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Meet Uzo Aduba: Star of Netflix’s ‘The Residence’ and Her Journey to Detective Cordelia Cupp


Uzo Aduba stars as Detective Cordelia Cupp in The Residence, and fans are curious to know more about the star and her career in Hollywood.

Uzo’s acting career took off in 2013 when she landed the role of Suzanne “Crazy Eyes” Warren in Orange Is the New Black, and her time in the series earned her multiple Emmy Awards. “I turned on Oprah’s Master Class and Lorne Michaels was on TV, the creator of SNL, and he was talking about starting the show and how it was panned and getting bad reviews. She explained that she liked Lorne’s words and made a note to herself to go back and post about it on social media, but it was then that her phone rang with the offer to join Orange Is the New Blac k.

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