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.
Nellie Mae Rowe (voice)
This World Is Not My Own
Clyde
Clyde's
Alisha Hawthorne (voice)
Lightyear
Murphy
Greedy People
Clybourne Park
Francette (voice)
Wally's Opening Day
Self / Alisha Hawthorne
Beyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to Lightyear
Clarice Baker
The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
Self - Narrator
The Heart of New England
Pearl
Showing Roots
Glinda the Good
The Wiz Live!
Louisa Kinnie
Tallulah
Corrie
Pearly Gates
TSA Officer
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip
Vicky
American Pastoral
Queen Novo (voice)
My Little Pony: The Movie
Self
Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live
Cafeteria Lady
Sing Along
Self
Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs
Julia Russell
Candy Jar
Narrator
2018 Boston Red Sox: The Official World Series Film
Virginia Walden
Miss Virginia
Sir
We Are Boats
Carla Monroe
Beats
Bismuth (voice)
Steven Universe: The Movie
Chenai Hungwe
Really Love
Sheila Whirley
Verbatim: The Ferguson Case
Katherine Poe
National Champions
Roofman
Narrator
Caregiving
Bismuth
Steven Universe: Heart of the Crystal Gems
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
31
Gender
Female
Birthday
1981-02-10
Place of Birth
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Also Known As
烏佐·阿杜巴