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Uzo Aduba
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 Blac…
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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 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.
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2026
Magicampers
TV show Trina (voice)
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2025
Roofman
Movie Eileen
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2025
Believers: Boston Red Sox
TV show Self
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2025
Caregiving
Movie Narrator
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2025
The Residence
TV show Cordelia Cupp
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2024
Greedy People
Movie Murphy
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2024
The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
Movie Clarice Baker
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2024
After Midnight
TV show Self
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2023
The Heart of New England
Movie Self - Narrator
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2023
Painkiller
TV show Edie Flowers
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2023
This World Is Not My Own
Movie Nellie Mae Rowe (voice)
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2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV show Self
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2022
Lightyear
Movie Alisha Hawthorne (voice)
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2022
Beyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to Lightyear
Movie Self / Alisha Hawthorne
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2021
National Champions
Movie Katherine Poe
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2021
Clyde's
Movie Clyde
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2021
Animal
TV show Self - Narrator (voice)
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2021
Solos
TV show Sasha
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2020
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
Movie Thanks
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2020
Really Love
Movie Chenai Hungwe
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2020
Mrs. America
TV show Shirley Chisholm
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2019
Steven Universe Future
TV show Bismuth (voice)
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2019
Miss Virginia
Movie Virginia Walden
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2019
Steven Universe: The Movie
Movie Bismuth (voice)
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2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV show Self
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2019
Activate: The Global Citizen Movement
TV show Self
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2019
Beats
Movie Carla Monroe
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2019
We Are Boats
Movie Sir
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2018
2018 Boston Red Sox: The Official World Series Film
Movie Narrator
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2018
Steven Universe: Heart of the Crystal Gems
Movie Bismuth
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2018
Candy Jar
Movie Julia Russell
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2018
2 Dope Queens
TV show
- 2017
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2017
My Little Pony: The Movie
Movie Queen Novo (voice)
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2017
Wally's Opening Day
Movie Francette (voice)
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2016
American Pastoral
Movie Vicky
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2016
Tallulah
Movie Louisa Kinnie
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2016
Chelsea
TV show Self
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2016
Showing Roots
Movie Pearl
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2015
Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live
Movie Self - Musical Guest
