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.
Known for
ActingBirthday
January 11, 1978Gender
FemaleKnown Movie Credits
21Place of birth
Brooklyn, New York, USAAlso known as
アデペロ・オデュイエCast credits
Pariah
Alike12 Years a Slave
ElizaSteel Magnolias
AnnelleOn the Outs
AdeperoEmily & Tim
Meg (Segment 5)Half Nelson
Crack SmokerThe Big Short
Kathy TaoTouch of Evil
The OutlawThe Dinner
NinaGalveston
LoraineGeostorm
Eni AdisaTo Be Free
Nina SimoneViper Club
KeishaWidows
BreechellePariah
AlikeTazmanian Devil
Elizabeth AyodeleLines