Adepero Oduye

Adepero Oduye

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

11/01/1978

Age

47 years old

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York, USA

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 ... Read More

Filmography

Cast

2021

Lines

2020

Tazmanian Devil

as Elizabeth Ayodele

2018

Widows

as Breechelle

2018

Viper Club

as Keisha

2018

Galveston

as Loraine

2017

Geostorm

as Eni Adisa

2017

The Dinner

as Nina

2017

To Be Free

as Nina Simone

2015

The Big Short

as Kathy Tao

2015

Emily & Tim

as Meg (Segment 5)

2013

12 Years a Slave

as Eliza

2013

The Door

as O

2012

Steel Magnolias

as Annelle

2011

Pariah

as Alike

2011

Touch of Evil

as The Outlaw

2009

If I Leap

as Zipporah

2007

Pariah

as Alike

2006

Half Nelson

as Crack Smoker

2005

On the Outs

as Adepero

Crew

2017

To Be Free

as Director

2017

To Be Free

as Writer

2014

Breaking In

as Director