Uzo Aduba
Known for
Acting
Born
February 10, 1981 (age 45)
Birthplace
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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 Sup...
Best known work
Lightyear
2022
Orange Is the New Black
2013
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip
2015
Steven Universe
2013
Roofman
2025
Steven Universe: The Movie
2019
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014
Steven Universe Future
2019
Tallulah
2016
American Pastoral
2016Filmography
TBA
2026
2025
Roofmanas Eileen
2025
2025
Caregivingas Narrator
2025
2024
Greedy Peopleas Murphy
2024
The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eatas Clarice Baker
2024
2023
The Heart of New Englandas Self - Narrator
2023
2023
This World Is Not My Ownas Nellie Mae Rowe (voice)
2022
2022
Lightyearas Alisha Hawthorne (voice)
2022
Beyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to Lightyearas Self / Alisha Hawthorne
2021
National Championsas Katherine Poe
2021
Clyde'sas Clyde
2021
2021
2020
2020
Really Loveas Chenai Hungwe
2020
2019
2019
Miss Virginiaas Virginia Walden
2019
Steven Universe: The Movieas Bismuth (voice)