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UZO ADUBA is an award-winning actress whose work spans television, film, and theatre.  Aduba can be seen in the critically acclaimed, Emmy®-winning drama series, In Treatment, on HBO and HBO Max, and in the Amazon Studios’ anthology series, Solos. She is perhaps most recognized for her role as Crazy Eyes on the Netflix original series Orange Is the New Black, for which she won two Emmy Awards. She is one of only two actors to win an Emmy Award in both the comedy and drama categories for the same role. Her third Emmy Award win was for portraying Shirley Chisholm in the Hulu miniseries Mrs. America.
On stage, Aduba made her Broadway debut in Coram Boy in 2007, followed by the hit musical revival of Godspell in 2011. A graduate of Boston University School of Fine Arts, Aduba appeared at Boston’s Huntington Theatre and A.R.T. where she received the Elliot Norton Award for Best Actress in a Play. She made her West End Theatre debut in Jean Genet's The Maids, directed by Jamie Lloyd and co-starring Laura Carmichael and Zawe Ashton. Aduba was nominated for a Helen Hayes Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Play for her work in the Kennedy Center/Olney Theater production of Translations of Xhosa. Other theater credits include Dessa Rose at the New Repertory Theatre, Turnado: Rumble for the Ring at the Bay Street Theater, and Abyssinia at the Goodspeed Theatre. Aduba also appeared in the NBC Live production of The Wiz, which also featured Queen Latifah, Mary J. Blige, Ne-Yo, Amber Riley, and David Alan Grier.
Her film credits include American Pastoral (2016), Showing Roots (2016), My Little Pony: The Movie (2017), Candy Jar (2018) and Miss Virginia (2019). She recently signed a multi-year producing deal with CBS Studios, and will star in and executive produce a new drama series titled Low Country alongside Robert and Michelle King. She will soon begin production on Netflix's limited series Painkillers opposite Matthew Broderick.

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Uzo Aduba STAGE CREDITS

[Broadway]
2021
Performer

[New York]
NBC Live Television Production, 2015
Glinda

[Off-Broadway]
Public Theater Production, 2013
Anna Monroe

[Broadway]
Broadway Revival, 2011
Performer

[Broadway]
Broadway Revival [Cancelled], 2008
Performer

[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 2007
Toby

[Milburn, NJ (Regional)]
Paper Mill Production, 2006
Performer

[Off-Broadway]
Original Off-Broadway Production, 2006
Performer

Second Woman/Amphiarus

[Regional (US)]
Regional Revival, 2005
Trembling Sally


Uzo Aduba Movies

[2015]Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip TSA Officer

[2015]Pearly Gates Corrie

[2015]The Wiz Live! Glinda the Good Witch of the South

[2016]American Pastoral Vicky

[2016]Showing Roots Pearl

[2016]Tallulah Detective Kinnie

[2017]My Little Pony Queen Novo - Voice

[2017]Wally's Opening Day Francette

[2018]Candy Jar Julia

[2018]We Are Boats Sir

[2019]Beats Carla Monroe

[2019]Miss Virginia Virginia Walden

[2019]Steven Universe: The Movie Bismuth - Voice

[2020]Really Love Chenai Hungwe

[2021]National Champions Katherine Poe

[2022]Lightyear Alisha Hawthorne - Voice


Uzo Aduba TV Shows

Slavery and the Making of America David Walker's Wife

Blue Bloods Nurse

Steven Universe and the Dove Self-Esteem Project Bismuth

[ 2018-2019]3Below: Tales of Arcadia Colonel Kubritz

[ 2013-2019]Orange Is the New Black Suzanne 'Crazy Eyes' Warren

Mrs. America Shirley Chisholm

[ 2016-2020]Steven Universe Bismuth, Khadijah

In Treatment Dr. Brooke Taylor

Solos Sasha

Painkiller Edie

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Uzo Aduba FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Uzo Aduba has appeared on Broadway in 4 shows.

Uzo Aduba has not appeared in the West End.

Uzo Aduba has been nominated for several awards, including Distinguished Performance Awards (Drama League Awards) for "Clyde's," Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for "Clyde's," Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for "Clyde's," Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical (The Lortels) for "Venice," and Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play (Helen Hayes Awards) for "Translations of Xhosa."

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