
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.
30Credits9 TV · 21 films
1990–2024Years activefirst to latest
8.2 Highest ratedWhen They See Us
6.2 Average ratingacross 28 titles
Top TV shows 9best Adepero Oduye shows
- 1
When They See UsNomsa Brath · 3 eps · 2019 - 2
LouieTarese · 1 ep · 2010 - 3
The Falcon and the Winter SoldierSarah Wilson · 6 eps · 2021 - 4
Law & Order: Criminal IntentJackie · 1 ep · 2001 - 5
Five Days at MemorialKaren Wynn · 8 eps · 2022 - 6
The UnusualsRegina Plank · 1 ep · 2009 - 7
Law & OrderTraci Sands · 1 ep · 1990 - 8
EricCecile · 6 eps · 2024 - 9
MonsterlandAmy Cooke · 1 ep · 2020
Top movies 21best Adepero Oduye movies
- 1
12 Years a SlaveEliza · 2013 · Drama - 2
The Big ShortKathy Tao · 2015 - 3
Tazmanian DevilElizabeth Ayodele · 2020 - 4
Steel MagnoliasAnnelle · 2012 - 5
PariahAlike · 2011 - 6
Half NelsonCrack Smoker · 2006 - 7
WidowsBreechelle · 2018 - 8
GeostormEni Adisa · 2017 - 9
GalvestonLoraine · 2018 - 10
To Be FreeNina Simone · 2017 - 11
On the OutsAdepero · 2005 - 12
Emily & TimMeg (Segment 5) · 2015 - 13
WanderlandAnais · 2018 - 14
Viper ClubKeisha · 2018 - 15
The DinnerNina · 2017 - 16
PariahAlike · 2007 - 17The DoorO · 2013
- 18Breaking InDirector · 2014
- 19
Lines2021 - 20
My Name Is DavidHis Date · 2015 - 21If I LeapZipporah · 2009