Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1981-02-10 (Age: 45)
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.
Filmography (30)
Roofman
2025
Caregiving
2025
Greedy People
2024
The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
2024
The Heart of New England
2023
This World Is Not My Own
2023
Lightyear
2022
Beyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to Lightyear
2022
National Champions
2021
Clyde's
2021
Really Love
2020
Miss Virginia
2019
Steven Universe: The Movie
2019
Beats
2019
