Uzo Aduba

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1981-02-10

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.

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Acting History

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