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Uzo Aduba

Acting

Born February 10, 1981 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Also known as 烏佐·阿杜巴 · 乌佐·阿杜巴

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.

Awards & recognition

  • Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie · 2020
  • OkayAfrica 100 Women · 2018
  • Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series · 2015
  • Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series · 2014
  • Primetime Emmy Award
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  • Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series · 2014 · nominated
  • Satellite AwardBest Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film · 2013 · nominated

Filmography50+ titles

Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live

2015as Self - Musical Guest

Steven Universe

2013as Bismuth (voice)

Steven Universe: The Movie

2019as Bismuth (voice)

Steven Universe Future

2019as Bismuth (voice)

Miss Virginia

2019as Virginia Walden

Animal

2021as Self - Narrator (voice)

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

2014as Self

MTV Video Music Awards

as Self - Presenter

The Residence

2025as Cordelia Cupp

Orange Is the New Black

2013as Suzanne 'Crazy Eyes' Warren

In Treatment

2008as Dr. Brooke Taylor

Mrs. America

2020as Shirley Chisholm

My Little Pony: The Movie

2017as Queen Novo (voice)

Painkiller

2023as Edie Flowers

Roofman

2025as Eileen

The Wiz Live!

2015as Glinda the Good

Lightyear

2022as Alisha Hawthorne (voice)

Running Wild with Bear Grylls

2014as Self

Saturday Night Live

1975as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

Hell's Kitchen

2005as Self

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

2024as Clarice Baker

Beats

2019as Carla Monroe

Tallulah

2016as Louisa Kinnie

Really Love

2020as Chenai Hungwe

Greedy People

2024as Murphy

National Champions

2021as Katherine Poe

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019as Self

Lip Sync Battle

2015as Self

American Pastoral

2016as Vicky

Comedy Bang! Bang!

2012as Self

Candy Jar

2018as Julia Russell

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015as Self

This World Is Not My Own

2023as Nellie Mae Rowe (voice)

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip

2015as TSA Officer

Showing Roots

2016as Pearl

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

1988as Self

The Jennifer Hudson Show

as Self

2 Dope Queens

Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine

2020Thanks

We Are Boats

2019as Sir

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2003as Self - Guest

Chelsea

2016as Self

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

2009as Self - Guest

Off Camera with Sam Jones

as Self

The View

1997as Self - Guest

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

2014as Self

Pearly Gates

2015as Corrie

Sing Along

2013as Cafeteria Lady

Caregiving

2025as Narrator

Magicampers

as Trina (voice)