
Acting
Uzo Aduba
EN cinema · 32 credits
Born
10 February 1981 (age 45)
Birthplace
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Also known as Uzoamaka Nwanneka 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.
Known for
Filmography

Roofman
as Eileen

Caregiving
as Narrator

Greedy People
as Murphy

The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
as Clarice Baker

This World Is Not My Own
as Nellie Mae Rowe (voice)

The Heart of New England
as Self - Narrator

Lightyear
as Alisha Hawthorne (voice)

Beyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to Lightyear
as Self / Alisha Hawthorne

Clyde's
as Clyde

National Champions
as Katherine Poe

Really Love
as Chenai Hungwe

Miss Virginia
as Virginia Walden

We Are Boats
as Sir

Beats
as Carla Monroe

Steven Universe: The Movie
as Bismuth (voice)

Candy Jar
as Julia Russell

Wally's Opening Day
as Francette (voice)

My Little Pony: The Movie
as Queen Novo (voice)

Showing Roots
as Pearl

Tallulah
as Louisa Kinnie

American Pastoral
as Vicky

The Wiz Live!
as Glinda the Good

Pearly Gates
as Corrie

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip
as TSA Officer

Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live
as Self - Musical Guest

Verbatim: The Ferguson Case
as Sheila Whirley

Sing Along
as Cafeteria Lady





