About Owiso Odera
Lived 1974 – 2016 (aged 41–42). Owiso Odera was an actor, stage actor and film actor.
Owiso Odera (March 1974 – November 3, 2016) was a Sudanese-born Kenyan actor. In 2015, Odera was nominated for a Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play for his performance in Katori Hall's play Our Lady of Kibeho at the Signature Theatre.
He attended St. Mary's School, Nairobi, graduating in the class of 1991. He also earned a master's degree from the graduate acting program at the University of California, San Diego. He graduated from UCSD in 2005.
He has appeared in the television series The Originals, The Good Wife and Madam Secretary.
Personal life and death Odera was married to Nicole Comp.
Odera died on November 3, 2016, after collapsing on stage during a rehearsal of Dominique Morisseau's Detroit '67 at the Galt House in Louisville, Kentucky.
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Who was Owiso Odera?
Kenyan actor
When was Owiso Odera born?
Owiso Odera was born in 1974 in Khartoum.
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Owiso Odera died on 3 October 2016 in Louisville, Kentucky.
What was Owiso Odera's occupation?
Owiso Odera was an actor, stage actor and film actor.
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