Adepero Oduye

Adepero Oduye

1978-01-11 Brooklyn, New York, USA 22 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 wri...

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Lines

Lines

2021

2.0
Acting

Six poems written by six young prisoners animated to tell their stories, thoughts, fears and hopes.

Tazmanian Devil

Tazmanian Devil

2020

as Elizabeth Ayodele

7.0
Acting

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 ...

Widows

Widows

2018

as Breechelle

6.5
Acting

A police shootout leaves four thieves dead during an explosive armed robbery attempt in Chicago. Their widows have nothing in common except a debt lef...

Viper Club

Viper Club

2018

as Keisha

5.6
Acting

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 ...

Galveston

Galveston

2018

as Loraine

6.1
Acting

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 Galves...

Geostorm

Geostorm

2017

as Eni Adisa

6.1
Acting

After an unprecedented series of natural disasters threatened the planet, the world's leaders came together to create an intricate network of satellit...

The Dinner

The Dinner

2017

as Nina

4.5
Acting

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...

To Be Free

To Be Free

2017

as Nina Simone

6.0
Acting

In a tiny after-hours club, Nina Simone finds a way, for one moment, to be free.

To Be Free

To Be Free

2017

Writer, Director

6.0
Writing Directing

In a tiny after-hours club, Nina Simone finds a way, for one moment, to be free.

The Big Short

The Big Short

2015

as Kathy Tao

7.4
Acting

The men who made millions from a global economic meltdown.

Emily & Tim

Emily & Tim

2015

as Meg (Segment 5)

6.1
Acting

The movie is comprised of six vignettes. A look at the tumultuous marriage of Tim and Emily Hanratty over half a century.

Breaking In

2014

Director

2.5
Directing

One afternoon in Sunset Park, another black boy gets broken in.

12 Years a Slave

12 Years a Slave

2013

as Eliza

7.9
Acting

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...

The Door

2013

as O

4.0
Acting

The Door, by Ava DuVernay, is a celebration of the transformative power of feminine bonds, and a symbolic story of life change.

Steel Magnolias

Steel Magnolias

2012

as Annelle

7.0
Acting

In an updated contemporary version of the beloved stage play and 1989 film, "Steel Magnolias" chronicles the lives and friendship of six women in Loui...

Pariah

Pariah

2011

as Alike

6.9
Acting

A Brooklyn teenager juggles conflicting identities and risks friendship, heartbreak, and family in a desperate search for sexual expression.

Touch of Evil

Touch of Evil

2011

as The Outlaw

7.0
Acting

Some of 2011's stand-out film actors appear in "a video gallery of cinematic villainy" for New York Times Magazine.

If I Leap

2009

as Zipporah

Acting
Pariah

Pariah

2007

as Alike

1.0
Acting

A lesbian teenager unsuccessfully juggles multiple identities to avoid rejection from her friends and family. Mounting pressure from home, school, and...

Half Nelson

Half Nelson

2006

as Crack Smoker

6.6
Acting

Despite his dedication to the junior-high students who fill his classroom, idealistic teacher Dan Dunne leads a secret life of addiction that the majo...

On the Outs

On the Outs

2005

as Adepero

5.5
Acting

Follows the choices made by three young women - one a drug dealer, one an addict, one a pregnant teen - in Jersey City.

My Name Is David

My Name Is David

N/A

as His Date

Acting

A young student goes to his college library to feel normal.