Adepero Oduye
Acting
Born: 1978-01-11 · 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 wri
🎬 Movies (20)
Lines
2021
Tazmanian Devil
2020
Elizabeth Ayodele
Widows
2018
Breechelle
Viper Club
2018
Keisha
Galveston
2018
Loraine
Wanderland
2018
Anais
Geostorm
2017
Eni Adisa
The Dinner
2017
Nina
To Be Free
2017
Nina Simone
The Big Short
2015
Kathy Tao
Emily & Tim
2015
Meg (Segment 5)
My Name Is David
2015
His Date
12 Years a Slave
2013
Eliza
The Door
2013
O
Steel Magnolias
2012
Annelle
Pariah
2011
Alike
If I Leap
2009
Zipporah
Pariah
2007
Alike
Half Nelson
2006
Crack Smoker
On the Outs
2005
Adepero
📺 TV Shows (9)
Eric
2024
Cecile
Five Days at Memorial
2022
Karen Wynn
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
2021
Sarah Wilson
Monsterland
2020
Amy Cooke
When They See Us
2019
Nomsa Brath
Louie
2010
Tarese
The Unusuals
2009
Regina Plank
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
Jackie
Law & Order
1990
Traci Sands