阿德佩罗·奥杜耶（Adepero Oduye）来自纽约市布鲁克林，途经尼日利亚。她毕业于康奈尔大学;并曾师从Wynn Handman、Austin Pendleton和Susan Batson学习表演。她的名字发音为“Add-eh-pair-o Oh-due-yay”。

她的戏剧作品包括达奈·古里拉（Danai Gurira）在耶鲁话剧团（Yale Repertory Theatre）的戏剧《日蚀》（Eclipsed）;The Bluest Eye，在哈特福德舞台和长码头剧院上演;和 Fela！，在 AEA 研讨会上，由 Bill T. Jones 导演和编舞。

奥杜耶女士首次为编剧/导演迪·里斯（Dee Rees）出演获奖短片《贱民》（Pariah）。她出演的其他短片包括加布里埃尔·赞帕里尼（Gabriele Zamparini）的《水》;罗素·科斯坦佐（Russell Costanzo）的《测试者》;

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.