
Uzo Aduba
Acting • Born 1981-02-10
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.
Filmography
64 credits
This World Is Not My Own
Movie • 2023
Nellie Mae Rowe (voice)

Clyde's
Movie • 2021
Clyde

Lightyear
Movie • 2022
Alisha Hawthorne (voice)

Greedy People
Movie • 2024
Murphy

Clybourne Park
Movie

Wally's Opening Day
Movie • 2017
Francette (voice)

Beyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to Lightyear
Movie • 2022
Self / Alisha Hawthorne

The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
Movie • 2024
Clarice Baker

The Heart of New England
Movie • 2023
Self - Narrator

Showing Roots
Movie • 2016
Pearl

The Wiz Live!
Movie • 2015
Glinda the Good

Tallulah
Movie • 2016
Louisa Kinnie

Pearly Gates
Movie • 2015
Corrie

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip
Movie • 2015
TSA Officer

American Pastoral
Movie • 2016
Vicky

My Little Pony: The Movie
Movie • 2017
Queen Novo (voice)

Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live
Movie • 2015
Self - Musical Guest

Sing Along
Movie • 2013
Cafeteria Lady

Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs
Movie • 2017
Self

Candy Jar
Movie • 2018
Julia Russell

2018 Boston Red Sox: The Official World Series Film
Movie • 2018
Narrator

Miss Virginia
Movie • 2019
Virginia Walden

We Are Boats
Movie • 2019
Sir

Beats
Movie • 2019
Carla Monroe

Steven Universe: The Movie
Movie • 2019
Bismuth (voice)

Really Love
Movie • 2020
Chenai Hungwe

Verbatim: The Ferguson Case
Movie • 2015
Sheila Whirley

National Champions
Movie • 2021
Katherine Poe

Roofman
Movie • 2025
Eileen

Caregiving
Movie • 2025
Narrator

Steven Universe: Heart of the Crystal Gems
Movie • 2018
Bismuth

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
TV • 2014
Self

Solos
TV • 2021
Sasha

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Self

Hell's Kitchen
TV • 2005
Self

Orange Is the New Black
TV • 2013
Suzanne 'Crazy Eyes' Warren

MTV Video Music Awards
TV • 1984
Self - Presenter

Comedy Bang! Bang!
TV • 2012
Self

Magicampers
TV • 2026
Nature Spirit (voice)

The View
TV • 1997
Self - Guest

Steven Universe
TV • 2013
Bismuth

Painkiller
TV • 2023
Edie Flowers

Chelsea
TV • 2016
Self

Animal
TV • 2021
Self - Narrator (voice)

2 Dope Queens
TV • 2018

Lip Sync Battle
TV • 2015
Self

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV • 2014
Self

The Residence
TV • 2025
Cordelia Cupp

Running Wild with Bear Grylls
TV • 2014
Self

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV • 2009
Self - Guest

Steven Universe
TV • 2013
Bismuth (voice)

In Treatment
TV • 2008
Dr. Brooke Taylor

Mrs. America
TV • 2020
Shirley Chisholm

Activate: The Global Citizen Movement
TV • 2019
Self

Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Cameo (uncredited)

Steven Universe Future
TV • 2019
Bismuth (voice)

Off Camera with Sam Jones
TV • 2014
Self

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self

After Midnight
TV • 2024
Self

The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV • 2022
Self

The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self

Believers: Boston Red Sox
TV • 2025
Self

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Self - Guest

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest