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
It's exciting to watch people do and write and say what they feel like doing, writing and saying.
My only want and wish, really, was to tell a good story. I wanted to do good work, tell a good story, and give the character a voice. Those were my only expectations.
Ive heard of nothing coming from nothing, but Ive never heard of absolutely nothing coming from hard work.
If they can learn to say Tchaikovsky and Michelangelo and Dostoyevsky, they can learn to say Uzoamaka.
I'm realizing, you don't need to change anything about yourself. This is who you are, and it's okay. That's daring.
My family is more a sports family, and I figure skated for a very long time, so movement and how I relate to movement is very integral to my process.
My parents wanted us to be well-rounded individuals and really have the American experiences as richly as one can.