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NEW YORK, NY – APRIL 24 2017: Oduye attends ‘The Dinner’ Premiere at BMCC Tribeca PAC during 2017 Tribeca Film Festival excelentphoto/Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Adepero Adetolu Oduye
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of Birth: January 11, 1978
Ethnicity: Yoruba Nigerian
Adepero Oduye is an American actress, director, writer, and singer. Her roles include the films Pariah , 12 Years a Slave , My Name Is David , Emily & Tim , The Big Short , The Dinner (2017), Geostorm , Galveston , Widows (2018), Viper Club , and Tazmanian Devil , the series Random Acts of Flyness , When They See Us , The Falcon and the Winter Soldier , and Five Days at Memorial , and the made-for-tv movie Steel Magnolias (2012).
Her parents are Nigerian.