Uzo Aduba
Acting
Born: Feb 10, 1981
From: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Credits: 30 titles
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 …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roofman | Eileen | 2025 | 7.111 |
| Caregiving | Narrator | 2025 | — |
| Greedy People | Murphy | 2024 | 6.375 |
| The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat | Clarice Baker | 2024 | 6.741 |
| This World Is Not My Own | Nellie Mae Rowe (voice) | 2023 | 6.0 |
| The Heart of New England | Self - Narrator | 2023 | — |
| Lightyear | Alisha Hawthorne (voice) | 2022 | 6.878 |
| Beyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to Lightyear | Self / Alisha Hawthorne | 2022 | 7.0 |
| Clyde's | Clyde | 2021 | — |
| National Champions | Katherine Poe | 2021 | 6.4 |
| Really Love | Chenai Hungwe | 2020 | 6.5 |
| Miss Virginia | Virginia Walden | 2019 | 8.1 |
| We Are Boats | Sir | 2019 | 5.3 |
| Beats | Carla Monroe | 2019 | 6.647 |
| Steven Universe: The Movie | Bismuth (voice) | 2019 | 8.175 |
| Candy Jar | Julia Russell | 2018 | 6.112 |
| 2018 Boston Red Sox: The Official World Series Film | Narrator | 2018 | — |
| Wally's Opening Day | Francette (voice) | 2017 | — |
| My Little Pony: The Movie | Queen Novo (voice) | 2017 | 7.266 |
| Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs | Self | 2017 | 6.4 |
| Showing Roots | Pearl | 2016 | 5.6 |
| Tallulah | Louisa Kinnie | 2016 | 6.71 |
| American Pastoral | Vicky | 2016 | 6.175 |
| The Wiz Live! | Glinda the Good | 2015 | 7.0 |
| Pearly Gates | Corrie | 2015 | 4.0 |
| Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip | TSA Officer | 2015 | 6.032 |
| Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live | Self - Musical Guest | 2015 | 8.5 |
| Verbatim: The Ferguson Case | Sheila Whirley | 2015 | — |
| Sing Along | Cafeteria Lady | 2013 | 2.0 |
| Clybourne Park | — | ||
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1981 |
| From | Boston, Massachusetts, USA |