Uzo Aduba
Known for: Acting
Born: February 10, 1981
Place of birth: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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.
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Filmography
32 movies · 31 TV shows, newest first
1.0
Magicampers
2026
7.0
Roofman
2025
1.0
Believers: Boston Red Sox
2025
1.0
Caregiving
2025
7.5
The Residence
2025
6.3
Greedy People
2024
6.7
The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
2024
5.5
After Midnight
2024
NR
The Heart of New England
2023
7.2
Painkiller
2023
6.0
This World Is Not My Own
2023
5.6
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
6.9
Lightyear
2022
7.0
Beyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to Lightyear
2022
6.4
National Champions
2021
NR
Clyde's
2021
7.9
Animal
2021
6.7
Solos
2021
5.4
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
2020
6.4
Really Love
2020
7.3
Mrs. America
2020
8.2
Steven Universe Future
2019
7.8
Miss Virginia
2019
8.2
Steven Universe: The Movie
2019
6.3
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
NR
Activate: The Global Citizen Movement
2019
6.6
Beats
2019
5.3
We Are Boats
2019
NR
2018 Boston Red Sox: The Official World Series Film
2018
8.5
Steven Universe: Heart of the Crystal Gems
2018
6.1
Candy Jar
2018
5.5
2 Dope Queens
2018
6.4
Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs
2017
7.3
My Little Pony: The Movie
2017
NR
Wally's Opening Day
2017
6.2
American Pastoral
2016
6.7
Tallulah
2016
5.1
Chelsea
2016
5.6
Showing Roots
2016
8.4
Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live
2015
6.0
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip
2015
7.0
The Wiz Live!
2015
6.1
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
NR
Verbatim: The Ferguson Case
2015
4.0
Pearly Gates
2015
6.4
Lip Sync Battle
2015
4.2
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
6.9
Running Wild with Bear Grylls
2014
7.8
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014
5.0
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014
8.4
Steven Universe
2013
7.7
Orange Is the New Black
2013
2.0
Sing Along
2013
6.3
Comedy Bang! Bang!
2012
4.9
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
7.7
In Treatment
2008
6.8
Hell's Kitchen
2005
5.3
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
4.3
The View
1997
5.6
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
7.9
MTV Video Music Awards
1984
6.9
Saturday Night Live
1975NR
Clybourne Park
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