Uzo Aduba
Uzo Aduba was born in Boston, Massachusetts, United States on February 10th, 1981 and is the TV Actress. At the age of 43, Uzo Aduba biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, TV shows, and networth are available.
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Uzoamaka Nwanneka "Uzo" Aduba (born February 10, 1981) is an American actress.
She is known 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 Screen Actors Guild 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, the other being Ed Asner for the character Lou Grant.
She also voices Bismuth in the Cartoon Network series Steven Universe.
Early life
Uzo Aduba was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to parents from Nigeria, and grew up in Medfield, Massachusetts. She graduated from Medfield High School in 1999. She attended Boston University, where she studied classical voice and competed in track and field. She has called her family a "sports family". Her younger brother, Obi, played hockey at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and six seasons professionally.
Career
Aduba earned her first accolade in 2003 when her appearance in Translations of Xhosa at the Olney Theatre Center for the Performing Arts earned her a Helen Hayes Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Play. In 2006, she appeared in The Seven at The New York Theatre Workshop and again in 2008 at La Jolla Playhouse. In 2007, she made her Broadway debut, portraying Toby in Helen Edmundson's interpretation of Coram Boy at the Imperial Theatre. She appeared on "By My Side" at the Circle in 2011–12. In 2012, she appeared on Blue Bloods as a nurse. In Venice, Aduba also performed Anna, the mother of the title character.
In 2013, Aduba began to portray Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren in Netflix's comedy-drama series Orange Is the New Black.On being cast, Aduba said:
"Uzo Aduba had her hair in those knots for the audition," Casting Director Jennifer Euston says. "They saw something magical in her and connected it to what they were looking for in Crazy Eyes." Aduba obtained her Screen Actor Guild card, which she described as "I'm just like, this means I'm a complete actor now." It was such a big deal, and I remember being so grateful and feeling so proud."
Aduba has been recognized for her appearance in "Crazy Eyes" as the best Female Actress in a Comedy Series at the 66th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards and Best Guest Artist in a Comedy Series at the 4th Critics' Choice Television Awards. At the 18th Satellite Awards for her season one appearance, she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries, or Television Film. At the 72nd Golden Globe Awards, Aduba's season two earned her the Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series and a nomination for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries, or Television Film.
Aduba received the accolade for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series at the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2015. This makes her the first actress to win both a drama and comedy Emmy for the same role. In addition, her appearance in the third season earned another Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series win for the 22nd Screen Actor Guild Awards. At the 73rd Golden Globe Awards, Aduba received the Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries, or Television Film category.
Aduba appeared at Broadway Cares/Equity Fights, an HIV charity benefit concert held in March 2014. She partnered with Rachel Bay Jones on a rendition of the musical "Resci's Eyes" by a narrator. In 2015, Aduba appeared in Glinda the Good Witch in the NBC live musical event special The Wiz Live!, receiving rave reviews from critics.
Aduba made her film debut in the 2015 musical comedy-drama film Pearly Gates. She appeared alongside Maggie Grace in Showing Roots and appeared in Tallulah, Steven Universe, and American Pastoral directed by Ewan McGregor this year. Aduba appeared in the 2017 musical animated film My Little Pony: The Movie, voicing Queen Novo, the hippogriffs/seaponies' leader. Candy Jar in 2018, and Beats in 2019 co-starred in two Netflix films; Beats in 2019. In addition, Aduba appeared in Miss Virginia in the film Miss Virginia in 2019.
Aduba appeared in the Hulu miniseries Mrs. America, opposite Cate Blanchett and Sarah Paulson, after Orange Is the New Black concluded. Chisholm was the first black nominee for a major party's presidential nomination, as the first woman to run for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination and the first woman to attend a Democratic presidential debate in the United States. The miniseries premiered on April 15, 2020, receiving critical acclaim, and Aduba received a Primetime Emmy Award. In the ultimately unproduced HBO Max miniseries Americanah, written by Danai Gurira, she was cast to star opposite Lupita Nyong'o. Aduba had been planned to appear in the fourth season of FX series Fargo but had to cancel due to "personal reasons." In the forthcoming romantic drama film Really Love, Aduba co-stars. Dr. Brooke Taylor, a psychologist, appeared in the fourth season of HBO's In Treatment, in October 2020.