Uzo Aduba
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.
62 acting credits
Acting · 62
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Saturday Night Live
1975
The View
1997
Orange Is the New Black
2013
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Hell's Kitchen
2005
Steven Universe
2013
In Treatment
2008
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014
MTV Video Music Awards
1984
Comedy Bang! Bang!
2012
Chelsea
2016
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014
Lip Sync Battle
2015
After Midnight
2024
Lightyear
2022
Roofman
2025
The Residence
2025
Running Wild with Bear Grylls
2014
Mrs. America
2020
Steven Universe Future
2019
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip
2015
Solos
2021
Painkiller
2023
My Little Pony: The Movie
2017
Animal
2021
Steven Universe: The Movie
2019
Greedy People
2024
2 Dope Queens
2018
American Pastoral
2016
Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs
2017
Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live
2015
Beyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to Lightyear
2022
National Champions
2021
The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
2024
Candy Jar
2018
Activate: The Global Citizen Movement
2019
Magicampers
2026
Tallulah
2016
Believers: Boston Red Sox
2025
Beats
2019
Really Love
2020
We Are Boats
2019
The Wiz Live!
2015
Pearly Gates
2015
Miss Virginia
2019
Showing Roots
2016
Steven Universe: Heart of the Crystal Gems
2018
Wally's Opening Day
2017
This World Is Not My Own
2023
2018 Boston Red Sox: The Official World Series Film
2018
Clyde's
2021
Clybourne Park
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Verbatim: The Ferguson Case
2015
Sing Along
2013
Caregiving
2025
The Heart of New England
2023