Uzo Aduba

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.

Cast

This World Is Not My Own

(Nellie Mae Rowe (voice))

Clyde's

(Clyde)

Lightyear

(Alisha Hawthorne (voice))

Greedy People

(Murphy)

Clybourne Park

Wally's Opening Day

(Francette (voice))

Beyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to Lightyear

(Self / Alisha Hawthorne)

The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat

(Clarice Baker)

The Heart of New England

(Self - Narrator)

Showing Roots

(Pearl)

The Wiz Live!

(Glinda the Good)

Tallulah

(Louisa Kinnie)

Pearly Gates

(Corrie)

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip

(TSA Officer)

American Pastoral

(Vicky)

My Little Pony: The Movie

(Queen Novo (voice))

Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live

(Self - Musical Guest)

Sing Along

(Cafeteria Lady)

Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs

(Self)

Candy Jar

(Julia Russell)

2018 Boston Red Sox: The Official World Series Film

(Narrator)

Miss Virginia

(Virginia Walden)

We Are Boats

(Sir)

Beats

(Carla Monroe)

Steven Universe: The Movie

(Bismuth (voice))

Really Love

(Chenai Hungwe)

Verbatim: The Ferguson Case

(Sheila Whirley)

National Champions

(Katherine Poe)

Roofman

(Eileen)

Caregiving

(Narrator)

Steven Universe: Heart of the Crystal Gems

(Bismuth)

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

(Self)

Solos

(Sasha)

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

(Self)

Hell's Kitchen

(Self)

Orange Is the New Black

(Suzanne 'Crazy Eyes' Warren)

MTV Video Music Awards

(Self - Presenter)

Comedy Bang! Bang!

(Self)

Magicampers

(Nature Spirit (voice))

The View

(Self - Guest)

Steven Universe

(Bismuth)

Painkiller

(Edie Flowers)

Chelsea

(Self)

Animal

(Self - Narrator (voice))

2 Dope Queens

Lip Sync Battle

(Self)

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

(Self)

The Residence

(Cordelia Cupp)

Running Wild with Bear Grylls

(Self)

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

(Self - Guest)

Steven Universe

(Bismuth (voice))

In Treatment

(Dr. Brooke Taylor)

Mrs. America

(Shirley Chisholm)

Activate: The Global Citizen Movement

(Self)

Saturday Night Live

(Self - Cameo (uncredited))

Steven Universe Future

(Bismuth (voice))

Off Camera with Sam Jones

(Self)

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

(Self)

After Midnight

(Self)

The Jennifer Hudson Show

(Self)

The Kelly Clarkson Show

(Self)

Believers: Boston Red Sox

(Self)

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

(Self - Guest)