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Uzo Aduba

Acting
Known For

44 Years Old

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.

Born

Boston, Massachusetts, USA on 10th February 1981

All Credits

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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show Image
The Kelly Clarkson Show
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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
Steven Universe Image
Steven Universe
Bismuth (voice)
Steven Universe Image
Steven Universe
Bismuth
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LIVE with Kelly and Mark
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Lip Sync Battle
Self
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Off Camera with Sam Jones
Self
The View Image
The View
Self - Guest
In Treatment Image
In Treatment
Dr. Brooke Taylor
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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Self
After Midnight Image
After Midnight
Self
Chelsea Image
Chelsea
Self
Hell's Kitchen Image
Hell's Kitchen
Self
Orange Is the New Black Image
Orange Is the New Black
Suzanne 'Crazy Eyes' Warren
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Running Wild with Bear Grylls
Self
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Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
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Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
The Residence Image
The Residence
Cordelia Cupp
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The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self
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MTV Video Music Awards
Self - Presenter
Steven Universe Future Image
Steven Universe Future
Bismuth (voice)
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Painkiller
Edie Flowers
Solos Image
Solos
Sasha
Animal Image
Animal
Self - Narrator (voice)
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Comedy Bang! Bang!
Self
Mrs. America Image
Mrs. America
Shirley Chisholm
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2 Dope Queens
Lightyear Image
Lightyear
Alisha Hawthorne (voice)
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Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip
TSA Officer
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Steven Universe: The Movie
Bismuth (voice)
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My Little Pony: The Movie
Queen Novo (voice)
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Greedy People
Murphy
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Roofman
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Magicampers
Nature Spirit (voice)
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American Pastoral
Vicky
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The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
Clarice Baker
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Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live
Self
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Beyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to Lightyear
Self / Alisha Hawthorne
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Candy Jar
Julia Russell
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Activate: The Global Citizen Movement
Self
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Tallulah
Louisa Kinnie
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Really Love
Chenai Hungwe
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Beats
Carla Monroe
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The Wiz Live!
Glinda the Good
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Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs
Self
National Champions Image
National Champions
Katherine Poe
We Are Boats Image
We Are Boats
Sir
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Showing Roots
Pearl
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Steven Universe: Heart of the Crystal Gems
Bismuth
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Miss Virginia
Virginia Walden
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Wally's Opening Day
Francette (voice)
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Pearly Gates
Corrie
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Clybourne Park
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Sing Along
Cafeteria Lady
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This World Is Not My Own
Nellie Mae Rowe (voice)
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2018 Boston Red Sox: The Official World Series Film
Narrator
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Clyde's
Clyde
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Caregiving
Narrator
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Verbatim: The Ferguson Case
Sheila Whirley
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The Heart of New England
Self - Narrator