Uzo Aduba
Uzo Aduba | Where Everybody Knows Your NameTed Danson feels like he’s found a kindred spirit in three-time Emmy winner Uzo Aduba. They get into the surprising gifts that came out of Uzo’s experience of writing a memoir about her late mother, playing Shirley Chisholm, her track and figure skating past, what it was like pivoting from sports to acting, and what was happening in her life when she got cast as Crazy Eyes on “Orange is the New Black.” Bonus: Uzo and Ted trade their experiences dealing with sudden fame.
Uzo Aduba Doesn’t Want To Lose Her Nigerian CultureUzo Aduba knows that whether she returns to Nigeria or not, she will always carry her family’s homeland with her. Plus, Conan shares his reaction to returning to his family’s native Ireland.
Uzo Aduba Learned To Embrace Her Teeth GapUzo Aduba explains that she developed a great fondness for her gap tooth when she realized that her smile is the same smile her ancestors had.
Uzo Aduba Could’ve Been An Olympic Figure SkaterWhen Uzo Aduba wanted to be nicknamed “Zoe,” her mother referenced Tchaikovsky and Dostoevsky as famous people whose names Americans learned to pronounce, so they could learn to pronounce hers.