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

• Magicampers — Trina (voice)
• 2025Caregiving — Narrator
• 2025Roofman — Eileen
• The Residence — Cordelia Cupp
• 2024Greedy People — Murphy
• 2024The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat — Clarice Baker
• Painkiller — Edie Flowers
• 2023This World Is Not My Own — Nellie Mae Rowe (voice)
• 2022Lightyear — Alisha Hawthorne (voice)
• 2021Clyde's — Clyde
• 2021National Champions — Katherine Poe
• Solos — Sasha
• Mrs. America — Shirley Chisholm
• 2020Really Love — Chenai Hungwe
• 2020Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine — Thanks
• 2019Beats — Carla Monroe
• 2019Miss Virginia — Virginia Walden
• Steven Universe Future — Bismuth (voice)
• 2019Steven Universe: The Movie — Bismuth (voice)
• 2019We Are Boats — Sir
• 2 Dope Queens
• 20182018 Boston Red Sox: The Official World Series Film — Narrator
• 2018Candy Jar — Julia Russell
• 2018Steven Universe: Heart of the Crystal Gems — Bismuth
• 2017My Little Pony: The Movie — Queen Novo (voice)
• 2017Wally's Opening Day — Francette (voice)
• 2016American Pastoral — Vicky
• 2016Showing Roots — Pearl
• 2016Tallulah — Louisa Kinnie
• 2015Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip — TSA Officer
• 2015Pearly Gates — Corrie
• 2015The Wiz Live! — Glinda the Good
• 2015Verbatim: The Ferguson Case — Sheila Whirley
• Orange Is the New Black — Suzanne 'Crazy Eyes' Warren
• 2013Sing Along — Cafeteria Lady
• Steven Universe — Bismuth, Bismuth (voice)
• In Treatment — Dr. Brooke Taylor
• Clybourne Park

Appearances as themselves (25)

• Believers: Boston Red Sox — Self
• After Midnight — Self
• 2023The Heart of New England — Self - Narrator
• 2022Beyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to Lightyear — Self / Alisha Hawthorne
• The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self
• Animal — Self - Narrator (voice)
• Activate: The Global Citizen Movement — Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• 2017Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs — Self
• Chelsea — Self
• Lip Sync Battle — Self
• 2015Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live — Self - Musical Guest
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self
• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver — Self
• Off Camera with Sam Jones — Self
• Running Wild with Bear Grylls — Self
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors — Self
• Comedy Bang! Bang! — Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• Hell's Kitchen — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest
• The View — Self - Guest
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self, Self - Guest
• MTV Video Music Awards — Self - Presenter
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Cameo (uncredited)