Uzo Aduba

Acting

Born: 1981-02-10
From: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Gender: Female
Popularity: 1.5

Also Known As

烏佐·阿杜巴乌佐·阿杜巴Uzoamaka Nwanneka 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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Awards & Nominations4 won · 2 nominated

🏆 Won

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie

Mrs. America

2020
🏆 Won

OkayAfrica 100 Women

2018
🏆 Won

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Orange Is the New Black

2015
🏆 Won

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series

Orange Is the New Black

2014
Nominated

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series

Orange Is the New Black

2014
Nominated

Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film

Orange Is the New Black

2013

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Crew1 title