Uzo Aduba

Also known as Uzoamaka Aduba, Uzoamaka Nwanneka Aduba

American actress (born 1981)

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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…

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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

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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).