Adepero Oduye

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.

Movies & TV Shows

1. 12 Years a Slave (2013) — Eliza
2. The Big Short (2015) — Kathy Tao
3. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021) — Sarah Wilson
4. Geostorm (2017) — Eni Adisa
5. Widows (2018) — Breechelle
6. When They See Us (2019) — Nomsa Brath
7. Half Nelson (2006) — Crack Smoker
8. Law & Order (1990) — Traci Sands
9. Louie (2010) — Tarese
10. Galveston (2018) — Loraine
11. Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001) — Jackie
12. The Dinner (2017) — Nina
13. Eric (2024) — Cecile
14. Five Days at Memorial (2022) — Karen Wynn
15. Pariah (2011) — Alike
16. Monsterland (2020) — Amy Cooke
17. Steel Magnolias (2012) — Annelle
18. The Unusuals (2009) — Regina Plank
19. Viper Club (2018) — Keisha
20. On the Outs (2005) — Adepero
21. Emily & Tim (2015) — Meg (Segment 5)
22. Wanderland (2018) — Anais
23. Pariah (2007) — Alike
24. The Door (2013) — O
25. To Be Free (2017) — Nina Simone
26. Tazmanian Devil (2020) — Elizabeth Ayodele
27. Lines (2021)
28. If I Leap (2009) — Zipporah
29. My Name Is David (2015) — His Date

Directed

1. Breaking In (2014) — Director
2. To Be Free (2017) — Director