The Biography

Ayo Edebiri (born October 3, 1995) is an American actress, comedian, and television writer. She has played chef Sydney Adamu in the comedy-drama series The Bear since 2022, for which she has won a Golden Globe Award and a Primetime Emmy Award. Edebiri has also served as a writer and voice actor on Big Mouth since 2020 and has written 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 had starring roles in the comedy films Theater Camp and Bottoms.