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Ayo Edebiri
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Ayo Edebiri (born Funmilayo Edebiri, October 3, 1995) is an American actress, comedian, and television writer, and director. She first gained industry recognition for her writing, including work on Big Mouth (2020–2025), where she later voiced the character Missy. Her breakthrough came with her role as Sydney Adamu in the comedy-drama series The Bear (2022–2026), a performance that earned widespread critical acclaim and major awards, including an Emmy, two Actor Awards, and a Golden Globe. She was also nominated for a Directors Guild of America Award for directing the episode "Napkins".
She has since starred in comedy films such as Bottoms (2023), and continued to do voice work for project…
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Ayo Edebiri (born Funmilayo Edebiri, October 3, 1995) is an American actress, comedian, and television writer, and director. She first gained industry recognition for her writing, including work on Big Mouth (2020–2025), where she later voiced the character Missy. Her breakthrough came with her role as Sydney Adamu in the comedy-drama series The Bear (2022–2026), a performance that earned widespread critical acclaim and major awards, including an Emmy, two Actor Awards, and a Golden Globe. She was also nominated for a Directors Guild of America Award for directing the episode "Napkins". She has since starred in comedy films such as Bottoms (2023), and continued to do voice work for projects including Inside Out 2 (2024). In 2025, she starred in both the horror film Opus and the thriller film After the Hunt. Edebiri has also made her Broadway debut in Proof (2026).
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Ayo Edebiri's Filmography
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem 2
as April O'Neil (voice)
Clarissa
as Young Sally
Lorne
as Self
Ella McCay
as Susan
After the Hunt
as Maggie Resnick
Opus
as Ariel Ecton
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
as Self
Thom Browne: The Man Who Tailors Dreams
as Self
Omni Loop
as Paula
Inside Out 2
as Envy (voice)
Don't Look at That
My Ride with Uber and Lyft
Tree's Blood
as Elviria (voice)
The Sweet East
as Molly
Bottoms
as Josie
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
as April O'Neil (voice)
Theater Camp
as Janet Walch
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
as Glory (voice)
We Lost Our Human
as Ham / Future Ham / Hamling (voice)
"I Fell in Love with the World"
as Woman 2
Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between
as Stella
Cicada
as Nikki
How It Ends
as Stand Up
As of Yet
as Khadijah
Shithouse
as Emily (uncredited)
Pervert Everything
It Was Sometimes Like This
as Ayo
Ally
as (voice)
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