Uzo Aduba stars as Glinda in NBC's holiday production of "The Wiz Live!"

Aduba currently stars as Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren on the critically acclaimed Netflix Original Series "Orange Is the New Black." Aduba was nominated for a 2015 Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. For her performance in Season 1, she won the 2015 Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy and was a part of the show's win for Best Ensemble in a Comedy. Additionally, Aduba won the 2014 Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy and the 2014 Broadcast Television Journalists Association Award for Best Guest Performer in a Comedy. With her SAG and Emmy honors, Aduba became the first African American actress to win the award in each category. She was also nominated for the 2015 Golden Globe Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Series, Mini-Series, or TV Movie.

In film, Aduba was recently cast in Ewan McGregor's "American Pastoral," alongside McGregor, Jennifer Connelly and Dakota Fanning. The drama is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel written by Philip Roth. Aduba recently wrapped production on Sian Heder's "Tallulah" alongside Ellen Page, Allison Janney and Zachary Quinto, and Michael Wilson's "Showing Roots" alongside Maggie Grace.

Aduba made her television debut in 2012 on the CBS show "Blue Bloods." Before starring on television, Aduba made her Broadway debut in "Coram Boy" in 2007, followed by the hit musical revival of "Godspell" in 2011.

Aduba discovered her talent for singing at a very early age and became a classical music major at Boston University School of Fine Arts. She followed with critically acclaimed performances at both The Huntington Theatre in Boston and A.R.T., where she won the prestigious Elliot Norton Award for Best Actress in a Play.

Aduba was nominated for a Helen Hayes Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Play for her work in the Kennedy Center/Olney Theatre Center production of "Translations of Xhosa." Other theater credits include "Dessa Rose" at the New Repertory Theatre, "Turnado: Rumble for the Ring" at the Paper Mill Playhouse and "Abyssinia" at the Goodspeed Opera House

Past films include the independent shorts "Over There" and "Notes."

Aduba currently resides in New York City.