Yetide Badaki

Yetide Badaki (A bi ni ọjọ́ kẹrìnlélógún oṣù kẹsàn-án ọdún 1981)  ó jẹ́ òṣèré ní ìlú Amẹ́ríkà tó sì jẹ́ ọmọ bíbí ilẹ̀ Nàìjíríà.  Ó sì jẹ́ ẹni tí   amọ̀ sí ẹni tó má ń ṣerè Bilquis lóri sírìsì  Starz  American Gods.

 Ìbẹ̀rẹ̀pẹ̀pẹ̀ Ayé 
A bí Badaki sí ìlú Ìbàdàn, Nàìjíríà. Kó tó lọ sí England, Badaki gbé ní Nàìjíríà fún ọdún mẹ́ta. Nígbà tó pé ọmọ ọdún mẹ́fà, ó padà sí Nàìjíríà. Ní ìparí, ó bẹ̀rẹ̀ sí ní gbé Amẹ́ríkà ní nǹkan bí i ọmọ ọdún méjìlá. Ó kẹ́kọ̀ọ́ gboyè ní McGill University with a major in English Literature (Theater) and a minor in Environmental Science. Badaki also has a Master of Fine Arts in Theatre from Illinois State University. She became a United States citizen in 2014. In 2021, Badaki revealed that she is bisexual.

 Career 
Badaki received a 2006 Jeff Award nomination for Best Actress in a Principal Role (Play) for I Have Before Me a Remarkable Document Given to Me by a Young Lady from Rwanda. She has received positive reviews for her portrayal of Bilquis on American Gods. The character of Bilquis has had its role in the story expanded for the television series.  In 2018, Badaki played the recurring character Chi Chi on This Is Us.

Badaki has written a short film called In Hollywoodland, which she funded with IndieGoGo.  Badaki and Karen David produced and starred in the short film while  Jessica Sherif directed it.  In Hollywoodland is a re-imagining of Alice in Wonderland set in present-day Los Angeles.  In Hollywoodland premiered in August 2020 at the Bentonville Film Festival.

Badaki will play the mother of Giannis Antetokounmpo in the upcoming movie Rise for Disney Plus.

 Filmography 

 Film 
YearTitleRoleNotes2003ExpirationNaomi2017Cardinal XAnita2018Chasing the RainThe Woman2018The Long ShadowSissy Leblanc2019The Buried GirlAlex2019PrecipiceMorenaShort2020What We FoundAlex2022RiseVeronica Antetokounmpo

 Television 
YearTitleRoleNotes2008LostNarjissEpisode: "The Shape of Things to Come"2013Criminal MindsMaya CarcaniEpisode: "Final Shot"2014SequesteredKeiraRecurring character2014Masters of SexNurse WilliamsEpisode: "Blackbird"2015NCIS: New OrleansFelicia PatriceEpisode: "Le Carnaval de la Mort"2015AquariusRita CarterEpisode: "Your Mother Should Know"2016K.C. UndercoverPenelopeEpisode: "Coopers Reactivated!"2017–2021American GodsBilquisMain cast2018This Is UsChi ChiRecurring2020The MagiciansZoe MarcusEpisode: "The Mountain of Ghosts"TBAArmy of the Dead: Lost VegasQueen Meeru (voice)TBAQueen NzingaNzinga of Ndongo and MatambaMain cast

 Video games 
YearTitleRoleNotes2016Call of Duty: Infinite WarfareEbele Yetide

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