Adepero Oduye
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 11, 1978 (age 48)
- Birthplace
- Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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
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Filmography
Eric
TV · as Cecile · 6 eps
Five Days at Memorial
TV · as Karen Wynn · 8 eps
Lines
Movie
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
TV · as Sarah Wilson · 6 eps
Tazmanian Devil
Movie · as Elizabeth Ayodele
Monsterland
TV · as Amy Cooke · 1 ep
When They See Us
TV · as Nomsa Brath · 3 eps
Galveston
Movie · as Loraine
Viper Club
Movie · as Keisha
Widows
Movie · as Breechelle
Wanderland
Movie · as Anais
The Dinner
Movie · as Nina
Geostorm
Movie · as Eni Adisa
To Be Free
Movie · as Nina Simone
Emily & Tim
Movie · as Meg (Segment 5)
The Big Short
Movie · as Kathy Tao
My Name Is David
Movie · as His Date
12 Years a Slave
Movie · as Eliza
The Door
Movie · as O
Steel Magnolias
Movie · as Annelle
Pariah
Movie · as Alike
Louie
TV · as Tarese · 1 ep
If I Leap
Movie · as Zipporah
The Unusuals
TV · as Regina Plank · 1 ep
Pariah
Movie · as Alike
Half Nelson
Movie · as Crack Smoker
On the Outs
Movie · as Adepero
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV · as Jackie · 1 ep
Law & Order
TV · as Traci Sands · 1 ep