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Overview

Know for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
10 Feb, 1981 (44 years old)

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.

Known For

The Residence
2025

The Residence

Comedy TV Show
The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
2024

The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat

Comedy Movie
Painkiller
2023

Painkiller

Drama TV Show
Really Love
2020

Really Love

Romance Movie
Mrs. America
2020

Mrs. America

Drama TV Show
Miss Virginia
2019

Miss Virginia

Drama Movie