Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, USABirthday: 11 January 1978Bio: 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.
