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.
Filmography
all 63
TV Shows 32
Movies 31
self 23
Voice 8
Narrator 1
Producer 1

The Residence (2025)

The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat (2024)

The Heart of New England (2023)

Painkiller (2023)

This World Is Not My Own (2023)

Lightyear (2022)

Beyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to Lightyear (2022)

National Champions (2021)

Clyde's (2021)

Animal (2021)

Solos (2021)

Really Love (2020)

Mrs. America (2020)

Steven Universe Future (2019)

Miss Virginia (2019)

Steven Universe: The Movie (2019)

Beats (2019)

Candy Jar (2018)

My Little Pony: The Movie (2017)

Talking with Chris Hardwick (2017)

Wally's Opening Day (2017)

Tallulah (2016)

Chelsea (2016)

The Wiz Live! (2015)

Verbatim: The Ferguson Case (2015)

Pearly Gates (2015)

Steven Universe (2013)

Orange Is the New Black (2013)

Sing Along (2013)

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009)

In Treatment (2008)

Slavery and the Making of America (2005)

The View (1997)

MTV Video Music Awards (1984)

Saturday Night Live (1975)

Summer of Gold

Magicampers
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1981-02-10 (44 years old)
Birth PlaceBoston, United States
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known As烏佐·阿杜巴, 乌佐·阿杜巴
AwardsOkayAfrica 100 Women, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, Primetime Emmy Award, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
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