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Uzo Aduba
Actor, ProducerBorn February 10, 1981 (44 years)
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.
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.
Filmography
| 2025 | |
| 2025 | Caregiving · as Narrator |
| 2025 | The Residence (TV Series) · as Cordelia Cupp |
| 2024 | The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat · as Clarice Baker |
| 2024 | Greedy People · as Murphy |
| 2023 | This World Is Not My Own · as Nellie Mae Rowe (voice) |
| 2023 | Painkiller (TV Series) · as Edie Flowers |
| 2023 | Kiff (TV Series) · as Sheba |
| 2022 | Lightyear · as Alisha Hawthorne (voice) |
| 2021 | National Champions · as Katherine Poe |
| 2021 | Solos (TV Series) · as Sasha |
| 2020 | Really Love · as Chenai Hungwe |
| 2020 | Mrs. America (TV Series) · as Shirley Chisholm |
| 2019 | Steven Universe Future (TV Series) · as Bismuth (voice) |
| 2019 | Miss Virginia · as Virginia Walden |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show (TV Series) |
| 2019 | Steven Universe: The Movie · as Bismuth (voice) |
| 2019 | Beats · as Carla Monroe |
| 2018 | 3Below: Tales of Arcadia (TV Series) · as Colonel Kubritz |
| 2018 | We Are Boats · as Sir |
| 2018 | Steven Universe: Heart of the Crystal Gems · as Bismuth |
| 2018 | Candy Jar · as Julia Russell |
| 2018 | 2 Dope Queens (TV Series) |
| 2017 | My Little Pony: The Movie · as Queen Novo (voice) |
| 2016 | American Pastoral · as Vicky |
| 2016 | Tallulah · as Louisa Kinnie |
| 2016 | Showing Roots · as Pearl |
| 2015 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip · as Tsa Officer |
| 2015 | The Wiz Live! · as Glinda The Good |
| 2015 | Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir (TV Series) · as Nora Césaire |
| 2015 | Pearly Gates · as Corrie |
| 2013 | Steven Universe (TV Series) · as Bismuth (voice) |
| 2013 | Orange Is the New Black (TV Series) · as Suzanne 'crazy Eyes' Warren |
| 2013 | Sing Along · as Cafeteria Lady |
| 2010 | Blue Bloods (TV Series) · as Nurse |
| 2008 | In Treatment (TV Series) · as Dr. Brooke Taylor |
| 2005 | Slavery and the Making of America (TV Series) · as David Walker's Wife |
Magicampers (TV Series) · as Nature Spirit (voice) |