Uzo Aduba

Quick Facts

Full Name	Uzo Aduba
Occupation	TV Actress
Date Of Birth	Feb 10, 1981(1981-02-10)
Age	43
Birthplace	Boston
Country	United States
Birth City	Massachusetts
Horoscope	Aquarius

Uzo Aduba Biography

Uzo Aduba is one of the most popular and richest TV Actress who was born on February 10, 1981 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Television and Broadway actress best known for her role as Crazy Eyes on the hit series Orange Is the New Black. She won the 2014 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series and the 2015 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series for the role.

She often shares the screen with Orange is the New Black star Taylor Schilling.

Aduba was born in Boston, Massachusetts to parents who are from Nigeria. She grew up in Medfield, Massachusetts, and graduated from Medfield High School in

1999. She attended Boston University, where she studied classical voice and competed in track and field. She describes her family as a “sports family”. Her younger brother, Obi, played hockey at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and went on to play six seasons professionally.

Aduba first garnered recognition for her acting in 2003, when her performance in Translations of Xhosa at the Olney Theatre Center for the Arts earned her a Helen Hayes Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Play. Aduba played the character Amphiarus in 2006 at New York Theatre Workshop and again in 2008 at La Jolla Playhouse. In 2007, she made her Broadway debut, portraying Toby in Helen Edmundson’s adaptation of Coram Boy at the Imperial Theatre. From 2011 through 2012, she sang “By My Side” as part of the original revival cast of Godspell at the Circle in the Square Theatre. Her first television appearance was as a nurse on Blue Bloods in 2012. She also played the mother of the title character of Venice at The Public Theater in New York.

Her parents are Nigerian. She was born in Boston, MA and raised in Medfield.

Uzo Aduba Net Worth

Uzo Aduba is one of the richest TV Actress from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Uzo Aduba 's net worth $1 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She studied classical voice and was a track and field athlete at Boston University. She first started gaining attention as an actress in 2003 when she earned a Helen Hayes Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Play for her performance in Translations of Xhosa at the Olney Theatre Center for the Arts.

She made her Broadway debut in 2007 in Coram Boy. Her first television acting appearance came in an episode of Blue Bloods in 2012.

Uzoamaka Nwanneka “Uzo” Aduba (/ˈ uː z oʊ ə ˈ d uː b ə / ; born February 10, 1981) is an American actress. She is known 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 Screen Actors Guild 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, the other being Ed Asner for the character Lou Grant.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Aduba made her film debut in the 2015 musical comedy-drama film Pearly Gates. The following year she went to star alongside Maggie Grace in the comedy-drama Showing Roots, and played supporting roles in Tallulah “Steven Universe” and American Pastoral directed by Ewan McGregor. She played a major role in the 2017 musical animated film My Little Pony: The Movie, where she voices Queen Novo, leader of the Hippogriffs/Seaponies. She co-starred in two Netflix films; comedy Candy Jar in 2018, and drama Beats in 2019. Also in 2019, Aduba went to star in the drama film Miss Virginia, playing the title role.

Facts & Trivia

Uzo Ranked on the list of most popular TV Actress. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Uzo Aduba celebrates birthday on February 10 of every year.

Aduba appeared in films including American Pastoral (2016), Showing Roots (2016), My Little Pony: The Movie (2017), Candy Jar (2018) and Miss Virginia (2019). In 2020, she played Shirley Chisholm in the Hulu miniseries Mrs. America.

Top Facts about Uzo Aduba

1. Uzo Aduba was born on February 10, 1981 in Boston, Massachusetts.
2. She is best known for her role as Suzanne “Crazy Eyes” Warren in Orange Is the New Black.
3. Aduba won two Primetime Emmy Awards for her performance in OITNB.
4. She also won a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Critics’ Choice Television Award.
5. Aduba has appeared in several Broadway productions, including Godspell and Coram Boy.
6. She graduated from Boston University with a degree in classical voice performance.
7. Aduba’s parents are Nigerian immigrants to the United States.
8. In addition to acting, she is also an accomplished singer and dancer.
9. Aduba has used her platform to advocate for mental health awareness and LGBTQ+ rights.
10. She will star as Shirley Chisholm in the upcoming FX limited series Mrs. America.

Is Uzo Aduba a Nigerian?

Emmy winning Nigerian-American actress Uzo Aduba is set to join Lupita Nyong’o on the set of HBO Max’s upcoming series “Americanah”.

Where is Uzo Aduba from?

Boston, MA

How old is Uzo Aduba?

41 years (February 10, 1981)

What is Uzo Aduba doing now?

Aduba now stars in the reboot of HBO’s psychotherapy drama In Treatment. When the critically lauded series – adapted from Israeli creation Be’Tipul – first aired between 2008 and 2010, Gabriel Byrne starred as a Baltimore shrink.

Where is Uzo Aduba parents from?

Early life. Uzo Aduba was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to parents from Nigeria , and grew up in Medfield, Massachusetts.