Cast & creator
Uzo Aduba
Best known for Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Kelly Clarkson Show
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.
Also known as: Uzoamaka Nwanneka Aduba
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film credits
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television credits
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1975–2026 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (65)
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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
2015
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
The View
Self - Guest
1997
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self
2022
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self
1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Self
2014
Orange Is the New Black
Suzanne 'Crazy Eyes' Warren
2013
Steven Universe
Bismuth
2013Steven Universe
Bismuth (voice)
2013
Hell's Kitchen
Self
2005
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014
After Midnight
Self
2024
MTV Video Music Awards
Self - Presenter
1984
In Treatment
Dr. Brooke Taylor
2008
Comedy Bang! Bang!
Self
2012
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Self
2014
Chelsea
Self
2016
Lip Sync Battle
Self
2015
The Residence
Cordelia Cupp
2025
Roofman
Eileen
2025
Running Wild with Bear Grylls
Self
2014
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip
TSA Officer
2015
Steven Universe Future
Bismuth (voice)
2019
Mrs. America
Shirley Chisholm
2020
Lightyear
Alisha Hawthorne (voice)
2022
My Little Pony: The Movie
Queen Novo (voice)
2017
Painkiller
Edie Flowers
2023
Greedy People
Murphy
2024
Solos
Sasha
2021
Steven Universe: The Movie
Bismuth (voice)
2019
Animal
Self - Narrator (voice)
2021
American Pastoral
Vicky
2016
Magicampers
Trina (voice)
2026
The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
Clarice Baker
2024
2 Dope Queens
2018
Beyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to Lightyear
Self / Alisha Hawthorne
2022
Activate: The Global Citizen Movement
Self
2019
Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live
Self - Musical Guest
2015
Believers: Boston Red Sox
Self
2025
National Champions
Katherine Poe
2021
Candy Jar
Julia Russell
2018
Pearly Gates
Corrie
2015
Really Love
Chenai Hungwe
2020
Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs
Self
2017
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
Thanks
2020
Beats
Carla Monroe
2019
Tallulah
Louisa Kinnie
2016
We Are Boats
Sir
2019
The Wiz Live!
Glinda the Good
2015
Showing Roots
Pearl
2016
Sing Along
Cafeteria Lady
2013
Miss Virginia
Virginia Walden
2019
Caregiving
Narrator
2025
Steven Universe: Heart of the Crystal Gems
Bismuth
2018Clybourne Park
Wally's Opening Day
Francette (voice)
2017
Verbatim: The Ferguson Case
Sheila Whirley
2015
Clyde's
Clyde
2021
This World Is Not My Own
Nellie Mae Rowe (voice)
2023
The Heart of New England
Self - Narrator
2023
2018 Boston Red Sox: The Official World Series Film
Narrator
2018