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Adepero Oduye
Highest Rated: 95% 12 Years a Slave (2013)
Lowest Rated: 0% Tazmanian Devil (2020)
Birthday: Jan 11, 1978
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA
With just a few major acting credits to her name, Adepero Oduye delivered one of 2011's most talked about performances in the gritty, emotionally charged drama "Pariah." The daughter of Nigerian immigrants who struggled to provide for a large family in New York City, Oduye put her own dreams aside to fulfill her father's wish that his children pursue medical careers. Yet it was also her father's unexpected death that made Oduye realize that life was too short not to pursue her true passion - acting. After getting her feet wet in the industry with appearances in student films, theater workshops and short features, Oduye gained career momentum with a minor role in the independent drama "Half Nelson" (2006). The following year, she landed a life-changing role of a young, gay outcast in writer-director Dee Rees' short "Pariah" (2007). When the coming-of-age film was made into a full-length feature, Oduye reprised the role with the raw emotion and depth of a rising talent capable of a successful career in blockbuster and art house projects.
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Filmography
Movies
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0% |
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Tazmanian Devil | Elizabeth Ayodele (Character) | - | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Train Baby | Unknown (Character) | - | 2019 |
37% |
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Viper Club | Keisha (Character) | $44.9K | 2018 |
72% |
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Galveston | Loraine (Character) | - | 2018 |
No Score Yet |
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Wanderland | Anais (Character) | - | 2017 |
18% |
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Geostorm | Eni Adisa (Character) | $33.4M | 2017 |
46% |
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The Dinner | Nina (Character) | $1.3M | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | To Be Free |
Nina Simone (Character), Director, Screenwriter |
- | 2017 |
89% |
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The Big Short | Kathy Tao (Character) | $70.2M | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | My Name Is David | Unknown (Character) | - | 2015 |
95% |
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12 Years a Slave | Eliza (Character) | $56.7M | 2013 |
No Score Yet |
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Steel Magnolias | Annelle (Character) | - | 2012 |
95% |
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Pariah | Alike (Character) | $758.1K | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Widow's Walk | Unknown (Character) | - | 2009 |
TV
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86% | 86% | Five Days at Memorial | Karen Wynn (Character) | 2022 |
85% | 81% | The Falcon and the Winter Soldier | Sarah Wilson (Guest Star) | 2021 |
83% | 46% | Monsterland | Amy Cooke (Character) | 2020 |
97% | 89% | When They See Us | Nomsa Brath (Character) | 2019 |
93% | 95% | Louie | Tarese (Guest Star) | 2010 |
72% | 100% | The Unusuals | Regina Plank (Guest Star) | 2009 |
No Score Yet | 71% | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Jackie (Guest Star) | 2006 |