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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use American English Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox person Ayo Edebiri (Шаблон:IPAc-en Шаблон:Respell;[1] born October 3, 1995) is an American actress and television writer. She has played chef Sydney Adamu in the comedy-drama series The Bear since 2022, for which she has won a Golden Globe Award and a Primetime Emmy Award.

Edebiri has also served as a writer and voice actor on Big Mouth since 2020 and has written for the comedy series What We Do in the Shadows in 2022. In 2023, she voiced roles in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem and had starring roles in the comedy films Theater Camp and Bottoms.

Early life

Edebiri was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on October 3, 1995,[2] to a Barbadian mother and Nigerian father.[3][4] She is an only child, and she was raised in the Dorchester neighborhood.[5] Her family is Pentecostal, and she regularly attended church services with her parents.[6][7] Edebiri first became interested in comedy through an eighth grade drama class, which led her to join the improv club at Boston Latin School.[7] She attended New York University, where she initially intended to study teaching before switching her major to playwriting.[3][8][5] During her junior year of college, Edebiri began pursuing a career in comedy, and interned at the Upright Citizens Brigade.[3][4]

Career

2014–2021: Early work

In 2014, Edebiri acted in an episode of the series Defectives. Edebiri started her career as a stand-up comedian, and performed a stand-up set on Comedy Central's Up Next.[9][3] Edeberi's scripted digital series Ayo and Rachel Are Single began airing on Comedy Central in May 2020, which she cowrote and co-starred in with her friend and fellow comedian Rachel Sennott.[10] She made her film debut in 2020 comedy-drama Shithouse, in an uncredited role.[11] Edebiri co-hosts a podcast called Iconography with Olivia Craighead that features interviews with guests in conversation about their shared personal icons.[3][10] The podcast is produced by Forever Dog and the second season was released in 2020.[12]

A television writer, she has written for the sole seasons of The Rundown with Robin Thede and NBC's Sunnyside.[13][3] Edebiri joined the writing staff of Big Mouth for the show's fourth season.[14] After Jenny Slate stepped down from voicing the character Missy so the role could be played by a black actress, Edebiri auditioned and was selected as the replacement in August 2020.[13][15] Her voice acting as the character began at the end of the show's fourth season.[13] She was a writer and actress in Dickinson's second season on Apple TV+, where she first worked with Christopher Storer, who went on to create The Bear.[6] She acted in a supporting role in the 2022 film adaptation of the Jennifer E. Smith YA novel Hello, Goodbye and Everything in Between.[16]

2022–present: breakthrough and The Bear

In 2022 Edebiri gained wider prominence as a main cast member on the FX on Hulu series The Bear.[17] She received a Golden Globe Award and Independent Spirit Award and nominations from the Gotham Awards and the Critics' Choice Awards for her role as Sydney Adamu, an ambitious young sous chef.[18][19][20] She also won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. Lucy Mangan of The Guardian praised her performance declaring her as "magnificent" and "still lighting up and punching up every scene she is in".[21]

During this time she became a writer and consulting producer on the Hulu series What We Do in the Shadows, earning a nomination for the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Episodic Comedy for the episode "Private School". Edebiri coproduced and appeared on Mulligan (2023), an animated series for Netflix. She also had voice roles in the Netflix interactive special We Lost Our Human.[22] Also in 2023 she appeared in an episode of the Mel Brooks Hulu series History of the World, Part II and the Black Mirror episode "Joan Is Awful". She also voiced roles in the Disney Channel series Kiff and the Max series Clone High. Later that year she voiced Glory Grant in the animated superhero sequel Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse[23] and April O'Neil in the animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem.[24] Both of the films received critical acclaim and were financially successful.

