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.
Known For
Law & Order
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
Louie
When They See Us
The Big Short
Geostorm
Monsterland
All Movies (20)
- Lines2021
- Tazmanian Devil2020 · as Elizabeth Ayodele
- Widows2018 · as Breechelle
- Viper Club2018 · as Keisha
- Galveston2018 · as Loraine
- Wanderland2018 · as Anais
- Geostorm2017 · as Eni Adisa
- The Dinner2017 · as Nina
- To Be Free2017 · as Nina Simone
- The Big Short2015 · as Kathy Tao
- Emily & Tim2015 · as Meg (Segment 5)
- My Name Is David2015 · as His Date
- 12 Years a Slave2013 · as Eliza
- The Door2013 · as O
- Steel Magnolias2012 · as Annelle
- Pariah2011 · as Alike
- If I Leap2009 · as Zipporah
- Pariah2007 · as Alike
- Half Nelson2006 · as Crack Smoker
- On the Outs2005 · as Adepero
All TV Shows (9)
- Eric2024 · as Cecile
- Five Days at Memorial2022 · as Karen Wynn
- The Falcon and the Winter Soldier2021 · as Sarah Wilson
- Monsterland2020 · as Amy Cooke
- When They See Us2019 · as Nomsa Brath
- Louie2010 · as Tarese
- The Unusuals2009 · as Regina Plank
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent2001 · as Jackie
- Law & Order1990 · as Traci Sands