Adepero Oduye

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Adepero Oduye
File:Adepero Oduye.jpg
Oduye at 2013 New York Film Festival
Born Brooklyn, New York, US
Nationality Nigerian-American
Citizenship Nigerian : American
Occupation Actress
Years active 2002–present

Adepero Oduye is an American actress, director, and writer.

Life and career

Adepero Oduye (pronounced “Add-eh-pair-o Oh-due-yay) was born in Brooklyn, New York, one of seven children to Nigerian parents. Although she graduated pre-med from Cornell University, she decided to pursue her passion for acting upon graduation.[1]

Oduye’s breakout role came in 2011 when she starred in Dee Rees’ critically acclaimed and award-winning independent film Pariah, for which she received several awards and a nomination for Best Female Lead at the Independent Spirit Awards.[2][3][1] During her Golden Globe acceptance speech for The Iron Lady, Meryl Streep mentioned some of her favorite performances of the year, highlighting Oduye in Pariah.[4]

The following year, she joined an all-star cast in the Steel Magnolias television remake as Annelle Dupuy-Desoto, a role originated by Daryl Hannah.[5][6]

Oduye starred alongside Chiwetel Ejiofor in Steve McQueen’s historical drama 12 Years a Slave, winner of the 2014 Academy Award for Best Picture.[7][8] She also appeared in Ava DuVernay's short film The Door part of Miu Miu's ad campaign known as The Women's Tales.[9]

After several lead roles in regional theater productions, including Eclipsed and The Bluest Eye, Oduye made her Broadway debut opposite Cicely Tyson in Horton Foote’s The Trip To Bountiful.[10][11]

In 2015, she shared the screen with Steve Carell in Adam McKay’s comedy-drama The Big Short, which won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

She made her directorial debut with Breaking In, a short film about a young black man's first time being stopped and frisked by the NYPD, based on her brother’s early experience.[12] The film has garnered several film festival acknowledgments and awards.

Her upcoming projects include the sci-fi action film Geostorm and the American drama thriller The Dinner, starring Richard Gere.

Features

  • Vanity Fair - Hollywood Issue Cover (2012)[13]
  • The New York Times - Great Performances (2012)[14]
  • Time Magazine - Great Performances (2012)[15]
  • W Magazine - Best Performances issue (February 2012)[16]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2002 Water Woman Short film
2004 Fall Short film
On the Outs Adepero
2005 Law & Order Traci Sands TV series; Episode: "Birthright"
2006 Thee and a Half Thoughts Bodega Woman Short film
Half Nelson Crack Smoker
The Tested Mom Short film
Law & Order: Criminal Intent Jackie TV series; Episode: "The War at Home"
2007 Pariah Alike Short film
Wifey Kadijah TV film
2009 Sub Rosa Ayesha Short film
If I Leap Zipporah Short film
The Unusuals Regina Plank TV series; Episode: "The Circle Line"
2010 This Is Poetry Wife Short film
Tags Shayla Johns Short film
Louie Tarese TV series; Episode: "Dentist/Tarese"
2011 Men in Love Leo's Ex Short film
Pariah Alike Black Reel Award for Best Breakthrough Performance
African-American Film Critics Association Award for Best Breakthrough Performance
Denver Film Festival Rising Star Award
Nominated – Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead
Nominated – NAACP Image Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture
Nominated – Black Reel Award for Best Actress
Nominated – Black Reel Award for Best Ensemble
2012 Steel Magnolias Annelle Dupuy Desoto TV film
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
Nominated – Black Reel Award for Best Supporting Actress
2013 The Door L Short film
2013 12 Years a Slave Eliza Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
2015 My Name Is David
2015 Artemis Fall Commander Aiden Collins Short film
2015 Outliving Emily Meg (Segment 5)
2015 The Big Short Kathy Tao
2017 Geostorm Adisa

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Adepero Oduye- Biography, Yahoo!
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  5. ↑ Nellie Andreeva, Queen Latifah, Alfre Woodard & Phylicia Rashad Lead The Cast Of Lifetime’s ‘Steel Magnolias’ Remake, Deadline.com, March 19, 2012
  6. ↑ Erin Strecker, Lifetime's 'Steel Magnolias' remake: Watch trailer here, Entertainment Weekly, June 3, 2012
  7. ↑ Ruth Negga Joins Cast Of "12 Years A Slave;" Adepero Oduye ("Pariah") Confirmed As Well, Shadow and Act, May 22, 2012
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