Ayo Edebiri

Ayo Edebiri
Edebiri in 2024
Born (1995-10-03) October 3, 1995
EducationNew York University (BFA)
Occupations
  • Actress
  • comedian
  • television writer
Years active2014–present

Ayo Edebiri (/ˈ əˈdɛbəri/ EYE-oh ə-DEB-ər-ee; born 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, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, 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 comedies Theater Camp and Bottoms. She also voiced Envy in Pixar's Inside Out 2 (2024).