Adepero Oduye
Known for ActingBorn 1978-01-11Brooklyn, 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.
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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
The Big Short
2015 · as Kathy Tao
Geostorm
2017 · as Eni Adisa
12 Years a Slave
2013 · as Eliza
Widows
2018 · as Breechelle
Emily & Tim
2015 · as Meg (Segment 5)
Half Nelson
2006 · as Crack Smoker
The Door
2013 · as O
The Dinner
2017 · as Nina
Galveston
2018 · as Loraine
Pariah
2007 · as Alike
Pariah
2011 · as Alike
Steel Magnolias
2012 · as Annelle
My Name Is David
2015 · as His Date
Tazmanian Devil
2020 · as Elizabeth Ayodele
Viper Club
2018 · as Keisha
Wanderland
2018 · as Anais
To Be Free
2017 · as Nina Simone
On the Outs
2005 · as Adepero