Adepero Oduye
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Law & Order
Traci Sands
1990
Series
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Jackie
2001
Series
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
Sarah Wilson
2021
Film
The Big Short
Kathy Tao
2015
Series
Louie
Tarese
2010
Film
Geostorm
Eni Adisa
2017
Film
12 Years a Slave
Eliza
2013
Series
When They See Us
Nomsa Brath
2019
Series
Five Days at Memorial
Karen Wynn
2022
Film
Widows
Breechelle
2018
Series
Monsterland
Amy Cooke
2020
Series
Eric
Cecile
2024
Series
The Unusuals
Regina Plank
2009
Film
The Dinner
Nina
2017
Film
Half Nelson
Crack Smoker
2006
Film
Galveston
Loraine
2018
Film
Emily & Tim
Meg (Segment 5)
2015
Film
Steel Magnolias
Annelle
2012
Film
Pariah
Alike
2011
The Door
O
2013
Film
Pariah
Alike
2007
Film
Viper Club
Keisha
2018
Film
Lines
2021
Film
Tazmanian Devil
Elizabeth Ayodele
2020
Film
My Name Is David
His Date
2015
Film
Wanderland
Anais
2018
Film
On the Outs
Adepero
2005
Film
To Be Free
Nina Simone
2017
If I Leap
Zipporah
2009