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Adepero Oduye

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1978-01-11 (Age: 48)

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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.

Filmography (18)

⭐ 2.0 Role: Unknown

Lines

2021
⭐ 7.0 Role: Elizabeth Ayodele

Tazmanian Devil

2020
⭐ 6.5 Role: Breechelle

Widows

2018
⭐ 5.4 Role: Keisha

Viper Club

2018
⭐ 6.1 Role: Loraine

Galveston

2018
⭐ 6.1 Role: Eni Adisa

Geostorm

2017
⭐ 4.6 Role: Nina

The Dinner

2017
⭐ 6.0 Role: Nina Simone

To Be Free

2017
⭐ 7.4 Role: Kathy Tao

The Big Short

2015
⭐ 5.6 Role: Meg (Segment 5)

Emily & Tim

2015
⭐ 7.9 Role: Eliza

12 Years a Slave

2013
No Image
⭐ 4.0 Role: O

The Door

2013
⭐ 6.9 Role: Annelle

Steel Magnolias

2012
⭐ 6.8 Role: Alike

Pariah

2011
No Image
⭐ 0 Role: Zipporah

If I Leap

2009