Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 3, 1995 (age 31)
Place of Birth
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Also Known As
- Funmilayo Edebiri
Ayo Edebiri
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 - Movies
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
as Glory (voice)
Inside Out 2
as Envy (voice)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
as April O'Neil (voice)
Bottoms
as Josie
Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between
as Stella
Ella McCay
as Susan
After the Hunt
as Maggie Resnick
Shithouse
as Emily (uncredited)
Omni Loop
as Paula
Theater Camp
as Janet Walch
Known For - TV Shows
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
The Daily Show
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee / Presenter
Black Mirror
as Sandy
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
Saturday Night Live
as Self