Adepero Oduye

Adepero Oduye

Born 1978-01-11 (age 48) Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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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.

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Known For

Geostorm
Geostorm

2017

as Eni Adisa

The Big Short
The Big Short

2015

as Kathy Tao

12 Years a Slave
12 Years a Slave

2013

as Eliza

Widows
Widows

2018

as Breechelle

Galveston
Galveston

2018

as Loraine

The Dinner
The Dinner

2017

as Nina

Half Nelson
Half Nelson

2006

as Crack Smoker

Pariah
Pariah

2011

as Alike

Steel Magnolias
Steel Magnolias

2012

as Annelle

Emily & Tim
Emily & Tim

2015

as Meg (Segment 5)

🎦
The Door

2013

as O

Wanderland
Wanderland

2018

as Anais

Viper Club
Viper Club

2018

as Keisha

My Name Is David
My Name Is David

2015

as His Date

Tazmanian Devil
Tazmanian Devil

2020

as Elizabeth Ayodele

On the Outs
On the Outs

2005

as Adepero

Lines
Lines

2021

Pariah
Pariah

2007

as Alike

To Be Free
To Be Free

2017

as Nina Simone

🎦
If I Leap

2009

as Zipporah