Uzo Aduba
Acting
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.
Born: February 10, 1981
Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Known For
Filmography
as Eileen
as Self
as Narrator
as Cordelia Cupp
as Murphy
as Clarice Baker
as Self
as Self - Narrator
as Edie Flowers
as Nellie Mae Rowe (voice)
as Self
as Alisha Hawthorne (voice)
as Self / Alisha Hawthorne
as Katherine Poe
as Clyde
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Sasha
as Chenai Hungwe
as Shirley Chisholm
as Bismuth (voice)
as Virginia Walden
as Bismuth (voice)
as Self
as Carla Monroe
as Sir
as Julia Russell
as Queen Novo (voice)
as Francette (voice)
as Vicky
as Louisa Kinnie
as Self
as Pearl
as TSA Officer
as Glinda the Good
as Sheila Whirley
as Corrie
as Self
as Self
as Bismuth
as Bismuth (voice)
as Suzanne 'Crazy Eyes' Warren
as Cafeteria Lady
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Dr. Brooke Taylor
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Self - Presenter
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
as Nature Spirit (voice)