Adepero Oduye

Adepero Oduye

Born: January 11, 1978
in Brooklyn, New York, USA
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.

Movies for Adepero Oduye...

Title: Five Days at Memorial
Character: Karen Wynn
Released: August 11, 2022
Type: TV
Based on actual events from Hurricane Katrina. When the floodwaters rose, power failed, and heat soared, exhausted caregivers at a New Orleans hospital were forced to make profound, heart-wrenching decisions.
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Title: The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
Character: Sarah Wilson
Released: March 19, 2021
Type: TV
Following the events of “Avengers: Endgame”, the Falcon, Sam Wilson and the Winter Soldier, Bucky Barnes team up in a global adventure that tests their abilities, and their patience.
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Lines
Title: Lines
Released: February 10, 2021
Type: Movie
Six poems written by six young prisoners animated to tell their stories, thoughts, fears and hopes.
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Title: Monsterland
Character: Amy Cooke
Released: October 2, 2020
Type: TV
In this fantasy anthology series, encounters with mermaids, fallen angels and other strange beasts drive broken people to desperate acts in an attempt to repair their lives, ultimately showing there is a thin line between man and beast.
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Tazmanian Devil
Title: Tazmanian Devil
Character: Elizabeth Ayodele
Released: August 22, 2020
Type: Movie
After moving to the United States, a young Nigerian immigrant struggles to find a balance between his desire to join a college fraternity and bonding with his estranged father, a strict pastor at a local church.
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Title: When They See Us
Character: Nomsa Brath
Released: May 31, 2019
Type: TV
Five teens from Harlem become trapped in a nightmare when they're falsely accused of a brutal attack in Central Park.
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Widows
Title: Widows
Character: Breechelle
Released: November 6, 2018
Type: Movie
A police shootout leaves four thieves dead during an explosive armed robbery attempt in Chicago. Their widows have nothing in common except a debt left behind by their spouses' criminal activities. Hoping to forge a future on their own terms, they join forces to pull off a heist.
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Viper Club
Title: Viper Club
Character: Keisha
Released: October 26, 2018
Type: Movie
ER nurse Helen Sterling struggles to free her grown son, a journalist captured by terrorists in the Middle East. After hitting walls with the FBI and State agencies, she discovers a clandestine community of journalists, advocates, and philanthropists who might be able to help.
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Galveston
Title: Galveston
Character: Loraine
Released: October 10, 2018
Type: Movie
After a violent encounter, Roy finds Rocky and sees something in her eyes that prompts a fateful decision. He takes her with him as he flees to Galveston, an action as ill-advised as it is inescapable.
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Geostorm
Title: Geostorm
Character: Eni Adisa
Released: October 12, 2017
Type: Movie
After an unprecedented series of natural disasters threatened the planet, the world's leaders came together to create an intricate network of satellites to control the global climate and keep everyone safe. But now, something has gone wrong: the system built to protect Earth is attacking it, and it becomes a race against the clock to uncover the real threat before a worldwide geostorm wipes out everything and everyone along with it.
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The Dinner
Title: The Dinner
Character: Nina
Released: May 5, 2017
Type: Movie
Two brothers and their wives meet up at a haute-cuisine restaurant to discuss what to do about a horrific crime that their sons committed together. As the quartet debate their options, the conversation reopens old wounds between the siblings.
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To Be Free
Title: To Be Free
Character: Nina Simone
Released: March 25, 2017
Type: Movie
In a tiny after-hours club, Nina Simone finds a way, for one moment, to be free.
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The Big Short
Title: The Big Short
Character: Kathy Tao
Released: December 11, 2015
Type: Movie
The men who made millions from a global economic meltdown.
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Emily & Tim
Title: Emily & Tim
Character: Meg (Segment 5)
Released: August 29, 2015
Type: Movie
The movie is comprised of six vignettes. A look at the tumultuous marriage of Tim and Emily Hanratty over half a century.
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12 Years a Slave
Title: 12 Years a Slave
Character: Eliza
Released: October 18, 2013
Type: Movie
In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as well as unexpected kindnesses Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In the twelfth year of his unforgettable odyssey, Solomon’s chance meeting with a Canadian abolitionist will forever alter his life.
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The Door
Title: The Door
Character: O
Released: July 2, 2013
Type: Movie
The Door, by Ava DuVernay, is a celebration of the transformative power of feminine bonds, and a symbolic story of life change.
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Steel Magnolias
Title: Steel Magnolias
Character: Annelle
Released: October 7, 2012
Type: Movie
In an updated contemporary version of the beloved stage play and 1989 film, "Steel Magnolias" chronicles the lives and friendship of six women in Louisiana. Supporting each other through their triumphs and tragedies, they congregate at Truvy’s beauty shop to ponder the mysteries of life and death, husbands and children - and hair and nails - all the important topics that truly unite and celebrate women.
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Pariah
Title: Pariah
Character: Alike
Released: December 27, 2011
Type: Movie
A Brooklyn teenager juggles conflicting identities and risks friendship, heartbreak, and family in a desperate search for sexual expression.
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Touch of Evil
Title: Touch of Evil
Character: The Outlaw
Released: December 6, 2011
Type: Movie
Some of 2011's stand-out film actors appear in "a video gallery of cinematic villainy" for New York Times Magazine.
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Title: Louie
Character: Tarese
Released: June 29, 2010
Type: TV
Louis C.K. stars as a fictionalized version of himself; a comedian and newly divorced father raising his two daughters in New York City.
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Title: The Unusuals
Character: Regina Plank
Released: April 8, 2009
Type: TV
The Unusuals is a comedy-drama television series that aired on ABC from April 8 to June 17, 2009 in the U.S. and Global in Canada. The pilot and first episode were written by Noah Hawley, a former writer and producer for Fox's Bones. An ABC press release described The Unusuals as "like a modern-day M*A*S*H" that "explores both the grounded drama and comic insanity of the world of New York City police detectives, where every cop has a secret". Its premise elaborated: The initial series order was for 10 episodes. Show creator Noah Hawley announced via his Twitter account in mid-May 2009 that ABC would not be bringing the show back for a second season.
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If I Leap
Title: If I Leap
Character: Zipporah
Released: January 1, 2009
Type: Movie
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Pariah
Title: Pariah
Character: Alike
Released: April 19, 2007
Type: Movie
A lesbian teenager unsuccessfully juggles multiple identities to avoid rejection from her friends and family. Mounting pressure from home, school, and within wears the line between her personas thin with explosive consequences.
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Half Nelson
Title: Half Nelson
Character: Crack Smoker
Released: August 11, 2006
Type: Movie
Despite his dedication to the junior-high students who fill his classroom, idealistic teacher Dan Dunne leads a secret life of addiction that the majority of his students will never know. But things change when a troubled student Drey makes a startling discovery of his secret life, causing a tenuous bond between the two that could either end disastrously or provide a catalyst of hope.
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On the Outs
Title: On the Outs
Character: Adepero
Released: July 13, 2005
Type: Movie
Follows the choices made by three young women - one a drug dealer, one an addict, one a pregnant teen - in Jersey City.
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Title: Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Character: Jackie
Released: September 30, 2001
Type: TV
The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its criminals while following the intense psychological approaches the Major Case Squad uses to solve its crimes.
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Title: Law & Order
Character: Traci Sands
Released: September 13, 1990
Type: TV
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.