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ADEPERO ODUYE

Actress
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."
BORN January 11, 1978
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HEIGHT 5'4" (1.63 m)
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NATIONALITY American
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YEARS ACTIVE 1990 – Present
ADEPERO ODUYE

🏆 AWARDS & ACCOLADES

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1991
ACADEMY AWARDS

Best Lead Performance (Law & Order)

WINNER
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2002
GOLDEN GLOBES

Best Actor/Actress in a Motion Picture (Law & Order: Criminal Intent)

WINNER
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2022
BAFTA FILM AWARDS

Outstanding Cinematic Achievement (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier)

NOMINEE
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2011
CRITICS' CHOICE

Best Performance (Louie)

NOMINEE

👤 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 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.

🗉 QUICK FACTS

  • Nick Name Adepero
  • Born January 11, 1978
  • Height 5'4" (1.63 m)
  • Nationality American
  • Years Active 1990 – Present
  • Occupation Actress
  • Partner Private
  • Children 1
  • Social

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