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.
Filmography
all 29
Movies 21
TV Shows 8
Director 1
Karen Wynn
Five Days at Memorial (2022)
TV
Sarah Wilson
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021)
TV
6.7
Lines (2021)
Movie
Amy Cooke
Monsterland (2020)
TV
Elizabeth Ayodele
Tazmanian Devil (2020)
Movie
Nomsa Brath
When They See Us (2019)
TV
8.14
Breechelle
Widows (2018)
Movie
5
Keisha
Viper Club (2018)
Movie
Loraine
Galveston (2018)
Movie
8
Eni Adisa
Geostorm (2017)
Movie
6.56
Nina
The Dinner (2017)
Movie
Nina Simone
To Be Free (2017)
Movie
Kathy Tao
The Big Short (2015)
Movie
7.5
Meg (Segment 5)
Emily & Tim (2015)
Movie
Commander Aiden Collins
Artemis Falls (2015)
Movie
Director
Breaking In (2014)
Movie
Eliza
12 Years a Slave (2013)
Movie
6.22
L
The Door (2013)
Movie
Annelle
Steel Magnolias (2012)
Movie
Alike
Pariah (2011)
Movie
6
The Outlaw
Touch of Evil (2011)
Movie
Tarese
Louie (2010)
TV
5.7
Regina Plank
The Unusuals (2009)
TV
1
Zipporah
If I Leap (2009)
Movie
Alike
Pariah (2007)
Movie
Crack Smoker
Half Nelson (2006)
Movie
7
Adepero
On the Outs (2005)
Movie
Jackie
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001)
TV
7.5
Traci Sands
Law & Order (1990)
TV
5.78
Ratings
Average 6.26
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1978-01-11 (46 years old)
Birth NameAdepero Oduye
Birth PlaceBrooklyn, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known Asアデペロ・オデュイエ
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