Ayo Edebiri
American actress
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| 2025 | Starred in the A24 horror film Opus, co-starring John Malkovich, and set to play a supporting role in James L. Brooks's comedy film Ella McCay. |
| 2025 | Ayo Edebiri was nominated for the Annie Awards in the Outstanding Achievement for Voice Acting in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production category for her role in Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles episode 'Splinter and April Fight a Goldfish' |
| 2025 | Ayo Edebiri is involved in two films in post-production: 'Opus' and another unnamed project where she plays Maggie Price. |
| 2025 | Involved in post-production for 'Ariel Ecton' project, also serving as executive producer |
| February 2025 | Directed the music video for Clairo's song 'Terrapin', which starred 'Weird Al' Yankovic. |
| February 2025 | Announced to be in talks to star in and write a film based on Barney & Friends for A24, Mattel Films, and producer Daniel Kaluuya. |
| January 2025 | Nominated for a Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Comedy Series for her directorial debut in The Bear episode 'Napkins'. |
| 2024 | Won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. Hosted Saturday Night Live with musical guest Jennifer Lopez. Voiced Envy in Pixar's Inside Out 2. |
| 2024 | Hosted Saturday Night Live with musical guest Jennifer Lopez and voiced Envy in the Pixar film Inside Out 2. |
| 2024 | Ayo Edebiri appears as a fan in the music video for Tyler, the Creator's song "Noid" |
| 2024 | Won NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for 'The Bear' |
| 2024 | Set to voice a character in the animated film Inside Out 2. |
| 2024 | Won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, making history as part of the first year two Black actresses won the two female comedy acting categories. |
| 2024 | Hosted Saturday Night Live; Began voicing April O'Neil in Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; Performed voice roles in Everybody Still Hates Chris |
| 2024 | Hosted Saturday Night Live with musical guest Jennifer Lopez, indirectly acknowledging previous criticisms in a sketch. |
| 2024 | Won Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy for 'The Bear' |
| 2024 | Won Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series for 'The Bear' |
| January 2024 | Nominated for a Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Comedy Series for her directorial debut in the 'Napkins' episode of The Bear. |
| 2023 | Starred in the mockumentary comedy film Theater Camp, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival to positive reviews. Also voiced roles in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem. |
| 2023 | Stars in comedy films Theater Camp and Bottoms. |
| 2023 | Voices characters in animated films Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem. |
| 2023 | Wins Primetime Emmy Award for her performance in The Bear. |
| 2023 | Receives Screen Actors Guild Award for her role in The Bear. |
| 2023 | Won Astra Creative Arts TV Awards for Best Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for 'Abbott Elementary' |
| 2023 | Worked as a creative consultant on The Eric Andre Show |
| 2023 | Won Independent Spirit Awards for Best Supporting Performance in a New Scripted Series for 'The Bear' |
| 2023 | Wins Golden Globe Award for her performance in The Bear. |
| 2023 | Had recurring roles in Abbott Elementary as Ayesha Teagues; Appeared in multiple TV shows including History of the World Part II, Kiff, Black Mirror, and I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson |
| 2023 | Receives a Directors Guild of America Award nomination for directing the episode 'Napkins' in The Bear. |
| 2023 | Served as co-producer and wrote the episode 'The Egg Hunt' for Mulligan |
| 2023 | During a red carpet interview, Edebiri jokingly claimed she played 'Jenny the Donkey' in The Banshees of Inisherin, which went viral and led to her being playfully 'adopted' as an honorary Irishwoman by Irish social media users. |
| 2022 | Starts working as a writer for the comedy series What We Do in the Shadows. |
| 2022 | Worked as a story writer on the Craig of the Creek episode 'Adventures in Baby Casino' |
| 2022 | Nominated for Gotham Independent Film Awards Outstanding Performance in a New Series for 'The Bear' |
| 2022 | Joins the cast of The Bear as chef Sydney Adamu, a role that would later earn her multiple prestigious awards. |
| 2022 | Stars in 'Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between' as Stella |
| 2021 | Appeared in Dickinson as Hattie in a recurring role and also worked as a writer; Featured in The Premise episode 'Social Justice Sex Tape' |
| 2021 | Worked as a staff writer for Dickinson, writing two episodes |
| 2021 | Edebiri performs in stand-up comedy film 'How It Ends' and appears in the film 'As of Yet' as Khadijah |
| 2020 | Ayo Edebiri appears in 'Shithouse' in an uncredited role and stars in the film 'Cicada' |
| August 2020 | Edebiri auditioned and was selected to replace Jenny Slate as the voice of Missy in the animated series Big Mouth, beginning her voice acting for the character at the end of the show's fourth season. |
| May 2020 | Her scripted digital series 'Ayo and Rachel Are Single' began airing on Comedy Central, which she co-wrote and co-starred in with Rachel Sennott. |
| 2019 | Edebiri worked as a staff editor and wrote the episode 'Too Many Lumpies' for the TV show Sunnyside |
| 2014 | Edebiri acted in an episode of the series Defectives and began her career as a stand-up comedian, performing a set on Comedy Central's Up Next. |
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