Acting · geboren 1978-01-11 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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.

Bekannt aus

• 12 Years a Slave (2013) – Eliza
• The Big Short (2015) – Kathy Tao
• The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021) – Sarah Wilson
• Geostorm (2017) – Eni Adisa
• Widows - Tödliche Witwen (2018) – Breechelle
• When They See Us (2019) – Nomsa Brath
• Half Nelson (2006) – Crack Smoker
• Law & Order (1990) – Traci Sands
• Louie (2010) – Tarese
• Galveston - Die Hölle ist ein Paradies (2018) – Loraine
• Criminal Intent - Verbrechen im Visier (2001) – Jackie
• Eric (2024) – Cecile
• The Dinner (2017) – Nina
• Memorial Hospital - Die Tage nach Hurrikan Katrina (2022) – Karen Wynn
• Pariah (2011) – Alike
• Monsterland (2020) – Amy Cooke
• Steel Magnolias (2012) – Annelle
• The Unusuals (2009) – Regina Plank
• Viper Club (2018) – Keisha
• On the Outs (2005) – Adepero
• Emily & Tim (2015) – Meg (Segment 5)
• Wanderland (2018) – Anais
• The Door (2013) – O
• Pariah (2007) – Alike
• Tazmanian Devil (2020) – Elizabeth Ayodele
• Breaking In (2014) – Director
• To Be Free (2017) – Nina Simone
• Lines (2021)
• If I Leap (2009) – Zipporah
• My Name Is David (2015) – His Date