
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.
Acting (16 movies)

Pariah
2011

12 Years a Slave
2013

Steel Magnolias
2012

On the Outs
2005

Emily & Tim
2015

The Big Short
2015

Half Nelson
2006

The Dinner
2017

Galveston
2018

Geostorm
2017

To Be Free
2017

Viper Club
2018

Widows
2018

Pariah
2007

Tazmanian Devil
2020

Lines
2021
Directing (2 movies)
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| To Be Free | 2017 | Writer |