Uzo Aduba is a well recognized Hollywood actress. She is known for her role as Suzanne Warren on Netflix TV series ‘Orange Is The New Black'. She was born on 10 February 1981 in Boston, Massachusetts to Nigerian parents. She grew up in Medfield, Massachusetts. For her School education, she went to Medfield High School and completed her graduation in 1999.After graduation, she got the athletics scholarship at Boston University to College of Fine Arts where she started training in classical voice.
She got inclined towards acting and drama, therefore she moved to New York Click to look into! >> Read More... to pursue her career in acting. Earlier she took on very small and unpaid roles to just get a foot in the door. She also worked in Huntington Theatre Company and American Repertory Theatre. Aduba got an appreciation for her performance in Translations of Xhosa at the Olney Theatre Center for Arts in 2003.This role earned her a Helen Hayes Award Nomination in supporting actress category.
In 2006 at New York Theatre workshop she portrayed the character of Amphiarus. In 2007 she made her debut on Broadway. She played the role of Toby in an adaptation of Coram Boy at Imperial Theatre. She also got the opportunity to showcase her singing talent. She performed as Vocalist in Godspell at Circle in the Square from 2011 to 2012 performing ‘By My Side'. She made her first TV appearance in 2012 as a nurse on Blue Blood.
She also portrayed the role of Mother of title character Venice at The Public Theatre. She garnered immense success when she started portraying the role of Suzanne " Crazy Eyes Click to look into! >> Read More... " Warren in the Netflix Comedy series 'Orange Is The New Black'. This role in season one earned her Best Guest Actress in a comedy series at the 66th Primitive Creative Arts Emmy Award. She also won Best Guest Performer award in a comedy series at 44th Critics Choice Television Award.
Her performance in season two earned her the Best Performance by a female actor in a comedy series at 21st Screen Actors Guild Award. She won her second Emmy award in 2015 for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama series. For her support in the strengthening of LGBT community, she received Point Courage Award from the Point Foundation. Some of her prominent movies are Tallulah, American Pastoral Click to look into! >> Read More... , Alvin and the Chipmunks, My Little Pony.
She has also worked in several TV series like Blue Blood, Project Runway Story Soon >> Read More... , Saturday Night Live Saturday Night Live or popularly called as NBC' >> Read More... , Orange Is the New Black, Steven Universe, The Wiz Live!. Within a very short interval of time, she has garnered several awards, nominations, opportunities, and achievement.She is one of the familiar faces of American Entertainment Industry, globally recognized for her part as Suzzan Warren in Orange Is the New Black. Aduba has 3 million Dollar of an estimated net worth in 2016.Rising Hollywood actress with incredible talent hasn't married to date.
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