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