Adepero Oduye

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Adepero Oduye

Acting 48 January 11, 1978

Brooklyn, New York City, 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…

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12 Years a Slave

12 Years a Slave

7.9 2013 Movie
The Big Short

The Big Short

7.4 2015 Movie
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

7.6 2021 TV Show
Law & Order

Law & Order

7.3 1990 TV Show
Geostorm

Geostorm

6.1 2017 Movie
Widows

Widows

6.5 2018 Movie
Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

7.6 2001 TV Show
When They See Us

When They See Us

8.2 2019 TV Show
Half Nelson

Half Nelson

6.6 2006 Movie
Louie

Louie

7.8 2010 TV Show
Galveston

Galveston

6.1 2018 Movie
Eric

Eric

6.9 2024 TV Show

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2024
    Eric

    TV show Cecile

  2. 2022
    Five Days at Memorial

    TV show Karen Wynn

  3. 2021
    The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

    TV show Sarah Wilson

  4. 2021
    Lines

    Movie

  5. 2020
    Monsterland

    TV show Amy Cooke

  6. 2020
    Tazmanian Devil

    Movie Elizabeth Ayodele

  7. 2019
    When They See Us

    TV show Nomsa Brath

  8. 2018
    Widows

    Movie Breechelle

  9. 2018
    Viper Club

    Movie Keisha

  10. 2018
    Galveston

    Movie Loraine

  11. 2018
    Wanderland

    Movie Anais

  12. 2017
    Geostorm

    Movie Eni Adisa

  13. 2017
    The Dinner

    Movie Nina

  14. 2017
    To Be Free

    Movie Nina Simone

  15. 2015
    The Big Short

    Movie Kathy Tao

  16. 2015
    Emily & Tim

    Movie Meg (Segment 5)

More credits
  1. 2015
    My Name Is David

    Movie His Date

  2. 2014
    Breaking In

    Movie Director

  3. 2013
    12 Years a Slave

    Movie Eliza

  4. 2013
    The Door

    Movie O

  5. 2012
    Steel Magnolias

    Movie Annelle

  6. 2011
    Pariah

    Movie Alike

  7. 2010
    Louie

    TV show Tarese

  8. 2009
    The Unusuals

    TV show Regina Plank

  9. 2009
    If I Leap

    Movie Zipporah

  10. 2007
    Pariah

    Movie Alike

  11. 2006
    Half Nelson

    Movie Crack Smoker

  12. 2005
    On the Outs

    Movie Adepero

  13. 2001
    Law & Order: Criminal Intent

    TV show Jackie

  14. 1990
    Law & Order

    TV show Traci Sands