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Adepero Oduye

Jan 11, 1978 (47 years old) 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.

Known For

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Law & Order
Traci Sands
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Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Jackie
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Louie
Tarese
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The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
Sarah Wilson
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12 Years a Slave
Eliza
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Widows
Breechelle
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The Big Short
Kathy Tao
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When They See Us
Nomsa Brath
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Geostorm
Eni Adisa
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Five Days at Memorial
Karen Wynn

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