
Uzo Aduba
1 FOLLOWER • 35 CREDITS • FEB 10, 1981 • 44
Biography
Uzoamaka Nwanneka "Uzo" Aduba is an American actress. She gained wide recognition for her role as Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren on the Netflix original series Orange Is the New Black (2013–2019), for which she won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series in 2014, an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2015, and two SAG Awards for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series in 2014 and 2015. She is one of only two actors to win an Emmy Award in both the comedy and drama categories for the same role.
In 2020, Aduba played Shirley Chisholm in the Hulu miniseries Mrs. America, for which she won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie and the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Movie/Miniseries. Aduba has appeared in films including American Pastoral (2016), My Little Pony: The Movie (2017), Candy Jar (2018), Steven Universe: The Movie (2019), Miss Virginia (2019), National Champions (2021), and Lightyear (2022). In 2021, she starred in Lynn Nottage's play Clyde's on Broadway for which she was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play. Aduba stars in the 2025 Netflix series The Residence.
Known For

Saturday Night Live

The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

After Midnight

Hell's Kitchen

Chelsea

Steven Universe

Lip Sync Battle

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

MTV Video Music Awards

My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic

Steven Universe Future

Running Wild with Bear Grylls

Animal

2 Dope Queens

Solos

Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip

Beyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to Lightyear

My Little Pony: The Movie

American Pastoral

Steven Universe: The Movie

Lightyear

Tallulah

Greedy People

Candy Jar

Mrs. America

Orange Is the New Black

Beats

In Treatment

Magicampers

The Residence

Painkiller
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