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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2019 • TV
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2022 • Movie
as Eileen
as Alisha Hawthorne (voice)
as Chenai Hungwe
as Murphy
as TSA Officer
as Queen Novo (voice)
as Cafeteria Lady
as Corrie
as Sir
as Bismuth (voice)
as Katherine Poe
as Louisa Kinnie
as Carla Monroe
as Self / Alisha Hawthorne
as Pearl
as Julia Russell
as Vicky
as Self - Musical Guest
as Clarice Baker
as Self - Guest
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as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
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as Suzanne 'Crazy Eyes' Warren
90 episodes
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as Self - Guest
1 episodes
as Bismuth
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as Bismuth (voice)
4 episodes
as Self
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as Self - Guest
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as Self
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as Self
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as Self - Presenter
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as Dr. Brooke Taylor
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