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.
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Movies (32)
Roofman
2025 · Eileen
Caregiving
2025 · Narrator
Sangre codiciosa
2024 · Murphy
Tres amigas, todos los domingos
2024 · Clarice Baker
The Heart of New England
2023 · Self - Narrator
This World Is Not My Own
2023 · Nellie Mae Rowe (voice)
Lightyear
2022 · Alisha Hawthorne (voice)
Mas allá del Infinito: Buzz y el viaje hacia Lightyear
2022 · Self / Alisha Hawthorne
National Champions
2021 · Katherine Poe
Clyde's
2021 · Clyde
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
2020 · Thanks
Un romance de verdad
2020 · Chenai Hungwe
Miss Virginia
2019 · Virginia Walden
Steven Universe: La Película
2019 · Bismuth (voice)
Beats
2019 · Carla Monroe
Vidas Entrelazadas
2019 · Sir
2018 Boston Red Sox: The Official World Series Film
2018 · Narrator
Steven Universe: Heart of the Crystal Gems
2018 · Bismuth
Candy Jar
2018 · Julia Russell
Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs
2017 · Self
My Little Pony: La Película
2017 · Queen Novo (voice)
Wally's Opening Day
2017 · Francette (voice)
El fin del sueño americano
2016 · Vicky
Tallulah
2016 · Louisa Kinnie
Showing Roots
2016 · Pearl
Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live
2015 · Self - Musical Guest
Alvin y las Ardillas: Aventura sobre ruedas
2015 · TSA Officer
The Wiz Live!
2015 · Glinda the Good
Verbatim: The Ferguson Case
2015 · Sheila Whirley
Pearly Gates
2015 · Corrie
Sing Along
2013 · Cafeteria Lady
Clybourne Park
TV shows (31)
Los Magicampistas
2026 · Trina (voice)
Believers: Boston Red Sox
2025 · Self
The Residence
2025 · Cordelia Cupp
After Midnight
2024 · Self
Medicina letal
2023 · Edie Flowers
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022 · Self
Animal
2021 · Self - Narrator (voice)
Solos
2021 · Sasha
Mrs. America
2020 · Shirley Chisholm
Steven Universe: Futuro
2019 · Bismuth (voice)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Self
Activate: The Global Citizen Movement
2019 · Self
2 Dope Queens
2018
Chelsea
2016 · Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self
Lip Sync Battle
2015 · Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 · Self
Running Wild with Bear Grylls
2014 · Self
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014 · Self
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014 · Self
Steven Universe
2013 · Bismuth, Bismuth (voice)
Orange Is the New Black
2013 · Suzanne 'Crazy Eyes' Warren
Comedy Bang! Bang!
2012 · Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Self - Guest
En Terapia
2008 · Dr. Brooke Taylor
Hell's Kitchen
2005 · Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self - Guest
The View
1997 · Self - Guest
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · Self, Self - Guest
MTV Video Music Awards
1984 · Self - Presenter
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Self - Cameo (uncredited)