Adepero Oduye
Acting
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Acting Credits
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Directed
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 wri...
Known For
Filmography
Eric
2024
as Cecile
Five Days at Memorial
2022
as Karen Wynn
Lines
2021
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
2021
as Sarah Wilson
Tazmanian Devil
2020
as Elizabeth Ayodele
Monsterland
2020
as Amy Cooke
When They See Us
2019
as Nomsa Brath
Galveston
2018
as Loraine
Viper Club
2018
as Keisha
Widows
2018
as Breechelle
Wanderland
2018
as Anais
The Dinner
2017
as Nina
Geostorm
2017
as Eni Adisa
To Be Free
2017
as Nina Simone
Emily & Tim
2015
as Meg (Segment 5)
The Big Short
2015
as Kathy Tao
My Name Is David
2015
as His Date
12 Years a Slave
2013
as Eliza
The Door
2013
as O
Steel Magnolias
2012
as Annelle
Pariah
2011
as Alike
Louie
2010
as Tarese
If I Leap
2009
as Zipporah
The Unusuals
2009
as Regina Plank
Pariah
2007
as Alike
Half Nelson
2006
as Crack Smoker
On the Outs
2005
as Adepero
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Jackie
Law & Order
1990
as Traci Sands