Actor

Adepero Oduye

January 11, 1978 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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.

Notable work

7.9
12 Years a Slave (2013)
as Eliza
7.4
The Big Short (2015)
as Kathy Tao
7.6
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021)
as Sarah Wilson
6.1
Geostorm (2017)
as Eni Adisa
6.5
Widows (2018)
as Breechelle
8.2
When They See Us (2019)
as Nomsa Brath
6.6
Half Nelson (2006)
as Crack Smoker
7.3
Law & Order (1990)
as Traci Sands
7.8
Louie (2010)
as Tarese
6.1
Galveston (2018)
as Loraine
7.6
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001)
as Jackie
4.5
The Dinner (2017)
as Nina

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