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