Nigeria’s Uzo Aduba Wins Emmy Award

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34 year-old Nigerian Actress, Uzo Aduba has won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress. The Boston-born thespian was recognised  for her role as Susanne “Crazy Eyes” Warren in the American comedy-drama series, Orange is the New Black.

Aduba who kick-started her acting career 12 years ago thanked her family and cast and crew members of the show ‎whilst receiving her award.

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“These are people who have helped me read lines for auditions and stayed up late learning the script with me, and my mom has stood for me when I couldn’t stand myself and carried me in time when I was weak. If I could live to be one-tenth of the woman that she has lived to be, I would have lived.” She said


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