A version of this story first appeared in the “Down to the Wire” issue of TheWrap’s Emmy magazine.
Netflix’s “Orange Is The New Black” is impressive for many reasons, one being its ability to recruit a devout fandom and build momentum with the unpredictable release schedule of streaming TV. Its rich and diverse cast all enjoy their moments, but perhaps none makes for more compelling TV than Uzo Aduba, 34, as Suzanne “Crazy Eyes” Warren.
Unstable, violent, fiercely loyal and terribly misunderstood, “Crazy Eyes” seems to represent an essential truth about all the flawed women in this prison dramedy: perception is not reality, and everyone’s life has a context.