Uzo Aduba
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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
Credits
Roofman (2025)
as Eileen
Lightyear (2022)
as Alisha Hawthorne (voice)
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip (2015)
as TSA Officer
Steven Universe: The Movie (2019)
as Bismuth (voice)
My Little Pony: The Movie (2017)
as Queen Novo (voice)
Greedy People (2024)
as Murphy
Candy Jar (2018)
as Julia Russell
Sing Along (2013)
as Cafeteria Lady
Caregiving (2025)
as Narrator
Beats (2019)
as Carla Monroe
Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live (2015)
as Self - Musical Guest
Beyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to Lightyear (2022)
as Self / Alisha Hawthorne
Really Love (2020)
as Chenai Hungwe
Tallulah (2016)
as Louisa Kinnie
Clybourne Park (—)
Actor
American Pastoral (2016)
as Vicky
National Champions (2021)
as Katherine Poe
The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat (2024)
as Clarice Baker
2018 Boston Red Sox: The Official World Series Film (2018)
as Narrator
Pearly Gates (2015)
as Corrie
Showing Roots (2016)
as Pearl
Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs (2017)
as Self
We Are Boats (2019)
as Sir
Miss Virginia (2019)
as Virginia Walden
Wally's Opening Day (2017)
as Francette (voice)
The Wiz Live! (2015)
as Glinda the Good
Verbatim: The Ferguson Case (2015)
as Sheila Whirley
The Heart of New England (2023)
as Self - Narrator
Clyde's (2021)
as Clyde
Steven Universe: Heart of the Crystal Gems (2018)
as Bismuth
This World Is Not My Own (2023)
as Nellie Mae Rowe (voice)