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.
She has made guest appearances on such television programs as Louie and
two Law & Order series.
- IMDb Mini Biography By: MO Iroy FRom focusfeatures.com
In 2011, Meryl Streep forgot her reading glasses when she accepted her Golden Globe win for The Iron Lady (2011) and therefore spontaneously mentioned some of her favorite performances of the year, one being Oduye in Pariah (2011).