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1M Followers, 2,015 Following, 171 Posts - Ayo Edebiri (@ayoedebiri) on Instagram: "👩🏾 🌱 🏾🕊🥚"
May 21, 2024 · You can follow her on Instagram. The ‘Bottoms’ star talks acting with Jeremy Allen White, big Emmy moments with her friends, what really happened at ‘SNL,’ and much more.
1M Followers, 2,006 Following, 594 Posts - Ayo Edebiri (@ayoedebiri) on Instagram: "👩🏾 🌱 🏾🕊🥚".
Jun 23, 2022 · 78K likes, 481 comments - ayoedebiri on June 23, 2022: "Best cast best crew best directors to accidentally match with best city I LOVE THE BEAR IM POSTIN..."
- She Is from Boston
- She Attended New York University
- She Got Her Start in Comedy
- She Has Worked in Restaurants
- She Is Friends with Rachel Sennott
- She's Joining The Marvel Cinematic Universe
- She Earned Her First Emmy Nomination in 2023
- She Has A Dog
- She Learned Fight Skills For Her Role in Bottoms
Born and raised in Boston, Edebiri is the only child of immigrant parents — her mother is from Barbados and her father is from Nigeria. She grew up in a religious household and her family attended a Pentecostal church twice a week, according to The New Yorker. Edebiri has said she struggled to fit in in her hometown and had a difficult high school ...
After graduating high school, Edebiri attended New York University, where she originally studied education. However, a few years in, she started to have second thoughts. “Did you know that teenagers are really scary and they will tell you when you’re not a good English teacher?” she said of a student teaching experience during an appearance on The ...
The restaurant workplace dramedy was a big swing for Edebiri, who comes from a comedy background. She had already begun performing stand-up comedy during her time at NYU, and upon graduating, she began working as a production assistant on Broad City, perThe New Yorker. Her behind-the-scenes work continued as a writer for several comedy shows, inclu...
Edebiri is no stranger to the restaurant industry. In the early days of her comedy career, she worked in several different N.Y.C. restaurants to support herself. This came in handy when working on The Bear, as she was able to draw on her real-life experiences. “I worked in restaurants for five or six years in New York,” Edebiri told Today. “I've wo...
After meeting at NYU, Edebiri and Bodies Bodies Bodies star Rachel Sennott formed a close friendship. In fact, Sennott was the one to encourage Edebiri to pursue stand-up and helped her book her first show, according to The New Yorker. The duo went on to co-write and star in the Comedy Central web series Ayo and Rachel Are Single in 2020. They also...
In January 2023, Marvel Studios announced that Edebiri had joined the cast of Thunderbolts, an upcoming superhero film that will follow a team of anti-heroes and reformed villains (per Variety). While her role in the movie has not yet been disclosed, her entrance into the Marvel Cinematic Universe marks a huge milestone for her rising stardom. Desp...
Edebiri was nominated for her first Emmy — outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series, The Bear — in July 2023. "the greatest honor alongside the greatest crew. no words — just innumerable thanks 🥺 lots of love. woooohoooooo," she wrote on Instagram.
The actress is a pet parent to a chihuahua mix named Gromit. "He considers himself a part of my team," Edebiri told PEOPLE jokingly. "I love bringing Gromit [everywhere] because I know that even if I'm in a different place, there's one thing that will be the same every day: I have a dog, and he must be walked, and he must be fed." She added: "[He's...
Edebiri told PEOPLE that she had to learn fight skills for her role in Bottoms, which is about high schoolers who form an impromptu fight club. "I don't think any of us could take anyone in a real fight,” she told PEOPLE. “I don't think we should! But, I definitely know how to throw a punch an inch away from your face and make it look good." “We le...
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Jun 28, 2023 · 76K likes, 375 comments - ayoedebiri on June 28, 2023: "thank you for watching season 2 of The Bear these pictures are proof that I was there and lucky enough to work with some of the smartest,...".
40K likes, 196 comments - ayoedebiri on June 2, 2023: " ️ ️".