Also in 2023, she starred in the live mockumentary comedy film Theater Camp alongside Molly Gordon and Ben Platt. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival to positive reviews with many comparing it to the films of Christopher Guest. Later that year she starred in the teen sex comedy Bottoms opposite Rachel Sennott. The film premiered at South by Southwest.[25] Katie Walsh of The Los Angeles Times wrote, "Sennott and Edebiri deliver two of the funniest performances of the year".[26] She appeared in the film The Sweet East directed by Sean Price Williams which premiered at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival at the Directors' Fortnight. Edebiri hosted Saturday Night Live on February 3, 2024.[27]

Personal life

Edebiri has canvassed for the Democratic Socialists of America.[28][29] She identifies as queer.[30][31]

Filmography

Film

Film work by Ayo Edebiri
Year Title Role Notes
2020 Shithouse Emily Uncredited
Cicada Nikki
2021 How It Ends Stand Up
As of Yet Khadijah
2022 Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between Stella
2023 Theater Camp Janet Walch
Bottoms Josie
The Sweet East Molly
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Glory Grant Voice
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem April O'Neil Voice
Шаблон:TableTBA scope="row" Шаблон:Pending film Ariel Ecton Post-production
Шаблон:TableTBA scope="row" Шаблон:Pending film Шаблон:TableTBA Filming

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Television

Television work by Ayo Edebiri
Year Title Role Notes
2014 Defectives Stacey Episode: "Public Display of Affection"
2019 Sunnyside Шаблон:N/A Staff editor and wrote episode: "Too Many Lumpies"
2020–2023 Bigtop Burger Frances (voice) Recurring role
2020–present Big Mouth Missy Foreman-Greenwald (voice) Main role; also writer and consulting producer[13]
2021 Dickinson Hattie 6 episodes; also staff writer[16]
The Premise Eve Stone Episode: "Social Justice Sex Tape"
2022 Pause with Sam Jay Party Guest Episode: "Eyes Wide Butt"
2022–present The Bear Sydney Adamu Main role[17]
2022 What We Do in the Shadows Шаблон:N/A Writer and consulting producer[32]
Craig of the Creek Шаблон:N/A Wrote episode: "Adventures in Baby Casino"
2023 Abbott Elementary Ayesha Teagues Recurring role[33]
History of the World, Part II Japheth's Wife Episode: "III"
Mulligan General Scarpaccio/Jayson Moody (voice) Recurring role, also writer and coproducer
Kiff Professor Totsy (voice) Episode: "Kiff's Mix"
The Eric Andre Show Шаблон:N/A Writer and creative consultant
Clone High Harriet Tubman (voice) Recurring role[34]
I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson VR Shopping Spree Host Episode: "I Can Do Whatever I Want."
Black Mirror Sandy Episode: "Joan Is Awful"
2024 Saturday Night Live Herself (host) Episode: "Ayo Edebiri/Jennifer Lopez"

Awards and nominations

Accolades for Ayo Edebiri
Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref
2022 Gotham Independent Film Awards Outstanding Performance in a New Series The Bear Шаблон:Nom [20]
2023 Critics' Choice Awards Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Шаблон:Nom [19]
NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series What We Do in the Shadows (Шаблон:Small) Шаблон:Nom [35]
Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series The Bear Шаблон:Nom [36]
Independent Spirit Awards Best Supporting Performance in a New Scripted Series Шаблон:Won [18]
Writers Guild of America Awards Episodic Comedy What We Do in the Shadows (Шаблон:Small) Шаблон:Nom [32]
Dorian TV Awards Best Supporting TV Performance — Comedy The Bear Шаблон:Won [37]
TCA Awards Individual Achievement in Comedy Шаблон:Nom [38]
Astra TV Awards Best Supporting Actress in a Streaming Series, Comedy Шаблон:WonШаблон:Efn [39]
Best Writing in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series, Comedy What We Do in the Shadows (Шаблон:Small) Шаблон:Won
Astra Creative Arts TV Awards Best Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Abbott Elementary Шаблон:Won
Black Reel Awards Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Comedy Series The Bear Шаблон:Nom [40]
Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Шаблон:Won [41]
2024 Golden Globe Awards Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy Шаблон:Won [42]
Critics' Choice Awards Best Actress in a Comedy Series Шаблон:Won [43]
Black Reel Awards Outstanding Voice Performance Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem Шаблон:Nom [44]
BAFTA Film Awards BAFTA Rising Star Award Шаблон:N/a Шаблон:Pending [45]
Satellite Awards Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy The Bear Шаблон:Pending [46]
Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Шаблон:Pending [47]
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series Шаблон:Pending
NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Шаблон:Pending [48]
Outstanding Guest Performance in a Comedy or Drama Series Abbott Elementary Шаблон:Pending

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