Adepero Oduye
Birthday: 1978-01-11 | Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, USAAdepero 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
Acting
Role
as Cecile
as Karen Wynn
as Sarah Wilson
as Elizabeth Ayodele
as Keisha
as Loraine
as Nina
as Eliza
as Annelle
as Alike
as Zipporah
as Adepero
as His Date
