
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.
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Acting History
2025
Roofman as Eileen
2025Believers: Boston Red Sox as Self
2025Caregiving as Narrator
2025The Residence as Cordelia Cupp
2024Greedy People as Murphy
2024The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat as Clarice Baker
2024After Midnight as Self
2023The Heart of New England as Self - Narrator
2023Painkiller as Edie Flowers
2023This World Is Not My Own as Nellie Mae Rowe (voice)
2022The Jennifer Hudson Show as Self
2022Lightyear as Alisha Hawthorne (voice)
2022Beyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to Lightyear as Self / Alisha Hawthorne
2021National Champions as Katherine Poe
2021Clyde's as Clyde
2021Animal as Self - Narrator (voice)
2021Solos as Sasha
2020Really Love as Chenai Hungwe
2020Mrs. America as Shirley Chisholm
2019Steven Universe Future as Bismuth (voice)
2019Miss Virginia as Virginia Walden
2019Steven Universe: The Movie as Bismuth (voice)
2019The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
2019Activate: The Global Citizen Movement as Self
2019Beats as Carla Monroe
2019We Are Boats as Sir
20182018 Boston Red Sox: The Official World Series Film as Narrator
2018Steven Universe: Heart of the Crystal Gems as Bismuth
2018Candy Jar as Julia Russell
20182 Dope Queens
2017Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs as Self
2017My Little Pony: The Movie as Queen Novo (voice)
2017Wally's Opening Day as Francette (voice)
2016American Pastoral as Vicky
2016Tallulah as Louisa Kinnie
2016Chelsea as Self
2016Showing Roots as Pearl
2015Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live as Self - Musical Guest
2015Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip as TSA Officer
2015The Wiz Live! as Glinda the Good
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
2015Verbatim: The Ferguson Case as Sheila Whirley
2015Pearly Gates as Corrie
2015Lip Sync Battle as Self
2014Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
2014Running Wild with Bear Grylls as Self
2014Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as Self
2014Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
2013Steven Universe as Bismuth
2013Steven Universe as Bismuth (voice)
2013Orange Is the New Black as Suzanne 'Crazy Eyes' Warren
2013Sing Along as Cafeteria Lady
2012Comedy Bang! Bang! as Self
2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
2008In Treatment as Dr. Brooke Taylor
2005Hell's Kitchen as Self
1997The View as Self - Guest
1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self
1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
1984MTV Video Music Awards as Self - Presenter
1975Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
—Clybourne Park
—Magicampers as Nature Spirit (voice)









