Uzo Aduba

Known for ActingBorn 1981-02-10 (age 45)Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Steven Universe: Heart of the Crystal Gems

Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live

Steven Universe

Steven Universe: The Movie

Steven Universe Future

Miss Virginia

Animal

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

The Residence

Orange Is the New Black

In Treatment

MTV Video Music Awards

Mrs. America

My Little Pony: The Movie

Painkiller

Roofman

Beyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to Lightyear

The Wiz Live!

Lightyear

Running Wild with Bear Grylls

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

Solos

Tallulah

Hell's Kitchen

Beats

Really Love

Saturday Night Live

National Champions

Greedy People

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs

Lip Sync Battle

American Pastoral

Comedy Bang! Bang!

Candy Jar

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

This World Is Not My Own

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip

The Jennifer Hudson Show

Showing Roots

2 Dope Queens

Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine

After Midnight

We Are Boats

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Chelsea

Off Camera with Sam Jones