Uzo Aduba

DOB: 1981-02-10

DOD: -

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.

Starred In

2021
Movie

Clyde's

2022
Movie

Lightyear

2024
Movie

Greedy People

NaN
Movie

Clybourne Park

2016
Movie

Showing Roots

2015
Movie

The Wiz Live!

2016
Movie

Tallulah

2015
Movie

Pearly Gates

2016
Movie

American Pastoral

2013
Movie

Sing Along

2018
Movie

Candy Jar

2019
Movie

Miss Virginia

2019
Movie

We Are Boats

2019
Movie

Beats

2020
Movie

Really Love

2021
Movie

National Champions

2025
Movie

Roofman

2025
Movie

Caregiving

2021
Tv

Solos

NaN
Tv

Magicampers

1997
Tv

The View

2023
Tv

Painkiller

2016
Tv

Chelsea

2021
Tv

Animal

2018
Tv

2 Dope Queens

2025
Tv

The Residence

2008
Tv

In Treatment

2020
Tv

Mrs. America