Ayo Edebiri

Ayo Edebiri

CountryUnited States United States
GenderFemale
BirthdayOct 3, 1995
BiographyAyo Edebiri ( EYE-oh ə-DEB-ər-ee; born Funmilayo Edebiri, October 3, 1995) is an American actress, comedian, television writer, and director. Since 2022, she has played chef Sydney Adamu in the comedy-drama series The Bear, for which she won a Golden Globe Award, two Actor Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award, as well as a nomination for a Directors Guild of America Award for directing the episode "Napkins".

As a film actress, she starred in the comedy films Theater Camp and Bottoms (both 2023). In 2025, she followed with the psychological-thrillers Opus and After the Hunt, and the political comedy Ella McCay. She has also voiced roles such as Glory Grant in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023), April O'Neil in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023), and Envy in Inside Out 2 (2024).

On television, she had recurring roles in the Apple TV+ period romance series Dickinson (2021), and the ABC sitcom Abbott Elementary (2023). Edebiri was a writer and voice actor on the Netflix animated adult comedy series Big Mouth from 2020 to 2025 and was a writer for the FX horror comedy series What We Do in the Shadows in 2022.

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Known For

Kiff
Running

Kiff

as Professor Totsy
The Bear
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The Bear

as Sydney Adamu
Prodigies
Upcoming

Prodigies

as Didi
Ayo and Rachel Are Single
Ended

Ayo and Rachel Are Single

as Ayo
Big Mouth
Ended

Big Mouth

as Missy Foreman-Greenwald
Clone High
Ended

Clone High

as Harriet Tubman
Mulligan
Ended

Mulligan

as General Scarpaccio
Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Ended

Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

as April O'Neil

Part of Crew

The Bear
Running

The Bear

as Co-Executive Producer
Prodigies
Upcoming

Prodigies

as Executive Producer
Big Mouth
Ended

Big Mouth

as Consulting Producer
Dickinson
Ended

Dickinson

as Staff Writer
Mulligan
Ended

Mulligan

as Co-Producer
Sunnyside
Ended

Sunnyside

as Story Editor
What We Do in the Shadows
Ended

What We Do in the Shadows

as Consulting Producer

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