Personal Info
Adepero Oduye
Acting
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 s…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
TV Shows
Eric
as Cecile · 6 ep.
Five Days at Memorial
as Karen Wynn · 8 ep.
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
as Sarah Wilson · 6 ep.
Monsterland
as Amy Cooke · 1 ep.
When They See Us
as Nomsa Brath · 3 ep.
Louie
as Tarese · 1 ep.
The Unusuals
as Regina Plank · 1 ep.
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Jackie · 1 ep.
Law & Order
as Traci Sands · 1 ep.