McGill University (BA) Illinois State University (MFA)
Occupation
Actress
Years active
2003–present
Yetide Badaki(Listen)ⓘ (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]
^Robinson, Joanna (2016-07-16). "American Gods: Exclusive First Look at Bilquis and the Show's Most Challenging Scene". Vanity Fair. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
^"I want to tell the African story, says American Gods star Yetide Badaki". Times Live. 2016-04-10. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
^Josh Wigler (2017-06-18). "'American Gods' Star Talks Finale and Her Powerful "Come to Jesus" Moments". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2017-06-19.
YetideBadaki(Listen) (born September 24, 1981) is a Nigerian-American actress. She is best known for playing Bilquis on the Starz series American Gods...
stars Ricky Whittle, Emily Browning, Crispin Glover, Bruce Langley, YetideBadaki, Pablo Schreiber and Ian McShane. The season follows Shadow Moon after...
began in October 2019. The season stars Ricky Whittle, Emily Browning, YetideBadaki, Crispin Glover, Bruce Langley, Omid Abtahi, Demore Barnes and Ian McShane...
2017. The season stars Ricky Whittle, Emily Browning, Crispin Glover, YetideBadaki, Bruce Langley, Pablo Schreiber and Ian McShane, who all return from...
elder half-sister of tennis players Venus Williams and Serena Williams. YetideBadaki, American actress Yejide Kilanko, Nigerian-Canadian writer Agnes Yewande...
"FREMANTLEMEDIA'S "AMERICAN GODS" ADDS SERIES REGULARS WITH THE CASTING OF YETIDEBADAKI AND BRUCE LANGLEY". Freemantle Media. 23 March 2016. Archived from the...
released in 2013. A Starz series, Queen Nzinga, is in development with YetideBadaki as the titular character and 50 Cent, Steven S. DeKnight and Mo Abundu...
Baclanova – Born and raised in Russia. Became a U.S. citizen in 1931. YetideBadaki – Born in Nigeria. Became a U.S. citizen in 2014. Jacinda Barrett –...
2021. Retrieved March 21, 2021. White, Peter (December 16, 2021). "YetideBadaki To Star In African Warrior Queen Nzinga Drama Series In The Works At...
Played by Amani Zain in Queen of Sheba: Behind the Myth (2002) Played by YetideBadaki in American Gods as Bilquis Belkis Barran Temple, also known as "Throne...
House Audio Finalist 2021 26th The Death of Vivek Oji Akwaeke Emezi YetideBadaki and Chukwudi Iwuji Penguin Random House Audio Winner The Color Purple...
Africans, and women—not just white men. The audio performance read by YetideBadaki was praised by Kat Hooper for the website Fantasy Literature, who also...
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