Ayo Edebiri
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| Born | Funmilayo Edebiri October 3, 1995 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Education | New York University (BFA) |
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| Years active | 2014–present |
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Funmilayo "Ayo" Edebiri (/ˈaɪoʊ əˈdɛbəri/ Template:Respell;[1] born, 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.
Early life and education[edit | edit source]
Edebiri was born in Boston on October 3, 1995,[2] to a Bajan mother and a father from the Edo ethnic group in Edo State, Nigeria.[3][4][5][6] Short for Funmilayo,[7] her name "Ayo" means "Joy" in Yoruba.[8][9] She is an only child and grew up in the Dorchester neighborhood.[10] Her family is Pentecostal, and she regularly attended church services with her parents.[11][12]
She first became interested in comedy through her eighth grade drama class, leading her to join the improv club at Boston Latin School called Yellow Submarine Improv.[12] She went to New York University (NYU), where she initially intended to study teaching before switching her major to dramatic writing.[13][10][14] During her junior year of college, Edebiri began pursuing a comedy career and became an intern at the Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB).[13][5]
Career[edit | edit source]
2014–2021: Early work[edit | edit source]
In 2014, Edebiri acted in an episode of the series Defectives. She started her career as a stand-up comedian and also performed a stand-up set on Comedy Central's Up Next.[15][13] Her scripted digital series, Ayo and Rachel Are Single, began airing on Comedy Central in May 2020, which she co-wrote and co-starred in with her friend and fellow comedian Rachel Sennott.[16] Edebiri made her film debut in the 2020 comedy-drama Shithouse in an uncredited role.[17] She co-hosted a podcast called Iconography with Olivia Craighead, in which guests were interviewed about their shared personal icons.[13][16] The podcast was produced by Forever Dog, and the second season was released in 2020.[18]
As a television writer, Edebiri wrote for the sole seasons of The Rundown with Robin Thede (2017–2018) and NBC's Sunnyside (2019).[19][13] She joined the writing staff of Big Mouth for the show's fourth season.[20] After Jenny Slate stepped down from voicing the character Missy so the role could be played by a Black actress, Edebiri auditioned and was selected as the replacement in August 2020.[19][21] Her voice acting as the character began at the end of the show's fourth season.[19] In 2021, she was a writer and actress for Dickinson's second season on Apple TV+, where she first worked with Christopher Storer, who later created The Bear.[11] She acted in a supporting role in the 2022 film adaptation of the Jennifer E. Smith young adult novel, Hello.[22]
2022–2024: Breakthrough and The Bear[edit | edit source]

In 2022, Edebiri gained wider prominence as a main cast member on the FX on Hulu series The Bear.[23] She received a Golden Globe Award, Primetime Emmy Award, and Independent Spirit Award in addition to nominations from the Gotham Awards and the Critics' Choice Awards for her role as Sydney Adamu, an ambitious young sous chef.[24][25][26] Lucy Mangan of The Guardian praised her performance, declaring her "magnificent" and "still lighting up and punching up every scene she is in".[27]
Also in 2022, she became a writer and consulting producer on the FX series What We Do in the Shadows, earning a nomination for the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Episodic Comedy for the episode "Private School".[28] Edebiri co-produced, appeared in, and served as a writer on Mulligan (2023), an animated series for Netflix.[29] She provided voice acting as Ham in the Netflix interactive special We Lost Our Human.[30] That February, Edebiri contributed original poetry to Eating Salad Drunk, a comedian haiku anthology (edited by author Gabe Henry) that benefited Comedy Gives Back, a nonprofit supporting comedians facing financial hardship from the Covid-19 pandemic.[31][32] In the same year, she appeared in an episode of the Mel Brooks Hulu series History of the World, Part II and the Netflix Black Mirror episode "Joan Is Awful".[33][34] She also voiced roles in the Disney Channel series Kiff and the Max series Clone High.[35][36] Later in 2023, she voiced Glory Grant in the animated superhero sequel Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse[37] and April O'Neil in the animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem.[38] Both films were financially successful.[39][40]
In 2023, she starred in the mockumentary comedy film Theater Camp alongside Molly Gordon and Ben Platt. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival to positive reviews, with many comparing it to the films of Christopher Guest. Later that year, she guest starred in the ABC sitcom Abbott Elementary and starred in the teen sex comedy Bottoms opposite Rachel Sennott. Bottoms premiered at South by Southwest.[41] Katie Walsh of The Los Angeles Times wrote, "Sennott and Edebiri deliver two of the funniest performances of the year".[42] She also appeared in the film The Sweet East, directed by Sean Price Williams, which premiered at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival at the Directors' Fortnight.[43][44] She won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 2024 for The Bear, as Quinta Brunson won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for Abbott Elementary that same year, marking the first year two Black actresses won the two female comedy acting categories in the Primetime Emmys.[45] Edebiri made her directorial debut in The Bear's season three episode "Napkins" (2024). To train for communicating with the crew, she shadowed the director of the flashback episode "Fishes", in which her character did not appear.[46] She was nominated for a Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Comedy Series for the episode.[47][48][49]

Edebiri hosted Saturday Night Live (SNL) with musical guest Jennifer Lopez in 2024.[50] In a sketch, Edebiri indirectly acknowledged having criticized Lopez previously on the podcast Scam Goddess.[51][52] She voiced Envy in the Pixar film Inside Out 2 (2024), a sequel to the first film.[53] Edebiri also appeared as a crazed woman in the music video for Tyler, The Creator's 2024 single, "Noid".
