Ayo Edebiri is including a brand new function to her The Bear credit. (Frazer Harrison/Getty/FX)
Actor, comic and queer icon Ayo Edebiri is ready to tackle a brand new function in The Bear.
The 28-year-old star performs Sydney Adamu within the hit comedy-drama; the present follows an award-winning chef (playd by Jeremy Allen White) returning to his hometown to handle his deceased brother’s sandwich store.
Edebiri performs Sydney, a younger chef rising up the ranks of the kitchen, she arrives on the restaurant to work as a sous-chef beneath the tutelage of Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto (Jeremy Allen White).
For her function as Sydney, Edebiri has gained a Golden Globe Award, a Display screen Actors Guild Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award.
Alongside her work as an actor on the present, the Boston native – who repeatedly and hilariously references her Irish heritage – is ready to direct an episode of the forthcoming third season.
In response to Individuals, the hearsay is that Edebiri will likely be directing episode 6 of the brand new season, referred to as Napkins.
In an interview with Vogue in March, Edebiri shared she had been given the chance to direct
Edebiri explains: “The primary time I met Chris, I used to be 21, and he was like, ‘You’re a director.’ I used to be like, Thoughts your small business, bro.”
“However then final season, he stated, ‘Come to set, simply come to set, see what occurs.’ And I used to be like, Oh, okay. Yeah. I believe I wish to do that.”
In one other interview with Vogue on the 2024 Met Gala, Edebiri opened up about her expertise going from an actor and author to a director.
“I began out writing and appearing as properly so I really feel like I do know issues from behind digicam and in entrance of digicam, and simply getting [the chance] to zoom out,” she defined.
What exhibits has Ayo Edebiri written for?
Although this could be the primary time Ayo Edebiri is within the director’s chair, the star has been concerned in quite a few author’s rooms.
Edebiri has written episodes of What We Do In The Shadows, Dickinson and Craig of the Creek.
In addition to writing, the multi-talented Edebiri has starred as Josie within the homosexual satirical comedy Bottoms, Janet in Theatre Camp, Huge Mouth, Black Mirror and Dickinson.
Whereas discussing her function as lesbian character Josie in Bottoms, Edebiri advised Refinery29 that she identifies as queer. “It’s radical that I get to be like a younger Black queer individual doing one thing silly in a film,” she stated.
She can also be set to play the voice of Envy within the upcoming movie Inside Out 2.
When is season 3 of The Bear?
To observe The Bear season 3 within the UK, head to Disney+ on Thursday twenty seventh June. The season will encompass 10 half-hour episodes.
The season 3 synopsis reads: “It’s a dropping battle each single day within the restaurant enterprise. Carmy pushes himself tougher than ever, and calls for excellence from his crew, who do their greatest to match his depth.
“His quest for culinary excellence will propel the crew to new ranges and stress the bonds that maintain the restaurant collectively.
“Our cooks have discovered that each second counts, however this season we’ll discover out if they’ve what it takes to make it to tomorrow.”
The sooner first and second seasons are additionally accessible on the platform to catch up.
The upcoming third season is ready to amp up the already heightened world of the extreme kitchen.