Ayo Edebiri is an award-winning actor, writer, producer, director, and comedian, who is a tour de force both in front of and behind the camera. Currently, Edebiri stars in FX’s, The Bear, which debuted in 2022 to critical acclaim, earning 13 Emmy nominations and ten wins, including Outstanding Comedy Series. Edebiri made her directorial debut in season three of The Bear and earned a Directors Guild of America Award nomination in the category of Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Comedy Series. For her masterful portrayal of sous-chef ‘Sydney,’ she won the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series (season one) and was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress (seasons two and three). She also received Critics Choice, SAG, and Golden Globe Awards for Best Lead Actress (season two) and was nominated again for season three. She also co-wrote episode four of the show’s fourth season, “Worms”, now streaming on Hulu. She recently voiced Envy in Pixar’s Inside Out 2, the highest-grossing Pixar film of all time, and is currently in production on the Apple TV+ series Prodigies, opposite Will Sharpe. She will next be seen in director Luca Guadagnino’s highly anticipated feature, After The Hunt, alongside Julia Roberts and Andrew Garfield.