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Adenrele Ojo is a native Philadelphian who currently resides in Los Angeles by way of New York. She is a wearer of many creative hats: actress, voice-over artist, producer and photographer.  Adenrele is a theater baby (daughter of the late Founder of The New Freedom Theatre in Philadelphia, John E. Allen Jr.) who received her BA in Theater from Hunter College in NY and later further her training at the William Esper Studio studying Meisner under the auspices of Maggie Flanigan. 

 

No stranger to the stage, a few of her Theater credits include:  August Wilson’s Jitney (NJPAC); Bronzeville (Robey Theatre Co.); Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (nominated for an L.A. Stage Alliance Ovation Award for Featured Actress) and The Ballad of Emmett Till by Ifa Bayeza, directed by Shirley Jo Finney (winner of the 2010 L.A. Stage Alliance Ovation Award & the Los Angeles Drama Critics Award for Best Ensemble).  Adenrele moves from stage to screen in such feature films as: Within; Family, Elevate and Bathroom Vanities, a don’t-judge-a-book-by-it’s-cover comedy about one woman’s unforgettable experience in a ladies’ bathroom, directed by Christopher Scott Cherot (Hav Plenty and G), which Adenrele starred, co-wrote and produced under the umbrella of her production company, NeW•YiLLy Entertainment. 

 

Ojo's voice can also be heard on many audiobooks, which she has been recording for over 10 years.  She is the recipient of two Audie Awards and has received several AudioFile Earphones Awards.  Some of her works include:  Katie Couric’s, The Best Advice I Ever Got, Someone Knows My Name by Lawrence Hill, The Mothers by Brit Bennett (AudioFile Best of 2016 Fiction), Weapons of Mass Seduction by Lori Bryant-Woolridge, Oprah’s Book Club 2.0 pick, The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis, The Healing by Jonathan Odell, Unforgivable Love by Sophfronia Scott and Billions and Billions by Carl Sagan.  When she is not recording, you can sometimes find her directing authors, celebrity actors and other audiobook narrators.

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