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Orange is the New Black's Uzo Aduba wins Creative Arts Emmy for Crazy Eyes

Actress thanked producers for letting 'everyone be represented in such a beautiful way'

 

Christopher Hooton
Monday 18 August 2014 13:09 BST
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Uzo Aduba on the red carpet at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards in L.A.
Uzo Aduba on the red carpet at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards in L.A.

Uzo Aduba has been honoured at the Creative Arts Emmys 2014 for her role of Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren in Orange Is The New Black with a best guest actress award.

Crazy, sweet, smart and sensitive by turn, Suzanne has been a relatively small but important character in the Netflix show, with Aduba's committed performance being recognised at a ceremony that honours technical achievements in the arts.

Aduba thanked her mother in an emotional acceptance speech, who she said came from Nigeria "to make a better life for her family".

OITNB won two other prizes on the night, one for casting and one for picture editing.

Uzo Aduba as Crazy Eyes in OITNB season 2

Other guest acting honours went to Joe Morton for ABC's Scandal and Allison Janney for Showtime's Masters of Sex.

OITNB is currently filming its third season, with Natasha Lyonne being spotted filming scenes believed to be of Nicky Nicholls' back story in New York last month.

The show launched a cookbook this week, which will offer recipes like Red's chicken kiev and promises to dish up behind-the-scenes stories and secrets.

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