Adepero Oduye

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.

Filmografi

The Big Short2015 · Kathy TaoGeostorm2017 · Eni Adisa12 Years a Slave2013 · ElizaWidows2018 · BreechelleGalveston2018 · LoraineHalf Nelson2006 · Crack SmokerPariah2007 · AlikeThe Dinner2017 · NinaThe Door2013 · OEmily & Tim2015 · Meg (Segment 5)Steel Magnolias2012 · AnnelleMy Name Is David2015 · His DatePariah2011 · AlikeTo Be Free2017 · Nina SimoneViper Club2018 · KeishaTazmanian Devil2020 · Elizabeth AyodeleWanderland2018 · AnaisOn the Outs2005 · AdeperoLines2021 · If I Leap2009 · Zipporah