Yetide Badaki

Yetide Badaki

Biography

Yetide Badaki is a Nigerian-born American actress. She is best known for playing Bilquis on the Starz series American Gods. She is a graduate of McGill University with a major in English Literature (Theater) and a minor in Environmental Science. Badaki also has a Master of Fine Arts in Theatre from Illinois State University. She became a United States citizen in 2014.

In January 2021 Yetide expressed how the “empowering” role on American Gods helped her find the freedom to be open about her own bisexuality.

Overview

  • Age:
    44 years old
  • Born:
    November 24, 1981

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Additional Information

Character Statistics

Statistics are updated daily. 1 character

Roles

1 roles
  • Regular 1 · 100%
  • Recurring 0 · 0%
  • Guest 0 · 0%

Status

100% alive
  • Alive 1 · 100%
  • Dead 0 · 0%

Note: character roles may exceed the number of characters played, if the character appeared on multiple TV shows.

Characters

There is 1 character listed for this actor; none are dead.

Bilquis

Bilquis

American Gods (regular)
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This page was last edited on March 16th, 2026.