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.
Filmography
Cast Credits
Eric
Character: Cecile
TV • 2024
Five Days at Memorial
Character: Karen Wynn
TV • 2022
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
Character: Sarah Wilson
TV • 2021
Lines
Character:
MOVIE • 2021
Monsterland
Character: Amy Cooke
TV • 2020
Tazmanian Devil
Character: Elizabeth Ayodele
MOVIE • 2020
When They See Us
Character: Nomsa Brath
TV • 2019
Widows
Character: Breechelle
MOVIE • 2018
Viper Club
Character: Keisha
MOVIE • 2018
Galveston
Character: Loraine
MOVIE • 2018
Geostorm
Character: Eni Adisa
MOVIE • 2017
The Dinner
Character: Nina
MOVIE • 2017
To Be Free
Character: Nina Simone
MOVIE • 2017
The Big Short
Character: Kathy Tao
MOVIE • 2015
Emily & Tim
Character: Meg (Segment 5)
MOVIE • 2015
12 Years a Slave
Character: Eliza
MOVIE • 2013
The Door
Character: O
MOVIE • 2013
Steel Magnolias
Character: Annelle
MOVIE • 2012
Pariah
Character: Alike
MOVIE • 2011
Louie
Character: Tarese
TV • 2010
Crew