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.
Acting
Movie
12 Years a Slave
as Eliza
2013
Movie
The Big Short
as Kathy Tao
2015
TV
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
as Sarah Wilson
2021
Movie
Geostorm
as Eni Adisa
2017
Movie
Widows
as Breechelle
2018
TV
When They See Us
as Nomsa Brath
2019
Movie
Half Nelson
as Crack Smoker
2006
TV
Law & Order
as Traci Sands
1990
TV
Louie
as Tarese
2010
Movie
Galveston
as Loraine
2018
TV
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Jackie
2001
Movie
The Dinner
as Nina
2017
TV
Eric
as Cecile
2024
TV
Five Days at Memorial
as Karen Wynn
2022
Movie
Pariah
as Alike
2011
TV
Monsterland
as Amy Cooke
2020
Movie
Steel Magnolias
as Annelle
2012
TV
The Unusuals
as Regina Plank
2009
Movie
Viper Club
as Keisha
2018
Movie
On the Outs
as Adepero
2005
Movie
Emily & Tim
as Meg (Segment 5)
2015
Movie
Wanderland
as Anais
2018
Movie
The Door
as O
2013
Movie
Pariah
as Alike
2007
