1978-01-11 Brooklyn, New York, USA
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.
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Lines | 2021-02-10 | |
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Tazmanian Devil | Elizabeth Ayodele | 2020-08-22 |
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Viper Club | Keisha | 2018-10-26 |
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Widows | Breechelle | 2018-11-06 |
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Galveston | Loraine | 2018-10-10 |
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Geostorm | Eni Adisa | 2017-10-12 |
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To Be Free | Nina Simone | 2017-03-25 |
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The Dinner | Nina | 2017-05-05 |
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Emily & Tim | Meg (Segment 5) | 2015-08-29 |
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The Big Short | Kathy Tao | 2015-12-11 |
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12 Years a Slave | Eliza | 2013-10-18 |
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The Door | O | 2013-07-02 |
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Steel Magnolias | Annelle | 2012-10-07 |
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Touch of Evil | The Outlaw | 2011-12-06 |
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Pariah | Alike | 2011-12-27 |
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If I Leap | Zipporah | 2009-01-01 |
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Pariah | Alike | 2007-04-19 |
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Half Nelson | Crack Smoker | 2006-08-11 |
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On the Outs | Adepero | 2005-07-13 |