2025–present: Career expansion[edit | edit source]
In February 2025, she directed the music video for Clairo's song, "Terrapin", which starred "Weird Al" Yankovic.[54] Edebiri starred in the 2025 A24 horror film Opus, co-starring John Malkovich,[55] and Luca Guadagnino's thriller film After the Hunt (2025), with Julia Roberts and Andrew Garfield.[56] She played a supporting role in James L. Brooks's comedy film Ella McCay.[57] In February 2025, it was announced that Edebiri was in talks to star in and write a film based on the children's television show Barney & Friends for A24, Mattel Films, and producer Daniel Kaluuya.[58]
For season three of The Bear, Edebiri received an Emmy nominations for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series and for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series. This makes her the first Black woman ever to be nominated for acting and directing in the comedy categories in the same year. Additionally, she is the youngest Black woman in Emmy history to receive three acting nominations.[59][60] She is also only the second Black woman to be nominated for comedy directing, after Millicent Shelton for 30 Rock in 2009.[61] Edebiri also co-wrote the acclaimed season four episode of The Bear, "Worms", which was named one of the top 10 TV episodes of the year by The Hollywood Reporter,[62] while TheWrap named Edebiri to its list of the top 10 TV performers of 2025.[63] Edebiri and Lionel Boyce were nominated for an WGA Award for Episodic Comedy for "Worms".[64]
Nigerian filmmakers Arie Esiri and Chuko Esiri cast Edebiri in Clarissa, their adaptation of the Virginia Woolf novel Mrs Dalloway, which was filmed 2025 in Lagos.[65] Edebiri made her Broadway debut in the revival of the David Auburn play Proof, acting opposite Don Cheadle, Jin Ha, and Kara Young. She received mixed reviews for her performance. Deadline Hollywood described her turn as Catherine as "transfixing" and a "revelation."[66] However, Richard Lawson from The Guardian wrote that she "struggle[d]" with "the more dramatic, plot-advancing mechanics of the play", adding, "Edebiri quickly loses her grasp on the performance, devolving into a jumble of stammers and tics that increasingly isolate us from Catherine’s humanity".[67] Edebiri was nominated for a 2026 Drama League award in the category of Distinguished Performance.[68]
Upcoming
In May 2026, it was announced that Edebiri would be voice acting for Bong Joon Ho's first animated film, Ally, along with Alex Jayne Go, Bradley Cooper, Dave Bautista, Finn Wolfhard, Rachel House, and Werner Herzog.[69]
Personal life[edit | edit source]
Edebiri is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and has frequently canvassed for the organization.[70][71][72] She is queer.[73][74]
During a red carpet interview in 2023, she said in jest that she had played the role of "Jenny the Donkey" in the film The Banshees of Inisherin (2022) and in the process developed a deep connection with Ireland. The video quickly went viral amongst Irish social media users, who leaned into the joke by agreeing Edebiri was Irish. She reciprocated and began referring to Ireland as her home country in media interviews, thanking Ireland in award speeches, and generally playing into the idea of being Irish. This continued to increase her popularity in Ireland and led to her "adoption" as an "honorary Irishwoman".[75][76][77][78]
In September 2025, Edebiri signed an open pledge with Film Workers for Palestine, pledging not to work with Israeli film institutions "that are implicated in genocide and apartheid against the Palestinian people."[79]
Acting credits[edit | edit source]
Film[edit | edit source]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Cicada | Nikki | ||
| Shithouse | Emily | Uncredited role | ||
| 2021 | How It Ends | Stand Up | ||
| As of Yet | Khadijah | |||
| 2022 | Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between | Stella | ||
| 2023 | Theater Camp | Janet Walch | ||
| Bottoms | Josie | |||
| The Sweet East | Molly | |||
| Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse | Glory Grant | Voice | ||
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem | April O'Neil | Voice | ||
| 2024 | Omni Loop | Paula Campos | ||
| Inside Out 2 | Envy | Voice | ||
| 2025 | Opus | Ariel Ecton | Also executive producer | |
| After the Hunt | Margaret "Maggie" Resnick | [80] | ||
| Ella McCay | Susan | |||
| 2026 | Lorne | Herself | Documentary | |
| Clarissa | Young Sally | |||
| 2027 | Ally | TBA | Voice, in-production | [81] |
Television[edit | edit source]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Template:Ref heading |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Defectives | Stacey | Episode: "Public Display of Affection" | |
| 2020–2023 | Bigtop Burger | Frances (voice) | Recurring role | [82] |
| 2020–2025 | Big Mouth | Missy Foreman-Greenwald (voice) | Main role (season 4–8) | [19] |
| 2021 | Dickinson | Hattie | Recurring role (season 2); also writer | [22] |
| The Premise | Eve Stone | Episode: "Social Justice Sex Tape" | [83] | |
| 2022 | Pause with Sam Jay | Party Guest | Episode: "Eyes Wide Butt" | [84] |
| 2022–2026 | The Bear | Sydney Adamu | Main role; also, director "Napkins" & co-writer "Worms" | [23] |
| 2023 | Abbott Elementary | Ayesha Teagues | Recurring role | [85] |
| History of the World, Part II | Runaway Slave | Episode: "III" | [33] | |
| Kiff | Professor Totsy (voice) | Episode: "Kiff's Mix" | [35] | |
| I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson | VR Shopping Spree Host | Episode: "I Can Do Whatever I Want." | [86] | |
| Black Mirror | Sandy | Episode: "Joan Is Awful" | [34] | |
| We Lost Our Human | Ham (voice) | Interactive special | [30] | |
| 2023–2024 | Clone High | Harriet Tubman (voice) | Main role | [36] |
| Mulligan | General Scarpaccio/Jayson Moody (voice) | Recurring role | [29] | |
| 2024 | Saturday Night Live | Herself (host) | Episode: "Ayo Edebiri/Jennifer Lopez" | [87] |
| 2024–2025 | Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | April O'Neil (voice) | Main role | [88] |
| 2024 | Everybody Still Hates Chris | Ducky/Alice/Biker Gang Lady (voice) | Minor roles | [89] |
| 2025 | Everybody's Live with John Mulaney | Herself | Episode: "Are Dinosaurs Put Together Correctly?" | [90] |
| I Love LA | Mimi Rush | Episodes: "Roger & Munchy" & "Divas Down" | [91] | |
| TBA | Prodigies | Didi | Main role | [92] |
Theater[edit | edit source]
| Year | Title | Role | Playwright | Venue | Template:Ref heading |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Proof | Catherine | David Auburn | Booth Theatre,[93] Broadway debut | [94] |
Music videos[edit | edit source]
| Year | Song | Artist | Role | Director | Template:Ref heading |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | "Noid" | Tyler, the Creator | Fan | Tyler Okonma | [95] |
| 2025 | "Terrapin" | Clairo | — | Ayo Edebiri | [96] |
| "Darling, I" | Tyler, the Creator | — | Tyler Okonma | [97] |
Writing credits[edit | edit source]
| Year | Title | Writer | Producer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Sunnyside | Yes | No | Staff editor and wrote episode: "Too Many Lumpies" |
| 2020–2022 | Big Mouth | Yes | Yes | Consulting producer |
| 2021 | Dickinson | Yes | No | Staff writer and wrote 2 episodes |
| 2022 | What We Do in the Shadows | Yes | Yes | Consulting producer and wrote episode: "Private School" |
| Craig of the Creek | Yes | No | Story writer of episode: "Adventures in Baby Casino" | |
| 2023 | The Eric Andre Show | Yes | No | Creative consultant |
| Mulligan | Yes | Yes | Co-producer and wrote episode: "The Egg Hunt" | |
| 2025 | The Bear | Yes | No | Co-writer: "Worms" |
| TBA | Barney | Yes | No | Feature film |
Awards and nominations[edit | edit source]
See also[edit | edit source]
Notes[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Tied with Christina Ricci for Wednesday.
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Edebiri is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, for whom she has frequently canvassed.
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