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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 10, 1981
Place of Birth
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Also Known As
- 烏佐·阿杜巴
- 乌佐·阿杜巴
Uzo Aduba
1.2 Popularity
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 Actress in a Play. Aduba stars in the 2025 Netflix series The Residence.
Known For
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0.0
Roofman
2025
7.4
Cordelia Cupp
The Residence
2025
6.3
Murphy
Greedy People
2024
6.8
Clarice Baker
The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
2024
6.4
Self
After Midnight
2024
0.0
Self - Narrator
The Heart of New England
2023
7.1
Edie Flowers
Painkiller
2023
6.0
Nellie Mae Rowe (voice)
This World Is Not My Own
2023
6.4
Self
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
6.9
Alisha Hawthorne (voice)
Lightyear
2022
Credits
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Roofman
2025
0.0
The Residence
as Cordelia Cupp
2025
7.4
Greedy People
as Murphy
2024
6.3
The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
as Clarice Baker
2024
6.8
After Midnight
as Self
2024
6.4
The Heart of New England
as Self - Narrator
2023
0.0
Painkiller
as Edie Flowers
2023
7.1
This World Is Not My Own
as Nellie Mae Rowe (voice)
2023
6.0
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self
2022
6.4
Lightyear
as Alisha Hawthorne (voice)
2022
6.9
Beyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to Lightyear
as Self / Alisha Hawthorne
2022
7.0
National Champions
as Katherine Poe
2021
6.5
Clyde's
as Clyde
2021
0.0
Animal
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2021
8.1
Solos
as Sasha
2021
6.8
Really Love
as Chenai Hungwe
2020
6.5
Mrs. America
as Shirley Chisholm
2020
7.4
Steven Universe Future
as Bismuth (voice)
2019
8.2
Miss Virginia
as Virginia Walden
2019
8.2
Steven Universe: The Movie
as Bismuth (voice)
2019
8.2
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
6.4
Activate: The Global Citizen Movement
as Self
2019
0.0
Beats
as Carla Monroe
2019
6.7
We Are Boats
as Sir
2019
5.3
2018 Boston Red Sox: The Official World Series Film
as Narrator
2018
0.0
Candy Jar
as Julia Russell
2018
6.1
2 Dope Queens
2018
5.5
Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs
as Self
2017
6.4
My Little Pony: The Movie
as Queen Novo (voice)
2017
7.2
Wally's Opening Day
as Francette (voice)
2017
0.0
American Pastoral
as Vicky
2016
6.2
Tallulah
as Louisa Kinnie
2016
6.7
Chelsea
as Self
2016
5.1
Showing Roots
as Pearl
2016
5.6
Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live
as Self
2015
8.5
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip
as TSA Officer
2015
6.0
The Wiz Live!
as Glinda the Good
2015
7.0
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
2015
6.3
Verbatim: The Ferguson Case
as Sheila Whirley
2015
0.0
Pearly Gates
as Corrie
2015
3.0
Lip Sync Battle
as Self
2015
6.4
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
2014
4.4
Running Wild with Bear Grylls
as Self
2014
6.8
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
as Self
2014
7.9
Off Camera with Sam Jones
as Self
2014
4.0
Steven Universe
as Bismuth
2013
8.4
Steven Universe
as Bismuth (voice)
2013
8.4
Orange Is the New Black
as Suzanne 'Crazy Eyes' Warren
2013
7.7
Sing Along
as Cafeteria Lady
2013
2.0
Comedy Bang! Bang!
as Self
2012
6.2
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2009
5.1
In Treatment
as Dr. Brooke Taylor
2008
7.6
Hell's Kitchen
as Self
2005
6.8
The View
as Self - Guest
1997
4.5
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
5.5
MTV Video Music Awards
as Self - Presenter
1984
7.6
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
6.9
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Magicampers
as Nature Spirit (voice)
N/A
0.0
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Clybourne Park
N/A
0.0