Yetide Badaki

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Yetide Badaki
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Badaki at the 2017 New York Comic Con
Born (1981-09-24) September 24, 1981 (age 44)
Ibadan, Nigeria
EducationMcGill University (BA)
Illinois State University (MFA)
OccupationActress
Years active2003–present

Yetide BadakiAudio file "Yo-Yetide Badaki.ogg" not found (born September 24, 1981) is a Nigerian-American actress. She is best known for playing Bilquis on the Starz series American Gods.[1][2][3]

Early life

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Badaki was born in Ibadan, Nigeria. Before moving to England, Badaki lived in Nigeria for three years. At the age of 6, she returned to Nigeria. Finally, she settled in America at age twelve.[4] She is a graduate of McGill University with a major in English Literature (Theater) and a minor in Environmental Science.[5] Badaki also has a Master of Fine Arts in Theatre from Illinois State University.[6][7]

Career

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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.[8] She has received positive reviews for her portrayal of Bilquis on American Gods.[9][10] For the television series, the character of Bilquis was expanded from the novel.[11] In 2018, Badaki played the recurring character Chi Chi on This Is Us.[12]

Badaki has written a short film called In Hollywoodland, which she funded with IndieGoGo.[13] 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.[14] In Hollywoodland premiered in August 2020 at the Bentonville Film Festival.[15]

Badaki played the mother of Giannis Antetokounmpo in the 2022 biographical movie Rise for Disney Plus.[16]

In 2023, Deadline announced that Badaki was developing a Nigerian vampire series titled Naija Vamp with Prentice Penny and Sebastian A. Jones, as both a comics series and a TV series.[17]

Badaki has also played the notable role of an Illyrian attorney, Neera Ketoul in 2023 in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds wherein she saved fellow Illyrian, Una Chin-Riley from dishonorable discharge and 20 years in a Federation penal colony for lying about the genetic engineering that she received, going against the Federation’s codes.[18]

Personal life

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She became a United States citizen in 2014.[19] In 2021, Badaki revealed that she is bisexual.[20]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2003 Expiration Naomi
2017 Cardinal X Anita
2019 The Buried Girl Alex
Precipice Morena Short
The Long Shadow Sissy Leblanc
2020 What We Found Alex
Chasing the Rain The Woman
2022 Rise Veronica Antetokounmpo

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2008 Lost Narjiss Episode: "The Shape of Things to Come"
2012 Touch Grace Episode: "Safety in Numbers"
The Failing Man Sanjana 4 episodes
2013 Criminal Minds Maya Carcani Episode: "Final Shot"
2014 Sequestered Keira 7 episodes
Masters of Sex Nurse Williams Episode: "Blackbird"
2015 NCIS: New Orleans Felicia Patrice Episode: "Le Carnaval de la Mort"
Aquarius Rita Carter Episode: "Your Mother Should Know"
2016 K.C. Undercover Penelope Episode: "Coopers Reactivated!"
2017–2021 American Gods Bilquis 26 episodes
2018–2019 This Is Us Chi Chi 4 episodes
2020 The Magicians Zoe Marcus Episode: "The Mountain of Ghosts"
2023 Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Neera Ketoul Episode: "Ad Astra Per Aspera"
2024 Twilight of the Gods Dahl 3 episodes
2025 Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft Yemọja (voice)
TBA Army of the Dead: Lost Vegas Queen Meeru (voice)
TBA Queen Nzinga Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba Main cast
TBA Naija Vamp Bisi

Video games

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Year Title Role Notes
2016 Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare Ebele Yetide Voice

See also

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References

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