Adepero Oduye
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.
Filmography (29 titles)
7.0ShowEric
Cecile · 2024
7.5ShowFive Days at Memorial
Karen Wynn · 2022
7.6ShowThe Falcon and the Winter Soldier
Sarah Wilson · 2021
2.0MovieLines
2021
6.5ShowMonsterland
Amy Cooke · 2020
7.0MovieTazmanian Devil
Elizabeth Ayodele · 2020
8.2ShowWhen They See Us
Nomsa Brath · 2019
6.5MovieWidows
Breechelle · 2018
5.5MovieViper Club
Keisha · 2018
6.1MovieGalveston
Loraine · 2018
5.5MovieWanderland
Anais · 2018
6.1MovieGeostorm
Eni Adisa · 2017
4.5MovieThe Dinner
Nina · 2017
6.0MovieTo Be Free
Nina Simone · 2017
7.4MovieThe Big Short
Kathy Tao · 2015
5.6MovieEmily & Tim
Meg (Segment 5) · 2015
MovieMy Name Is David
His Date · 2015
7.9Movie12 Years a Slave
Eliza · 2013
The Door
O · 2013
6.9MovieSteel Magnolias
Annelle · 2012
6.8MoviePariah
Alike · 2011
7.8ShowLouie
Tarese · 2010
7.5ShowThe Unusuals
Regina Plank · 2009
If I Leap
Zipporah · 2009
4.5MoviePariah
Alike · 2007
6.6MovieHalf Nelson
Crack Smoker · 2006
5.9MovieOn the Outs
Adepero · 2005
7.6ShowLaw & Order: Criminal Intent
Jackie · 2001
7.3ShowLaw & Order
Traci Sands · 1990