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Adepero Oduye Biography and Full Filmography - MovieWise

Quick Facts

Born:
1978-01-11

Birthplace:
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Credits:
28 Total Roles

Adepero Oduye

Acting

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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 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.

Known For

Full Filmography

Year Title Role
2024 Eric TV Cecile
2022 Five Days at Memorial TV Karen Wynn
2021 The Falcon and the Winter Soldier TV Sarah Wilson
2021 Lines MOVIE Self
2020 Monsterland TV Amy Cooke
2020 Tazmanian Devil MOVIE Elizabeth Ayodele
2019 When They See Us TV Nomsa Brath
2018 Widows MOVIE Breechelle
2018 Viper Club MOVIE Keisha
2018 Galveston MOVIE Loraine

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