
Uzo Aduba
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.
30
Films
32
TV Shows
Known For
62 Credits
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2009

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
2015

The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2019

The View
as Self - Guest
1997

Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self
1988

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
1988

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
2003

The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self
2022

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
as Self
2014

Orange Is the New Black
as Suzanne 'Crazy Eyes' Warren
2013

After Midnight
as Self
2024