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Uzo Aduba

Name in Native Language: "Uzoamaka Nwanneka Aduba" (English/EN)
Stage Actress / Film Actress / Television Actress / Voice Actress | * 02/10/1981 (44) | Boston, Massachusetts (United States of America (USA))
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Uzoamaka Nwanneka "Uzo" Aduba (born February 10, 1981) 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 ()
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Uzo Aduba is an American film and television actress, best known for playing regular character Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren on the television series "Orange Is the New Black".

Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | Animation

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Legendary Space Ranger Buzz Lightyear embarks on an intergalactic adventure alongside a group of ambitious recruits and his robot companion Sox. ...

Lightyear

PG

2022 | 3.5/5 | 1h 40min
Animation, Action, Adventure, Kids & Family, Science Fiction
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Desperate to be rid of her toddler, a dissatisfied Beverly Hills housewife hires a stranger to babysit and ends up getting much more than she bargained for. ...

Tallulah

Certification unknown

2016 | 3.4/5 | 1h 51min
Drama, Comedy
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A crime she committed in her youthful past sends Piper Chapman to a women's prison, where she trades her comfortable New York life for one of unexpected camaraderie and conflict in an eccentric group ...

Orange Is the New Black

TV-MA

2013 | 3.8/5
Comedy, Drama
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The true story of the movement to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, and the unexpected backlash led by a conservative woman named Phyllis Schlafly, aka “the sweetheart of the silent majority.” ...

Mrs. America

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2020 | 3.7/5 | 50min per episode
Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Uzo Aduba

Primetime Emmy Awards 2x Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Okayafrica 100 Women Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
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Movies with Uzo Aduba as Actress(24)

2024 Greedy People
2023 Clybourne Park
as Nellie Mae Rowe (voice)2023 This World Is Not My Own
2023 The Supremes At Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat
as Alisha Hawthorne (voice)2022 Lightyear
as Self / Alisha Hawthorne2022 Beyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to Lightyear
as Katherine Poe2021 National Champions
as Chenai Hungwe2020 Really Love
as Sir2019 We Are Boats
as Bismuth (voice)2019 Steven Universe: The Movie
as Virginia Walden2019 Miss Virginia
as Carla Monroe2019 Beats
as Julia Russell2018 Candy Jar
as herself2017 Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs
as Queen Novo (voice)2017 My Little Pony: The Movie
as Vicky2016 American Pastoral
as Pearl2016 Showing Roots
as Louisa Kinnie2016 Tallulah
as Sheila Whirley2015 Verbatim: The Ferguson Case
as herself2015 Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live
as Corrie2015 Pearly Gates
as TSA Officer2015 Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip
as Glinda the Good2015 The Wiz Live!
as Cafeteria Lady2013 Sing Along

TV Shows/Series with Uzo Aduba as Actress(20)

as Nature Spirit (voice)2025 Magicampers
as Cordelia2025 The Residence
as Edie2023 Painkiller
as Sasha2021 Solos
as Self - Narrator (voice)2021 Animal
as Shirley Chisholm2020 Mrs. America
as herself2019 Activate: The Global Citizen Movement
as Bismuth (voice)2019 Steven Universe Future
2018 2 Dope Queens
as herself2016 Chelsea
as herself2015 Lip Sync Battle
as herself2014 Off Camera with Sam Jones
as herself2014 Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
as herself2014 Running Wild with Bear Grylls
as Bismuth2013 Steven Universe
as Suzanne 'Crazy Eyes' Warren2013 Orange Is the New Black
as Dr. Brooke Taylor2008 In Treatment
as Self - Guest1997 The View
1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Presenter1984 MTV Video Music Awards

Movies with Uzo Aduba as Crew(1)

Crew/Thanks2020 Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine

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Born: Tuesday, 02/10 1981 (February) in Boston, Massachusetts (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 44 years + 45 days)
Zodiac sign: Aquarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Rooster)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Boston University, Boston University College of Fine Arts, Medfield High School
Uzo Aduba frequently works together with these people:
Rebecca Sugar (12x, Crew)
Jimmy Fallon (9x, Actor)
Laverne Cox (8x, Actress)
Noel MacNeal (8x, Actor)
Common (7x, Actor)
Meredith Vieira (7x, Actress)
Daniel Radcliffe (6x, Actor)
Regina Hall (6x, Actress)
Katy Perry (6x, Actress)
Wanda Sykes (6x, Actress)
Chelsea Handler (6x, Actress)
Angus MacLane (5x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:62412, Added: 05/23/2018, Last updated: 03/21/2025