VIDEO: Uzo Aduba Sings 'White Horse' With Taylor Swift
ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK fans were in for a treat at last night's Taylor Swift concert.
Known for bringing other celebrities on stage during her shows, Swift welcomed OITNB star Uzo Aduba to sing "White Horse" with her at the Staples Center in LA. This must have been great practice for Aduba's upcoming role in THE WIZ LIVE on NBC. Below, watch the simple, but lovely, performance!
Aduba later tweeted about the experience, "Tonight I sang a duet with @taylorswift13 on her #1989TourLA. What a tremendous and humbling honor. #generous #funtimes #WhiteHorse."
Taylor Swift also took to Twitter to praise her guest, "That moment when @UzoAduba comes out and sings 'White Horse' and makes everyone in the arena fall in love with her."
Uzo Aduba is an American actress. She is known for her role as Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren on the Netflix television series ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK (2013-present), for which she won the 2014 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series and the 2015 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series.
Aduba first garnered recognition for her acting in 2003, when her performance in Translations of Xhosa at the Olney Theatre Center for the Arts earned her a Helen Hayes Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Play. In 2007, she made her Broadway debut, portraying Toby in Coram Boy. From 2011 through 2012, she sang "By My Side" as part of the original revival cast of Godspell at the Circle in THE SQUARE Theatre. Her first television appearance was as a nurse on BLUE BLOODS in 2012. She also played the mother of the title character of Venice at The Public Theater in New York.
In 2013, Aduba began portraying Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren in the Netflix comedy-drama series Orange Is the New Black.
She has been recognized for her performance as "Crazy Eyes": Aduba won Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series at the 66th PRIMETIME CREATIVE ARTS EMMY AWARDS as well as Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series at the 4th Critics' Choice Television Awards and was nominated for Best Supporting Actress - Series, Miniseries or Television Film at the 18th Satellite Awards for her season 1 performance. Aduba's season 2 performance earned her the Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series as well as recognition for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series at the 21st Screen Actors Guild Awards and a nomination Best Supporting Actress - Series, Miniseries or Television Film at the 72nd Golden Globe Awards.
In March 2014, Aduba performed at Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS benefit concert Broadway Backwards. Aduba teamed with Rachel Bay Jones for a rendition of the song "Lily's Eyes" from the play The Secret Garden.
Earlier this month, BroadwayWorld reported that Aduba had been cast as Glinda, the Good Witch, in NBC's THE WIZ LIVE, which will air in December.
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