Actor

Adepero Oduye

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Movies: 18Series: 9Crew credits: 1

TMDB ID: 467633

IMDb ID: nm1323822

Known for: Acting

Born: January 11, 1978

Age: 48

Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1990 - 2024

Years active: 35

Average TMDB rating: 6.91

Wikidata: Q4331816

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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.