Ayo Edebiri

Acting

Ayo Edebiri

Born October 3, 1995Boston, Massachusetts, USA60 credits

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
5.5

Ella McCay

Movie

2025

I Love LA
6.9

I Love LA

TV

2025

After the Hunt
5.7

After the Hunt

Movie

2025

Opus
5.8

Opus

Movie

2025

Everybody's Live with John Mulaney
5.0

Everybody's Live with John Mulaney

TV

2025

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
6.7

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert

Movie

2025

Filmography

Ella McCay
2025Ella McCayas SusanMovie
I Love LA
2025I Love LAas Mimi RushTV
After the Hunt
2025After the Huntas Maggie ResnickMovie
Opus
2025Opusas Ariel EctonMovie
Everybody's Live with John Mulaney
2025Everybody's Live with John Mulaneyas Self - Actress and ComedianTV
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025SNL50: The Homecoming Concertas SelfMovie
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
2025SNL50: Beyond Saturday Nightas SelfTV
Thom Browne: The Man Who Tailors Dreams
2024Thom Browne: The Man Who Tailors Dreamsas selfMovie
Everybody Still Hates Chris
2024Everybody Still Hates Chrisas Roxanne (voice)TV
Omni Loop
2024Omni Loopas PaulaMovie
Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
2024Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesas April O'Neil (voice)TV
Inside Out 2
2024Inside Out 2as Envy (voice)Movie
Don't Look at That
2024Don't Look at ThatMovie
My Ride with Uber and Lyft
2024My Ride with Uber and LyftMovie
Tree's Blood
2023Tree's Bloodas Elviria (voice)Movie
The Sweet East
2023The Sweet Eastas MollyMovie
Bottoms
2023Bottomsas JosieMovie
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
2023Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhemas April O'Neil (voice)Movie
Theater Camp
2023Theater Campas Janet WalchMovie
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2023Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verseas Glory (voice)Movie
Clone High
2023Clone Highas Harriet Tubman (voice)TV
Mulligan
2023Mulliganas General Scarpaccio / Jayson Moody (voice)TV
We Lost Our Human
2023We Lost Our Humanas Ham / Future Ham / Hamling (voice)Movie
Kiff
2023Kiffas Professor Totsy (voice)TV
History of the World: Part II
2023History of the World: Part IIas Runaway SlaveTV
"I Fell in Love with the World"
2022"I Fell in Love with the World"as Woman 2Movie
Sherri
2022Sherrias Self - GuestTV
Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between
2022Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Betweenas StellaMovie
The Bear
2022The Bearas Sydney AdamuTV
Abbott Elementary
2021Abbott Elementaryas AyeshaTV
Cicada
2021Cicadaas NikkiMovie
The Premise
2021The Premiseas Eve StoneTV
How It Ends
2021How It Endsas Stand UpMovie
As of Yet
2021As of Yetas KhadijahMovie
PAUSE with Sam Jay
2021PAUSE with Sam Jayas Party GuestTV
Shithouse
2020Shithouseas Emily (uncredited)Movie
Ayo and Rachel are Single
2020Ayo and Rachel are Singleas AyoTV
BIGTOP BURGER
2020BIGTOP BURGERas Frances (Voice)TV
Fan Fiction Showdown
2020Fan Fiction ShowdownTV
Dickinson
2019Dickinsonas HattieTV
Sunnyside
2019SunnysideWriterTV
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019The Kelly Clarkson Showas SelfTV
I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson
2019I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinsonas VR Shopping Spree HostTV
What We Do in the Shadows
2019What We Do in the ShadowsWriterTV
Pervert Everything
2018Pervert EverythingMovie
Craig of the Creek
2018Craig of the CreekStoryTV
Big Mouth
2017Big Mouthas Missy Foreman-Greenwald / Mosaic Missy (voice)TV
It Was Sometimes Like This
2017It Was Sometimes Like Thisas AyoMovie
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbertas Self - GuestTV
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014Late Night with Seth Meyersas Self - GuestTV
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallonas SelfTV
Black Mirror
2011Black Mirroras SandyTV
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!as Self - GuestTV
The Daily Show
1996The Daily Showas SelfTV
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988LIVE with Kelly and Markas Self - GuestTV
Saturday Night Live
1975Saturday Night Liveas Self - HostTV
Golden Globe Awards
1944Golden Globe Awardsas Self - NomineeTV
Untitled Barney the Dinosaur Film
—Untitled Barney the Dinosaur FilmMovie
C
—Clarissaas Young SallyMovie
P
—Prodigiesas DidiTV