Uzo Aduba

Biography

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.

Most Known For

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

as Self - Guest

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

as Self

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

The Kelly Clarkson Show

as Self

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

as Self

Orange Is the New Black

as Suzanne 'Crazy Eyes' Warren

The View

as Self - Guest

Steven Universe

as Bismuth

Steven Universe

as Bismuth (voice)

The Jennifer Hudson Show

as Self

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self - Guest

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

as Self

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

as Self - Guest

Hell's Kitchen

as Self

After Midnight

as Self

Roofman

as Eileen

In Treatment

as Dr. Brooke Taylor

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

as Self

MTV Video Music Awards

as Self - Presenter

Lip Sync Battle

as Self