Adepero Oduye
ActingBiography
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.
Movies
(19 total)
12 Years a Slave
as Eliza
The Big Short
as Kathy Tao
Geostorm
as Eni Adisa
Widows
as Breechelle
Half Nelson
as Crack Smoker
Galveston
as Loraine
The Dinner
as Nina
Pariah
as Alike
Steel Magnolias
as Annelle
Viper Club
as Keisha
On the Outs
as Adepero
Emily & Tim
as Meg (Segment 5)
Pariah
as Alike
To Be Free
as Nina Simone
Tazmanian Devil
as Elizabeth Ayodele
My Name Is David
as His Date
TV Shows
(9 total)
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
as Sarah Wilson
When They See Us
as Nomsa Brath
Law & Order
as Traci Sands
Louie
as Tarese
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Jackie
Eric
as Cecile
Five Days at Memorial
as Karen Wynn
Monsterland
as Amy Cooke
The Unusuals
as Regina Plank