Adepero Oduye
Known for Acting · 29 credits
- Born
- 1978-01-11 (age 48)
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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.
Known For
TV Shows (9)
Law & Order
1990
as Traci Sands
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Jackie
Louie
2010
as Tarese
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
2021
as Sarah Wilson
When They See Us
2019
as Nomsa Brath
Eric
2024
as Cecile
Monsterland
2020
as Amy Cooke
Five Days at Memorial
2022
as Karen Wynn
The Unusuals
2009
as Regina Plank
Movies (20)
Geostorm
2017
as Eni Adisa
The Big Short
2015
as Kathy Tao
12 Years a Slave
2013
as Eliza
Widows
2018
as Breechelle
The Dinner
2017
as Nina
Galveston
2018
as Loraine
Half Nelson
2006
as Crack Smoker
Pariah
2011
as Alike
Steel Magnolias
2012
as Annelle
The Door
2013
as O
Emily & Tim
2015
as Meg (Segment 5)
Viper Club
2018
as Keisha
Wanderland
2018
as Anais
On the Outs
2005
as Adepero
My Name Is David
as His Date
Lines
2021
Tazmanian Devil
2020
as Elizabeth Ayodele
If I Leap
2009
as Zipporah
Pariah
2007
as Alike
To Be Free
2017
as Nina Simone
About 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… With 29 credits spanning from 1990 to 2024, Adepero Oduye has appeared in 20 films and 9 TV shows.
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Most Popular Adepero Oduye Movies
- Geostorm (2017) — as Eni Adisa
- The Big Short (2015) — as Kathy Tao
- 12 Years a Slave (2013) — as Eliza
- Widows (2018) — as Breechelle
- The Dinner (2017) — as Nina
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