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Adepero Oduye

Acting Born Jan 11, 1978 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA 24 credits

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.

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Known for

Law & Order

as Traci Sands

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

as Sarah Wilson

When They See Us

as Nomsa Brath
Film

12 Years a Slave

as Eliza

Full filmography

  • Law & Order (1990) as Traci Sands
  • Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001) as Jackie
  • The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021) as Sarah Wilson
  • Louie (2010) as Tarese
  • The Big Short (2015) as Kathy Tao
  • Geostorm (2017) as Eni Adisa
  • When They See Us (2019) as Nomsa Brath
  • 12 Years a Slave (2013) as Eliza
  • Eric (2024) as Cecile
  • Monsterland (2020) as Amy Cooke
  • Five Days at Memorial (2022) as Karen Wynn
  • The Unusuals (2009) as Regina Plank
  • Widows (2018) as Breechelle
  • Half Nelson (2006) as Crack Smoker
  • Pariah (2011) as Alike
  • Galveston (2018) as Loraine
  • The Dinner (2017) as Nina
  • Steel Magnolias (2012) as Annelle
  • Emily & Tim (2015) as Meg (Segment 5)
  • Viper Club (2018) as Keisha
  • The Door (2013) as O
  • Wanderland (2018) as Anais
  • My Name Is David (2015) as His Date
  • On the Outs (2005) as Adepero