| 2017 | To Be Free | Nina Simone |
| 2015 | The Big Short | Kathy Tao |
| 2015 | Emily & Tim | Meg (Segment 5) |
| 2013 | 12 Years a Slave | Eliza |
| 2013 | The Door | O |
| 2012 | Steel Magnolias | Annelle |
| 2011 | Pariah | Alike |
| 2011 | Touch of Evil | The Outlaw |
| 2009 | If I Leap | Zipporah |
| 2007 | Pariah | Alike |
| 2006 | Half Nelson | Crack Smoker |
| 2005 | On the Outs | Adepero |
| My Name Is David | His Date |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Eric | Cecile |
| 2022 | Five Days at Memorial | Karen Wynn |
| 2021 | The Falcon and the Winter Soldier | Sarah Wilson |
| 2020 | Monsterland | Amy Cooke |
| 2019 | When They See Us | Nomsa Brath |
| 2010 | Louie | Tarese |
| 2009 | The Unusuals | Regina Plank |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Jackie |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Traci Sands |