Ayo Edebiri (born Funmilayo Edebiri, October 3, 1995) is an American actress, comedian, and television writer, and director. She first gained industry recognition for her writing, including work on Big Mouth (2020–2025), where she later voiced the character Missy. Her breakthrough came with her role as Sydney Adamu in the comedy-drama series The Bear (2022–2026), a performance that earned widespread critical acclaim and major awards, including an Emmy, two Actor Awards, and a Golden Globe. She was also nominated for a Directors Guild of America Award for directing the episode "Napkins". She has since starred in comedy films such as Bottoms (2023), and continued to do voice work for projects including Inside Out 2 (2024). In 2025, she starred in both the horror film Opus and the thriller film After the Hunt. Edebiri has also made her Broadway debut in Proof (2026).

Filmography

• 2027Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem 2 — April O'Neil (voice)
• 2026Clarissa — Young Sally
• 2025After the Hunt — Maggie Resnick
• 2025Ella McCay — Susan
• I Love LA — Mimi Rush
• 2025Opus — Ariel Ecton
• 2024Don't Look at That
• Everybody Still Hates Chris — Roxanne (voice)
• 2024Inside Out 2 — Envy (voice)
• 2024My Ride with Uber and Lyft
• 2024Omni Loop — Paula
• Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles — April O'Neil (voice)
• 2023Bottoms — Josie
• Clone High — Harriet Tubman (voice)
• History of the World: Part II — Runaway Slave
• Kiff — Professor Totsy (voice)
• Mulligan — General Scarpaccio / Jayson Moody (voice), Writer, Co-Producer
• 2023Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse — Glory (voice)
• 2023Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem — April O'Neil (voice)
• 2023The Sweet East — Molly
• 2023Theater Camp — Janet Walch
• 2023Tree's Blood — Elviria (voice)
• 2023We Lost Our Human — Ham / Future Ham / Hamling (voice)
• 2022"I Fell in Love with the World" — Woman 2
• 2022Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between — Stella
• The Bear — Sydney Adamu, Co-Executive Producer, Director, Writer
• Abbott Elementary — Ayesha
• 2021As of Yet — Khadijah
• 2021Cicada — Nikki
• 2021How It Ends — Stand Up
• PAUSE with Sam Jay — Party Guest
• The Premise — Eve Stone
• Ayo and Rachel are Single — Ayo, Writer, Creator
• BIGTOP BURGER — Frances (Voice)
• Fan Fiction Showdown
• 2020Shithouse — Emily (uncredited)
• Dickinson — Hattie, Staff Writer
• I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson — VR Shopping Spree Host
• Sunnyside — Story Editor, Writer
• What We Do in the Shadows — Consulting Producer, Writer
• Craig of the Creek — Story
• 2018Pervert Everything
• Big Mouth — Missy Foreman-Greenwald / Mosaic Missy (voice), Missy Foreman-Greenwald (voice)
• 2017It Was Sometimes Like This — Ayo, Writer
• Black Mirror — Sandy
• Ally — (voice)
• Barney the Dinosaur — Writer
• Prodigies — Didi, Executive Producer

Appearances as themselves (16)

• 2026Lorne — Self
• Everybody's Live with John Mulaney — Self - Actress and Comedian
• SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night — Self
• 2025SNL50: The Homecoming Concert — Self
• 2024Thom Browne: The Man Who Tailors Dreams — Self
• Sherri — Self - Guest
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Guest
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest
• The View — Self
• The Daily Show — Self
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self - Guest
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Host
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Nominee, Self - Nominee / Presenter