Adepero Oduye
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Female
Birthday 1978-01-11 (46 years old)
Place of Birth Brooklyn, New York, USA
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.
Known For
Actor
as Cecile
as Karen Wynn
as Sarah Wilson
as Elizabeth Ayodele
as Amy Cooke
as Nomsa Brath
as Breechelle
as Keisha
as Loraine
as Eni Adisa
as Nina
as Nina Simone
as Kathy Tao
as Meg (Segment 5)
as Eliza
as O
as Annelle
as Alike
as The Outlaw
as Tarese
as Zipporah
as Regina Plank
as Alike
as Crack Smoker
as Adepero
as Jackie
as Traci Sands
Director
as Director
as Director
Writer
as Writer