Ayo Edebiri

CTL-E-6080 · Person · other · 1995–present

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Combined Graph record U-07301 · provenance: build store (JSON graph), record CTL-E-6080.

Ayo Edebiri, born 3 October 1995 in Boston, Massachusetts, is an American actress, comedian and writer. She was raised in Boston's Dorchester neighborhood in a Pentecostal household by immigrant parents — her father from Nigeria and her mother from Barbados — and found comedy through drama class and the improv club at Boston Latin School. At New York University she switched from teaching to dramatic writing, graduating in 2017, and built a career in New York stand-up and television writing, joining Big Mouth as a writer and, from 2020, the voice of Missy. Her breakthrough came as sous chef Sydney Adamu in the FX series The Bear (2022– ), a performance that won her a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award; she has also directed an episode of the series, 'Napkins,' earning a directing nomination. Her film work includes Theater Camp and Bottoms (2023) and voice roles in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) and Inside Out 2 (2024).

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• Boston, Massachusetts — from
  Ayo Edebiri was born in Boston, Massachusetts (CTL-E-1605) and raised in its Dorchester neighborhood (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 'Ayo Edebiri').

Sources

• Encyclopaedia Britannica, 'Ayo Edebiri' (last updated 29 Sept 2026) — born 3 October 1995 in Boston to parents who emigrated from Nigeria and Barbados; BFA in dramatic writing, 2017; Sydney Adamu in The Bear; won a Golden Globe, an Emmy and a Screen Actors Guild Award — https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ayo-Edebiri (primary source · build store)
• Business of Fashion, BoF 500, 'Ayo Edebiri' — raised in Boston by a Barbadian mother and Nigerian father; discovered the arts at Boston Latin School; graduated 2017; Big Mouth and Dickinson before The Bear; Emmy, Golden Globe and Critics Choice Award in 2024 — https://www.businessoffashion.com/people/ayo-edebiri/ (build store)
• Wikipedia, 'Ayo Edebiri' (via Astrodienst biography) — born to a Barbadian mother and a Nigerian father; only child raised in Dorchester; writer and voice actor on Big Mouth since 2020; starring roles in Theater Camp and Bottoms (2023) — https://www.astro.com/astro-databank/Edebiri,_Ayo?nhor=1 (build store)
• TVOverMind, 'Ayo Edebiri: Bio and Career Highlights' (3 Oct 2026) — current profile of Edebiri as an active actress and comedian; The Bear performance won a Primetime Emmy, a Golden Globe and two SAG Awards — https://tvovermind.com/ayo-edebiri-bio-and-career-highlights/ (build store)

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