Acting credits
61
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Uzo Aduba
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.6
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Movies: 31Series: 31Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 1332680
IMDb ID: nm2499064
Known for: Acting
Born: February 10, 1981
Age: 45
Place of birth: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1975 - 2026
Years active: 52
Average TMDB rating: 6.66
Wikidata: Q14941915
Also known as
Uzoamaka Nwanneka Aduba
Other jobs
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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 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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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Uzo Aduba.
Roofman
as Eileen
2025 Movie
Caregiving
as Narrator
2025 Movie
Greedy People
as Murphy
2024 Movie
The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
as Clarice Baker
2024 Movie
The Heart of New England
as Self - Narrator
2023 Movie
This World Is Not My Own
as Nellie Mae Rowe (voice)
2023 Movie
Lightyear
as Alisha Hawthorne (voice)
2022 Movie
Beyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to Lightyear
as Self / Alisha Hawthorne
2022 Movie
National Champions
as Katherine Poe
2021 Movie
Clyde's
as Clyde
2021 Movie
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
Thanks
2020 Movie
Really Love
as Chenai Hungwe
2020 Movie
Miss Virginia
as Virginia Walden
2019 Movie
Steven Universe: The Movie
as Bismuth (voice)
2019 Movie
Beats
as Carla Monroe
2019 Movie
We Are Boats
as Sir
2019 Movie
2018 Boston Red Sox: The Official World Series Film
as Narrator
2018 Movie
Steven Universe: Heart of the Crystal Gems
as Bismuth
2018 Movie
Candy Jar
as Julia Russell
2018 Movie
Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs
as Self
2017 Movie
My Little Pony: The Movie
as Queen Novo (voice)
2017 Movie
Wally's Opening Day
as Francette (voice)
2017 Movie
American Pastoral
as Vicky
2016 Movie
Tallulah
as Louisa Kinnie
2016 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Uzo Aduba.
Magicampers
as Trina (voice) • 23 eps
2026 Series
Believers: Boston Red Sox
as Self • 3 eps
2025 Series
The Residence
as Cordelia Cupp • 8 eps
2025 Series
After Midnight
as Self • 1 eps
2024 Series
Painkiller
as Edie Flowers • 6 eps
2023 Series
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self • 1 eps
2022 Series
Animal
as Self - Narrator (voice) • 1 eps
2021 Series
Solos
as Sasha • 1 eps
2021 Series
Mrs. America
as Shirley Chisholm • 9 eps
2020 Series
Steven Universe Future
as Bismuth (voice) • 1 eps
2019 Series
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self • 1 eps
2019 Series
Activate: The Global Citizen Movement
as Self • 1 eps
2019 Series
2 Dope Queens
1 eps
2018 Series
Chelsea
as Self • 1 eps
2016 Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self • 1 eps
2015 Series
Lip Sync Battle
as Self • 1 eps
2015 Series
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self • 2 eps
2014 Series
Running Wild with Bear Grylls
as Self • 1 eps
2014 Series
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
as Self • 1 eps
2014 Series
Off Camera with Sam Jones
as Self • 1 eps
2014 Series
Steven Universe
as Bismuth
2013 Series
Orange Is the New Black
as Suzanne 'Crazy Eyes' Warren • 90 eps
2013 Series
Comedy Bang! Bang!
as Self • 1 eps
2012 Series
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest • 4 eps
2009 Series