Adepero Oduye
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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.
Tag as Yoruba.
I think she was born around 1978, but I’m not sure.