Acting credits
61
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Uzo Aduba
Acting
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TMDB popularity
2.4
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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
烏佐·阿杜巴 • 乌佐·阿杜巴 • Uzoamaka Nwanneka Aduba
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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.
as Eileen
Roofman
2025 • Movie
as Narrator
Caregiving
2025 • Movie
as Murphy
Greedy People
2024 • Movie
as Clarice Baker
The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
2024 • Movie
as Self - Narrator
The Heart of New England
2023 • Movie
as Nellie Mae Rowe (voice)
This World Is Not My Own
2023 • Movie
as Alisha Hawthorne (voice)
Lightyear
2022 • Movie
as Self / Alisha Hawthorne
Beyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to Lightyear
2022 • Movie
as Katherine Poe
National Champions
2021 • Movie
as Clyde
Clyde's
2021 • Movie
Thanks
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
2020 • Movie
as Chenai Hungwe
Really Love
2020 • Movie
as Virginia Walden
Miss Virginia
2019 • Movie
as Bismuth (voice)
Steven Universe: The Movie
2019 • Movie
as Carla Monroe
Beats
2019 • Movie
as Sir
We Are Boats
2019 • Movie
as Narrator
2018 Boston Red Sox: The Official World Series Film
2018 • Movie
as Bismuth
Steven Universe: Heart of the Crystal Gems
2018 • Movie
as Julia Russell
Candy Jar
2018 • Movie
as Self
Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs
2017 • Movie
as Queen Novo (voice)
My Little Pony: The Movie
2017 • Movie
as Francette (voice)
Wally's Opening Day
2017 • Movie
as Vicky
American Pastoral
2016 • Movie
as Louisa Kinnie
Tallulah
2016 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Uzo Aduba.
as Trina (voice) • 16 eps
Magicampers
2026 • Series
as Self • 3 eps
Believers: Boston Red Sox
2025 • Series
as Cordelia Cupp • 8 eps
The Residence
2025 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
After Midnight
2024 • Series
as Edie Flowers • 6 eps
Painkiller
2023 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022 • Series
as Self - Narrator (voice) • 1 eps
Animal
2021 • Series
as Sasha • 1 eps
Solos
2021 • Series
as Shirley Chisholm • 9 eps
Mrs. America
2020 • Series
as Bismuth (voice) • 1 eps
Steven Universe Future
2019 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Activate: The Global Citizen Movement
2019 • Series
1 eps
2 Dope Queens
2018 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Chelsea
2016 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Lip Sync Battle
2015 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Running Wild with Bear Grylls
2014 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014 • Series
as Bismuth • 1 eps
Steven Universe
2013 • Series
as Suzanne 'Crazy Eyes' Warren • 90 eps
Orange Is the New Black
2013 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Comedy Bang! Bang!
2012 • Series
as Self - Guest • 4 eps
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 • Series