Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
2/10/1981
Place of Birth
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Also Known As
烏佐·阿杜巴乌佐·阿杜巴
Uzo Aduba
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 Shirl...
Known For
Roofman
as Eileen
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip
as TSA Officer
National Champions
as Katherine Poe
Greedy People
as Murphy
My Little Pony: The Movie
as Queen Novo (voice)
American Pastoral
as Vicky
Really Love
as Chenai Hungwe
Tallulah
as Louisa Kinnie
The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
as Clarice Baker
Lightyear
as Alisha Hawthorne (voice)
The Wiz Live!
as Glinda the Good
Showing Roots
as Pearl
Beats
as Carla Monroe
Steven Universe: The Movie
as Bismuth (voice)
Beyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to Lightyear
as Self / Alisha Hawthorne
Sing Along
as Cafeteria Lady
Miss Virginia
as Virginia Walden
Candy Jar
as Julia Russell
This World Is Not My Own
as Nellie Mae Rowe (voice)
Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs
as Self
Career Timeline
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live
as Self - Musical Guest
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip
as TSA Officer
The Wiz Live!
as Glinda the Good
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
Verbatim: The Ferguson Case
as Sheila Whirley
Pearly Gates
as Corrie
Lip Sync Battle
as Self