
Uzo Aduba
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

Roofman

Greedy People

The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat

The Heart of New England

This World Is Not My Own

Lightyear

Beyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to Lightyear

National Champions

Clyde's

Clybourne Park

Really Love

Miss Virginia

Steven Universe: The Movie

Beats

We Are Boats

2018 Boston Red Sox: The Official World Series Film

Candy Jar

Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs

My Little Pony: The Movie

Wally's Opening Day

American Pastoral

Tallulah

Showing Roots

Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip

The Wiz Live!

Verbatim: The Ferguson Case

Pearly Gates
