
Uzo Aduba
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1981-02-10 (44 years old)
Place of Birth
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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.
Known For
Acting
(2025)
(2024)
Greedy People
as Murphy
(2024)
The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
as Clarice Baker
(2023)
This World Is Not My Own
as Nellie Mae Rowe (voice)
(2023)
The Heart of New England
as Self - Narrator
(2022)
Lightyear
as Alisha Hawthorne (voice)
(2022)
Beyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to Lightyear
as Self / Alisha Hawthorne
(2021)
National Champions
as Katherine Poe
(2021)
Clyde's
as Clyde
(2020)
Really Love
as Chenai Hungwe
(2019)
Steven Universe: The Movie
as Bismuth (voice)
(2019)
Beats
as Carla Monroe
(2019)
Miss Virginia
as Virginia Walden
(2019)
We Are Boats
as Sir
(2018)
Candy Jar
as Julia Russell
(2018)
(2017)
My Little Pony: The Movie
as Queen Novo (voice)
(2017)
(2017)
Wally's Opening Day
as Francette (voice)
(2016)
American Pastoral
as Vicky
(2016)
Tallulah
as Louisa Kinnie
(2016)
Showing Roots
as Pearl
(2015)
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip
as TSA Officer
(2015)
(2015)
Pearly Gates
as Corrie
(2015)
The Wiz Live!
as Glinda the Good
(2015)
Verbatim: The Ferguson Case
as Sheila Whirley
(2013)
Sing Along
as Cafeteria Lady
Crew
(2020)