Crazy Eyes for the win! Details and photos of Uzo Aduba’s big night at the SAGs, after the click.
Uzo Aduba, a GIIST favorite and one of the stars of hit Netflix series,”Orange is the New Black” won two Screen Actors Guild awards tonight (January 25, 2015) for her role as Susan ‘Crazy Eyes’ Warren. The entire cast won for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series and Uzo also took home the prize for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series.
Highlights from her emotional acceptance speech:
“Oh my God. I really, truly do not know what to say,” she said, choking back tears. “I just wanna say thank you so much to the Screen Actors Guild for this incredible honor. I want to thank Jenji Kohan for writing a show like this and putting something like this on television, not just for myself but for our incredible team of actors to be seen in such a beautiful way. ”
“I want to say a huge, massive thanks to our cast, without whom this is not possible,” Aduba went on as she began to cry a little. “I love you guys so desperately, so much. This is not done without you at all, any step of the way. I want to thank my friends. I want to thank my family and just finally I really, really, truly want to say that the day I got this job was the day I had stopped acting, and to be in a room with all you amazing human beings, amazing talents, for what I love and respect so much, is really, truly the greatest honor. Thank you so very much. God bless you.”
From the Red Carpet:
Gorgeous. Congrats, Uzo!
