Known For
Acting
Born
Jan 11, 1978
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Credits
30 titles
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
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
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