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Adepero Oduye
Actor, Director, Writer, Additional CreditsBorn January 11, 1978 (47 years)
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.
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 (2024) (TV Series) · as Cecile |
| 2022 | Five Days at Memorial (TV Series) · as Karen Wynn |
| 2021 | The Falcon and The Winter Soldier (TV Series) · as Sarah Wilson |
| 2020 | Monsterland (TV Series) · as Amy Cooke |
| 2020 | Tazmanian Devil · as Elizabeth Ayodele |
| 2019 | When They See Us (TV Series) · as Nomsa Brath |
| 2018 | Widows · as Breechelle |
| 2018 | Viper Club · as Keisha |
| 2018 | Galveston · as Loraine |
| 2018 | Random Acts of Flyness (TV Series) · as Aunt Denise |
| 2018 | Wanderland · as Anais |
| 2017 | Geostorm · as Eni Adisa |
| 2017 | The Dinner · as Nina |
| 2017 | To Be Free · as Nina Simone |
| 2016 | The Feels (TV Series) · as Ife |
| 2015 | The Big Short · as Kathy Tao |
| 2015 | Emily & Tim · as Meg (segment 5) |
| 2015 | Train Baby · as His Date |
| 2013 | 12 Years a Slave · as Eliza |
| 2012 | Steel Magnolias · as Annelle |
| 2011 | Pariah · as Alike |
| 2011 | Touch of Evil · as The Outlaw |
| 2010 | Louie (2010) (TV Series) · as Tarese |
| 2009 | The Unusuals (TV Series) · as Regina Plank |
| 2007 | Wifey · as Kadijah |
| 2006 | Half Nelson · as Crack Smoker |
| 2004 | On the Outs · as Adepero |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV Series) · as Jackie |
| 1990 | Law & Order (TV Series) · as Traci Sands |