Uzo Aduba | |
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.jpg) Aduba at the premiere of American Pastoral at the 2016 Toronto Film Festival | |
| Born | Uzoamaka Nwanneka Aduba February 10, 1981 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Education | Boston University (BM) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Spouse |
Robert Sweeting (m. 2020) |
| Children | 1 |
Uzoamaka Nwanneka "Uzo" Aduba ()[2] (/ˈuːzoʊ əˈduːbə/; born February 10, 1981[3]) 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.[4] She is one of only two actors to win an Emmy Award in both the comedy and drama categories for the same role.[5]
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), Miss Virginia (2019), and Lightyear (2022). In 2021, she starred in Lynn Nottage's play Clyde's on Broadway for which she received a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Play.
- ^ Jackson, Dory; Jordan, Julie (September 12, 2021). "Surprise! OITNB's Uzo Aduba Secretly Married Filmmaker Robert Sweeting in 2020". People. Retrieved September 12, 2021.
- ^ "Godspell Talk Back – Uzo Aduba". Reviewing The Drama. March 26, 2012.
- ^ "UPI Almanac for Monday, Feb. 10, 2020". United Press International. February 10, 2020. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
actor Uzo Aduba in 1981 (age 39)
- ^ Emmy Awards 2015: The complete winners list.Beats 2019 CNN.com (September 21, 2015). Retrieved on December 7, 2015.
- ^ Berman, Eliza (September 20, 2015). "Watch Uzo Aduba's Tearful Speech for Her Record-Breaking Emmy Win". Time. Time Inc. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved September 4, 2024.