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Ayo Edebiri

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Ayo Edebiri

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

Oct 3, 1995 (31 years old)

Place of Birth

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Biography

Ayo Edebiri (/ˈaɪoʊ əˈdɛbəri/ Eye-oh ə-DEB-ər-ee; born Funmilayo Edebiri, October 3, 1995) is an American actress, comedian, and television writer. Since 2022, she has played chef Sydney Adamu in the comedy-drama series The Bear, for which she won a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award, as well as a nomination for a Directors Guild of America Award for directing the episode "Napkins". Edebiri has been a writer and voice actor on Big Mouth since 2020 and was a writer 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 starred in the Theater Camp and Bottoms comedies. She had another voice role in Inside Out 2 (2024).

Known For

Acting
2025OpusAriel Ecton
2025Ella McCaySusan
2025After the HuntMaggie Resnick
2025SNL50: The Homecoming ConcertSelf
2025Everybody's Live with John MulaneySelf - Actress and Comedian
2025I Love LAMimi Rush
2025SNL50: Beyond Saturday NightSelf
2024Don't Look at That
2024Omni LoopPaula
2024My Ride with Uber and Lyft
2024Inside Out 2Envy (voice)
2024Thom Browne: The Man Who Tailors Dreamsself
2024Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesApril O'Neil (voice)
2024Everybody Still Hates ChrisRoxanne (voice)
2023Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant MayhemApril O'Neil (voice)
2023The Sweet EastMolly
2023Spider-Man: Across the Spider-VerseGlory (voice)
2023BottomsJosie
2023We Lost Our HumanHam / Future Ham / Hamling (voice)
2023Theater CampJanet Walch
2023Tree's BloodElviria (voice)
2023KiffProfessor Totsy (voice)
2023MulliganGeneral Scarpaccio / Jayson Moody (voice)
2023Clone HighHarriet Tubman (voice)
2023History of the World: Part IIRunaway Slave
2022Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in BetweenStella
2022"I Fell in Love with the World"Woman 2
2022The BearSydney Adamu
2022SherriSelf - Guest
2021CicadaNikki
2021How It EndsStand Up
2021As of YetKhadijah
2021Abbott ElementaryAyesha
2021PAUSE with Sam JayParty Guest
2021The PremiseEve Stone
2020ShithouseEmily (uncredited)
2020Ayo and Rachel are SingleAyo
2020Fan Fiction Showdown
2020BIGTOP BURGERFrances (Voice)
2019I Think You Should Leave with Tim RobinsonVR Shopping Spree Host
2019The Kelly Clarkson ShowSelf
2019DickinsonHattie
2018Pervert Everything
2017It Was Sometimes Like ThisAyo
2017Big MouthMissy Foreman-Greenwald / Mosaic Missy (voice)
2017Big MouthMissy Foreman-Greenwald (voice)
2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf - Guest
2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf - Guest
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf
2011Black MirrorSandy
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self - Guest
1996The Daily ShowSelf
1988LIVE with Kelly and MarkSelf - Guest
1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host
1975Saturday Night LiveSelf
1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Nominee
1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Nominee / Presenter
-Untitled Barney the Dinosaur Film
-ClarissaYoung Sally
-ProdigiesDidi
Production
2023MulliganCo-Producer
2022The BearCo-Executive Producer
2019What We Do in the ShadowsConsulting Producer
-ProdigiesExecutive Producer
Directing
2022The BearDirector
Writing
2023MulliganWriter
2022The BearWriter
2020Ayo and Rachel are SingleWriter
2019DickinsonStaff Writer
2019DickinsonWriter
2019What We Do in the ShadowsWriter
2019SunnysideWriter
2019SunnysideStory Editor
2018Craig of the CreekStory
2017It Was Sometimes Like ThisWriter
-Untitled Barney the Dinosaur FilmWriter