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Ayo Edebiri

Ayo Edebiri

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

Ella McCay
Ella McCay
2025 • Susan
After the Hunt
After the Hunt
2025 • Maggie Resnick
Opus
Opus
2025 • Ariel Ecton
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025 • Self
Thom Browne: The Man Who Tailors Dreams
Thom Browne: The Man Who Tailors Dreams
2024 • self
Omni Loop
Omni Loop
2024 • Paula
Inside Out 2
Inside Out 2
2024 • Envy (voice)
Don't Look at That
Don't Look at That
2024

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Ella McCay
Ella McCay
2025 • Susan
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After the Hunt
After the Hunt
2025 • Maggie Resnick
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Opus
Opus
2025 • Ariel Ecton
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Omni Loop
Omni Loop
2024 • Paula
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Inside Out 2
Inside Out 2
2024 • Envy (voice)
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Tree's Blood
Tree's Blood
2023 • Elviria (voice)
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Bottoms
Bottoms
2023 • Josie
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Theater Camp
Theater Camp
2023 • Janet Walch
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We Lost Our Human
We Lost Our Human
2023 • Ham / Future Ham / Hamling (voice)
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Cicada
Cicada
2021 • Nikki
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How It Ends
How It Ends
2021 • Stand Up
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As of Yet
As of Yet
2021 • Khadijah
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Shithouse
Shithouse
2020 • Emily (uncredited)
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Clarissa
Unknown year • Young Sally
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Ayo Edebiri – Biography, Known For & Filmography