Actor info
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Name :
Adepero Oduye
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Born :
January 11, 1978 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA (48 years old)
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Known for :
Acting
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Gender :
Female
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Film career :
20 films (2005–2021)
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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.
Notable films
- Widows (2018) as Breechelle
- Geostorm (2017) as Eni Adisa
- The Big Short (2015) as Kathy Tao
- 12 Years a Slave (2013) as Eliza
- Half Nelson (2006) as Crack Smoker
