Adepero Oduye
Born: 1978-01-11 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Known For: Acting
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
2024
- Eric as Cecile
2022
- Five Days at Memorial as Karen Wynn
2021
- The Falcon and the Winter Soldier as Sarah Wilson
- Lines
2020
- Tazmanian Devil as Elizabeth Ayodele
- Monsterland as Amy Cooke
2019
- When They See Us as Nomsa Brath
2018
- Galveston as Loraine
- Widows as Breechelle
- Viper Club as Keisha
2017
- Geostorm as Eni Adisa
- To Be Free as Nina Simone
- The Dinner as Nina
2015
- The Big Short as Kathy Tao
- Emily & Tim as Meg (Segment 5)
2014
- Breaking In ... (Director)
2013
- 12 Years a Slave as Eliza
- The Door as O
2012
- Steel Magnolias as Annelle
2011
- Pariah as Alike
2010
- Louie as Tarese
2009
- The Unusuals as Regina Plank
- If I Leap as Zipporah
2007
- Pariah as Alike
2006
- Half Nelson as Crack Smoker
2005
- On the Outs as Adepero
2001
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Jackie
1990
- Law & Order as Traci Sands