Adepero Oduye

Adepero Oduye

Birthday: 1978-01-11

Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA

Also known as:

imdb_id: nm1323822

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.

Played in movies:

12 Years a Slave

Score: 7.9

The Big Short

Score: 7.4

Tazmanian Devil

Score: 7.0

Steel Magnolias

Score: 7.0

Pariah

Score: 6.9

Half Nelson

Score: 6.6

Widows

Score: 6.5

Geostorm

Score: 6.1

Galveston

Score: 6.1

Emily & Tim

Score: 6.1

To Be Free

Score: 6.0

Viper Club

Score: 5.6

On the Outs

Score: 5.5

The Dinner

Score: 4.5

The Door

Score: 4.0

Lines

Score: 2.0

Pariah

Score: 1.0

My Name Is David

Score: 0.0

If I Leap

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

When They See Us

Score: 8.2

Louie

Score: 7.8

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

Score: 7.6

Five Days at Memorial

Score: 7.6

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Score: 7.6

The Unusuals

Score: 7.5

Law & Order

Score: 7.4

Eric

Score: 7.0

Monsterland

Score: 6.4