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Uzo Aduba
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American actress (born 1981)
Film & TV
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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…
Known for
- Magicampers — Trina (voice)2026
- Roofman — Eileen2025
- Caregiving — Narrator2025
- The Residence — Cordelia Cupp2025
- Believers: Boston Red Sox — Self2025
- Greedy People — Murphy2024
- The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat — Clarice Baker2024
- After Midnight — Self2024
- This World Is Not My Own — Nellie Mae Rowe (voice)2023
- The Heart of New England — Self - Narrator2023
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Key facts
- Born
- Uzoamaka Nwanneka Aduba , ( 1981-02-10 ) February 10, 1981 (age 45) , Boston, Massachusetts , U.S.
- Education
- Boston University ( BM )
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 2003–present
- Spouse
- Robert Sweeting ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2020 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Boston
- Occupation
- voice actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Uzo Aduba 2014 (cropped).jpg
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- Uzo Aduba
- date of birth
- 1981-02-10
- start of work period
- 2003-00-00
- name in native language
- Uzoamaka Nwanneka Aduba
- social media followers
- 475212
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Encyclopedic overview
Uzoamaka Nwanneka "Uzo" Aduba ((listen)) (/ˈuːzoʊ əˈduːbə/; born February 10, 1981) is an American actress. Her accolades include three Emmy Awards and five Screen Actors Guild Awards, in addition to nominations for three Golden Globe Awards and one Tony Award. She is one of only two actors to win an Emmy Award in both the comedy and drama categories for the same role, the other being Ed Asner.
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).
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