Uzo Aduba
Uzo Aduba
Uzoamaka Nwanneka "Uzo" Aduba is an American actress and singer. She is known for her role as Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren on the Netflix television series Orange Is the New Black, for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series in 2014, a Primetime 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth10 February 1981
CityBoston, MA
CountryUnited States of America
I left my home in Massachusetts after college to move to New York City to pursue my dreams of acting. I took roles for free. I waited tables. I didn't care because it was work.
I'll definitely wear orange on the red carpet!
My family is from Nigeria, and my full name is Uzoamaka, which means 'The road is good.'
I'm obsessed with 'Scandal.' I love, love, love it. I've gotten to meet all of the cast at this point, and they're all so, so nice.
I used to be a huge fan of 'Lockup' on MSNBC, and that certainly has helped with my understanding of the world.
As for the fake teeth, they're officially retired. I haven't really found a need or want to wear them.
Faith is a big thing we explore.
I loved Ghana Must Go by Taiye Selasi. Its about a first-generation African family living in America that has to return home to Nigeria when their estranged father passes away.
I ran track in high school very competitively, and then ran it D-1 at Boston University. I ran there on an athletic scholarship and chose BU because they had both a good track program and an arts program.
My mother is a fighter. After she battled polio and learned to walk again, the doctors told her she would be a cripple her entire life. Instead of accepting defeat, she refused this fate and went on to become the West African Womens Singles tennis champion in college.
In performance, you dont always feel that sort of family bond right off the top. It sort of develops and grows over time.
I think theres something really thrilling to having to get people laughing about something, and then, when you have them in that comfort space, you can drop the weight into the texture of the story.
I love De la Renta. I love CoSTUME National; I think they're just incredible. And I love Marc Jacobs, too - they're also great, just a great brand.
I kept hiding my smile in pictures throughout middle school and most of high school until picture day came my senior year.