Uzoamaka Nwanneka "Uzo" Aduba (born February 10, 1981 in Boston, Massachusetts) is a Nigerian-American actress, voice artist and singer.
She is best known for her role as Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren in Orange Is the New Black and as Shirley Chisholm in Mrs. America.
Aduba is also one of the many, many part-owners of Angel City FC, a Los Angeles-based team set to start play in the National Women's Soccer League in 2022.
Selected Filmography
Films
- Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip (2016) - TSA Officer, cameo
- Tallulah (2016) - Detective Louisa Kinnie
- American Pastoral (2016) - Vicky
- Showing Roots (2016) - Pearl
- Candy Jar (2018) - Julia Russell
- We Are Boats (2018) - Sir
- Beats (2019) - Carla Monroe
- Miss Virginia (2019) - Virginia Walden
Television
- Orange Is the New Black (2013–2019) - Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren
- The Wiz Live! (2015) - Glinda the Good Witch
- Mrs. America (2020) - Shirley Chisholm
- Americanah (2020) - Aunty Uju
- In Treatment (2021) - Dr. Brooke Lawrence,
Western Animation
- Steven Universe (2016–2019) - Bismuth (voice)
- My Little Pony: The Movie (2017) - Queen Novo (voice)
- 3Below (2018–2019) - Officer Kubritz (voice)
- Steven Universe: The Movie (2019) - Bismuth (voice), television film
- Steven Universe: Future (2020) - Bismuth (voice)
- Lightyear (2022) - Hawthorne (voice)
Theatre
- Godspell (2011) - Company, Circle in the Square Theatre
- The Maids (2016) - Solange, Trafalgar Studios
