Ayo Edebiri

Funmilayo "Ayo" Edebiri ( EYE-oh ə-DEB-ər-ee; born, October 3, 1995) is an American actress, comedian, television writer, and director. She played chef Sydney Adamu in the drama series The Bear (2022–2026), for which she won a Golden Globe Award, two Actor Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award, as well as nominations for a Directors Guild of America Award for directing the episode "Napkins" and Writers Guild of America Award for co-writing "Worms." As a film actress, she starred in the comedy films Theater Camp and Bottoms (both 2023). In 2025, she followed with the psychological-thrillers Opus and After the Hunt, and the political comedy Ella McCay. She has also voiced roles such as Glory Grant in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023), April O'Neil in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023), and Envy in Inside Out 2 (2024). On television, she had recurring roles in the Apple TV+ period romance series Dickinson (2021), and the ABC sitcom Abbott Elementary (2023). Edebiri was a writer and voice actor on the Netflix animated adult comedy series Big Mouth from 2020 to 2025 and was a writer for the FX horror comedy series What We Do in the Shadows in 2022. On stage, she made her Broadway debut in the revival of the David Auburn play Proof (2026).