Uzoamaka "Uzo" Aduba is a Nigerian-American actress. She is best known for her role as Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren on the Netflix original series "Orange Is the New Black," for which she won two Emmy Awards and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. 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

Aduba has also appeared in a number of films, including 2016 American Pastoral, 2016's Showing Roots, 2017's My Little Pony: The Movie, 2018's Candy Jar, and 2019's Miss Virginia.

In 2020, she played Shirley Chisholm in the Hulu miniseries "Mrs. America," for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie.

In April 2017, Aduba received the Point Courage Award from the Point Foundation for her support of the LGBT community. In June 2018, Aduba became Heifer International's first-ever celebrity ambassador to Africa. She saw Heifer's impact first-hand on 2016 and 2018 field visits to Uganda.

Aduba attended Boston University, where she studied classical voice and competed in track and field.

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