Born February 10, 1981, is an American actress Uzo Aduba. Aduba was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the daughter of Nigerian parents of Igbo origin. She grew up in Medfield, Massachusetts.She graduated from Medfield High School in 1999. She attended Boston University, where she studied classical voice and competed in the 55-meter dash and the 200-meter dash. She began earning recognition for her acting in 2003, with a performance in Translations of Xhosa at the Olney Theatre Center for the Arts earned her a Helen Hayes Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Play.
From 2011 through 2012, Aduba sang “By My Side” as portion of the original revival cast of Godspell in the Group within the Square Theatre. Aduba’s first television appearance was like a nurse on Blue Bloods in the year 2012. Aduba also played the name character of Venice’s mom in The general public Theater in New York.
She is known for her role as Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren on the Netflix television series Orange Is the New Black (2013–present), for which 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. She also played the mother of the title character of Venice at The Public Theater in New York.
Casting manager Jennifer Euston describes the choice of Aduba for the role so: “Uzo Aduba…had her hair in these troubles for that audition … They saw something incredible in her and could link it to what they were searching for in Crazy Eyes.”In signing up with the show, Aduba got her Screen Actors Guild card, that she associates, “I was only like, ‘Wow, this means I am a complete celebrity now.’ It was such a huge deal, and I recall being so grateful and feeling so happy.
She won the Emmy Awards in 2014.
In 2013, Aduba began portraying Suzanne Warren, also known as "Crazy Eyes", in the Netflix comedy-drama series Orange Is the New Black.
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