Uzo Aduba

About

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...

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Steven UniverseSeries • 2013Orange Is the New BlackSeries • 2013In TreatmentSeries • 2008The ResidenceSeries • 2025RoofmanMovie • 2025Steven Universe FutureSeries • 2019LightyearMovie • 2022Mrs. AmericaSeries • 2020Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road ChipMovie • 2015SolosSeries • 2021PainkillerSeries • 2023The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-EatMovie • 2024Greedy PeopleMovie • 2024My Little Pony: The MovieMovie • 2017Steven Universe: The MovieMovie • 2019BeatsMovie • 2019American PastoralMovie • 2016Really LoveMovie • 2020We Are BoatsMovie • 2019Candy JarMovie • 2018National ChampionsMovie • 2021TallulahMovie • 2016Sarah Cooper: Everything's FineMovie • 2020The Wiz Live!Movie • 2015