Adepero Oduye

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 Addehpairo Ohdueyay Her theatre credits include Danai Guriras 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 writerdirector Dee Rees as Alike in the awardwinning short film Pariah Among the other shorts that she has starred in are Gabriele Zamparinis Water Russell Costanzos The Tested and Nadiah Hamzahs Sub Rosa