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