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