Uzo Aduba
Acting
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
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tvMagicampers
2026
Trina (voice)
movieRoofman
2025
Eileen
movieCaregiving
2025
Narrator
tvThe Residence
2025
Cordelia Cupp
movieGreedy People
2024
Murphy
movieThe Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
2024
Clarice Baker
movieThe Heart of New England
2023
Self - Narrator
tvPainkiller
2023
Edie Flowers
movieThis World Is Not My Own
2023
Nellie Mae Rowe (voice)
movieLightyear
2022
Alisha Hawthorne (voice)
movieBeyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to Lightyear
2022
Self / Alisha Hawthorne
movieNational Champions
2021
Katherine Poe
movieClyde's
2021
Clyde
tvAnimal
2021
Self - Narrator (voice)
tvSolos
2021
Sasha
movieReally Love
2020
Chenai Hungwe
tvMrs. America
2020
Shirley Chisholm
tvSteven Universe Future
2019
Bismuth (voice)
movieMiss Virginia
2019
Virginia Walden
movieSteven Universe: The Movie
2019
Bismuth (voice)
movieBeats
2019
Carla Monroe
movieCandy Jar
2018
Julia Russell
movieMy Little Pony: The Movie
2017
Queen Novo (voice)
movieWally's Opening Day
2017
Francette (voice)
movieTallulah
2016
Louisa Kinnie
tvChelsea
2016
Self
movieTaylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live
2015
Self - Musical Guest
movieThe Wiz Live!
2015
Glinda the Good
movieVerbatim: The Ferguson Case
2015
Sheila Whirley
moviePearly Gates
2015
Corrie
tvSteven Universe
2013
Bismuth / Bismuth (voice)
tvOrange Is the New Black
2013
Suzanne 'Crazy Eyes' Warren
movieSing Along
2013
Cafeteria Lady
tvWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Self - Guest
tvIn Treatment
2008
Dr. Brooke Taylor
tvJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Self - Guest
tvThe View
1997
Self - Guest
tvLIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Self / Self - Guest
tvMTV Video Music Awards
1984
Self - Presenter
tvSaturday Night Live
1975
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
