Person in history
Ayo Edebiri
Ayo Edebiri, American actress
Life at a glance
- Born
- 1995 · October 3
- Age this year
- 31No death recorded in our data
- Born
- 31st anniversary of their birth this year
Their story
Who they were
Funmilayo "Ayo" Edebiri 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."
Early life
Early life and education Edebiri was born in Boston on October 3, 1995, [ 1 ] to a Barbadian mother and a father from the Edo ethnic group in Edo State , Nigeria . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Short for Funmilayo, [ 6 ] her name "Ayo" means "Joy" in Yoruba . [ 7 ] [ 8 ] She is an only child and grew up in the Dorchester neighborhood. [ 9 ] Her family is Pentecostal , and she regularly attended church services with her parents. [ 10 ] [
Why this date
Ayo Edebiri appears on our October 3 calendar for 1995 as a birth entry.
The world when they were born
Other entries we record for 1995.
- September 7Space Shuttle Endeavour
- October 6Michel Mayor
- April 29Rungrado 1st of May Stadium
- July 5Armenia
- March 14Norman Thagard
Born the same day
Contemporaries — born the same year
- 1995JisooJanuary 3
- 1995TaeyongJuly 1
- 1995Patrick MahomesSeptember 17
- 1995Simone FontecchioDecember 9
- 1995Mario HezonjaFebruary 25
- 1995Anett KontaveitDecember 24
- 1995Glen KamaraOctober 28
- 1995Shira HaasMay 11
Sources
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“Ayo Edebiri”, What's On This Date, https://whatsonthisdate.com/app/people/ayo-edebiri, accessed October 28, 2026.
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Questions about Ayo Edebiri
When was Ayo Edebiri born?
October 3 1995.
How old would Ayo Edebiri be today?
31 this year, based on the birth year we hold. We have no death record for them in our data, which is not proof either way.
Who else was born on October 3?
Artem Zub, Bang Chan, CJ Abrams and others — the list is on this page and on the date page.
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