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Uzo Aduba

1981-02-10 Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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Biografia

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.

Películas

Caregiving Narrator 2025-06-24
Roofman 2025-10-03
The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat Clarice Baker 2024-08-07
Greedy People Murphy 2024-08-23
This World Is Not My Own Nellie Mae Rowe (voice) 2023-03-11
The Heart of New England Self - Narrator 2023-11-11
Lightyear Alisha Hawthorne (voice) 2022-06-15
Beyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to Lightyear Self / Alisha Hawthorne 2022-06-10
Clyde's Clyde 2021-11-23
National Champions Katherine Poe 2021-12-10
Really Love Chenai Hungwe 2020-10-16
Miss Virginia Virginia Walden 2019-10-18
Beats Carla Monroe 2019-06-19
We Are Boats Sir 2019-03-08
Steven Universe: The Movie Bismuth (voice) 2019-10-07
2018 Boston Red Sox: The Official World Series Film Narrator 2018-12-04
Steven Universe: Heart of the Crystal Gems Bismuth 2018-08-14
Candy Jar Julia Russell 2018-04-27
My Little Pony: The Movie Queen Novo (voice) 2017-10-05
Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs Self 2017-11-18
Wally's Opening Day Francette (voice) 2017-04-02
Tallulah Louisa Kinnie 2016-06-02
American Pastoral Vicky 2016-10-20
Showing Roots Pearl 2016-04-23
Verbatim: The Ferguson Case Sheila Whirley 2015-08-05
The Wiz Live! Glinda the Good 2015-12-03
Pearly Gates Corrie 2015-04-26
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip TSA Officer 2015-12-17
Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live Self 2015-12-20
Sing Along Cafeteria Lady 2013-04-28
Clybourne Park