Uzo Aduba

Uzoamaka Nwanneka "Uzo" Aduba () (; born February 10, 1981) is an American actress. She gained wide recognition 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 SAG 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.

In 2020, Aduba played Shirley Chisholm in the Hulu miniseries ''Mrs. America'', for which she won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie and the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Movie/Miniseries. Aduba has appeared in films including ''American Pastoral'' (2016), ''My Little Pony: The Movie'' (2017), ''Candy Jar'' (2018), ''Steven Universe: The Movie'' (2019), ''Miss Virginia'' (2019), ''National Champions'' (2021), and ''Lightyear'' (2022). In 2021, she starred in Lynn Nottage's play ''Clyde's'' on Broadway for which she received a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play nomination. Provided by Wikipedia