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Adepero Oduye

Adepero Oduye

Known For Acting
Birthday Jan 11, 1978 (47)
Birthplace Brooklyn, New York, USA
Popularity 0.3 (history)
Updated Aug 04, 2024 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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

Filmography

Tazmanian Devil

Tazmanian Devil

2020

as Elizabeth Ayodele

Galveston

Galveston

2018

as Loraine

Viper Club

Viper Club

2018

as Keisha

Widows

Widows

2018

as Breechelle

To Be Free

To Be Free

2017

as Nina Simone

The Dinner

The Dinner

2017

as Nina

Geostorm

Geostorm

2017

as Eni Adisa

The Big Short

The Big Short

2015

as Kathy Tao

Emily & Tim

Emily & Tim

2015

as Meg (Segment 5)

The Door

The Door

2013

as O

12 Years a Slave

12 Years a Slave

2013

as Eliza

Steel Magnolias

Steel Magnolias

2012

as Annelle

Pariah

Pariah

2011

as Alike

Touch of Evil

Touch of Evil

2011

as The Outlaw

If I Leap

If I Leap

2009

as Zipporah

Pariah

Pariah

2007

as Alike

Half Nelson

Half Nelson

2006

as Crack Smoker

On the Outs

On the Outs

2005

as Adepero

To Be Free

To Be Free

2017

Writer

To Be Free

To Be Free

2017

Director

Breaking In

Breaking In

2014

Director

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Five Days at Memorial

as Karen Wynn

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Aug 11, 2022

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

as Sarah Wilson

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Mar 19, 2021

Eric

as Cecile

Episodes: 6

First Aired: May 30, 2024

When They See Us

as Nomsa Brath

Episodes: 3

First Aired: May 31, 2019

Law & Order

as Traci Sands

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 13, 1990

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

as Jackie

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 2001

The Unusuals

as Regina Plank

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 08, 2009

Louie

as Tarese

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 29, 2010

Monsterland

as Amy Cooke

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 2020

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Popularity History


Year Month Avg Max Min
2024 6 7 12 3
2024 7 10 17 4
2024 8 8 18 3
2024 9 10 22 4
2024 10 4 9 1
2024 11 3 8 1
2024 12 4 9 2
2025 1 5 9 1
2025 2 2 5 1
2025 3 3 6 1
2025 5 1 2 1
2025 6 1 1 1
2025 7 0 0 0
2025 8 2 13 0
2025 9 0 0 0

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