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Adepero Oduye

Acting

10 movies available on YTS

Actor info

  • Name :

    Adepero Oduye

  • Born :

    January 11, 1978 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA (48 years old)

  • Known for :

    Acting

  • Gender :

    Female

  • Film career :

    20 films (2005–2021)

  • Links :

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

10 YIFY Movies starring Adepero Oduye