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Adepero Oduye

Actor

Adepero Oduye

Born January 11, 1978 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA20 films

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."

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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.

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12 Years a Slave posterFirst watch12 Years a Slave20137.9as ElizaIn the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.View film

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Filmography

20 films as actor
  1. 2021Lines
  2. 2020Tazmanian DevilElizabeth Ayodele
  3. 2018WidowsBreechelle
  4. 2018Viper ClubKeisha
  5. 2018GalvestonLoraine
  6. 2018WanderlandAnais
  7. 2017GeostormEni Adisa
  8. 2017The DinnerNina
  9. 2017To Be FreeNina Simone
  10. 2015The Big ShortKathy Tao
  11. 2015Emily & TimMeg (Segment 5)
  12. 2015My Name Is DavidHis Date
  13. 201312 Years a SlaveEliza
  14. 2013The DoorO
  15. 2012Steel MagnoliasAnnelle
  16. 2011PariahAlike
  17. 2009If I LeapZipporah
  18. 2007PariahAlike
  19. 2006Half NelsonCrack Smoker
  20. 2005On the OutsAdepero