Adepero Oduye
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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
Credits
12 Years a Slave (2013)
as Eliza
The Big Short (2015)
as Kathy Tao
Geostorm (2017)
as Eni Adisa
Widows (2018)
as Breechelle
Half Nelson (2006)
as Crack Smoker
Galveston (2018)
as Loraine
Steel Magnolias (2012)
as Annelle
The Dinner (2017)
as Nina
Pariah (2011)
as Alike
Pariah (2007)
as Alike
Emily & Tim (2015)
as Meg (Segment 5)
The Door (2013)
as O
To Be Free (2017)
as Nina Simone
My Name Is David (2015)
as His Date
On the Outs (2005)
as Adepero
Viper Club (2018)
as Keisha
If I Leap (2009)
as Zipporah
Tazmanian Devil (2020)
as Elizabeth Ayodele
Wanderland (2018)
as Anais
Lines (2021)
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