Adepero Oduye
Actor
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.
As Director
Filmography
12 Years a Slave
as Eliza 2013
The Big Short
as Kathy Tao 2015
Geostorm
as Eni Adisa 2017
Widows
as Breechelle 2018
Half Nelson
as Crack Smoker 2006
Galveston
as Loraine 2018
The Dinner
as Nina 2017
Pariah
as Alike 2011
Steel Magnolias
as Annelle 2012
Viper Club
as Keisha 2018
On the Outs
as Adepero 2005
Emily & Tim
as Meg (Segment 5) 2015
The Door
as O 2013
Pariah
as Alike 2007
To Be Free
as Nina Simone 2017
Tazmanian Devil
as Elizabeth Ayodele 2020
Lines
2021