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BIO

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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STAGE CREDITS

Clyde's Clyde's
[Broadway]
2021
Performer
The Wiz Live! The Wiz Live!
[New York]
NBC Live Television Production, 2015
Glinda
Venice Venice
[Off-Broadway]
Public Theater Production, 2013
Anna Monroe
Godspell Godspell
[Broadway]
Broadway Revival, 2011
Performer
Godspell
[Broadway]
Broadway Revival [Cancelled], 2008
Performer
Coram Boy Coram Boy
[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 2007
Toby
Godspell
[Milburn, NJ (Regional)]
Paper Mill Production, 2006
Performer
The Seven
[Off-Broadway]
Original Off-Broadway Production, 2006
Performer
Second Woman/Amphiarus
Abyssinia
[Regional (US)]
Regional Revival, 2005
Trembling Sally

Movies

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip
[ 2015 ] TSA Officer
Pearly Gates
[ 2015 ] Corrie
The Wiz Live!
[ 2015 ] Glinda the Good Witch of the South
American Pastoral
[ 2016 ] Vicky
Showing Roots
[ 2016 ] Pearl
Tallulah
[ 2016 ] Detective Kinnie
My Little Pony
[ 2017 ] Queen Novo - Voice
Wally's Opening Day
[ 2017 ] Francette
Candy Jar
[ 2018 ] Julia
We Are Boats
[ 2018 ] Sir
Beats
[ 2019 ] Carla Monroe
Miss Virginia
[ 2019 ] Virginia Walden
Steven Universe: The Movie
[ 2019 ] Bismuth - Voice
Really Love
[ 2020 ] Chenai Hungwe
National Champions
[ 2021 ] Katherine Poe
Lightyear
[ 2022 ] Alisha Hawthorne - Voice
Greedy People
[ 2024 ] Murphy
The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
[ 2024 ] Clarice

TV Shows

Slavery and the Making of America
David Walker's Wife
Blue Bloods
Nurse
Steven Universe and the Dove Self-Esteem Project
Bismuth
3Below: Tales of Arcadia
[ 2018-2019 ] Colonel Kubritz
Orange Is the New Black
[ 2013-2019 ] Suzanne 'Crazy Eyes' Warren
Mrs. America
Shirley Chisholm
Steven Universe
[ 2016-2020 ] Bismuth, Khadijah
In Treatment
Dr. Brooke Taylor
Solos
Sasha
Painkiller
Edie

Awards and Nominations

Drama League Awards - 2022 - Distinguished Performance Awards

Uzo Aduba, Clyde's

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2022 - Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play

Uzo Aduba , Clyde's

Tony Awards - 2022 - Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play

Uzo Aduba, Clyde's

The Lortels - 2014 - Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical

Uzo Aduba, Venice

Helen Hayes Awards - 2004 - Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play

Uzo AdubaTranslations of Xhosa

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many Broadway shows has Uzo Aduba been in?

Uzo Aduba has appeared on Broadway in 4 shows.

How many West End shows has Uzo Aduba been in?

Uzo Aduba has not appeared in the West End.

What awards has Uzo Aduba been nominated for?

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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