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Uso Adouma first rose to Finn, playing the character known as Crazy Eyes. It was on

Oranges the New Black, part of the first class of original TV shows on Netflix. Crazy Eyes,

whose real name was Suzanne, had Crazy Eyes. She was one of the many prisoners in the

Women's Correctional Facility, on which the show focused. In the beginning, Crazy Eyes

didn't talk a lot. You might not have known whether she was comic relief or a real threat

to the other character's safety, but as the show went on, her character rounded out. We

learned why she was in prison, we learned about her parents, her struggles with mental illness.

Uso Adouma won two Emmys for her portrayal of Suzanne, won for comedy, and the other for

drama. It's an honor shared by only one other person.

Since Oranges the New Black, Adouma has gone on to even bigger and better things, she

played Shirley Chizalm in the Hulu mini-series Mrs. America. She has performed on Broadway,

and recently she starred in the HBO series Intreatment. It's a reboot of an earlier HBO

series with the same name, and it follows the same simple, brilliant premise. Uso plays

Dr. Brooke Taylor, a therapist, each episode centers around an appointment with a different

client, or sometimes around a meeting with Dr. Taylor's AA sponsor. As the show goes on,

you learn more about Dr. Taylor, her patients, what motivates them, what stands between them

and happiness. It's a compelling show, Adouma has earned another Emmy nomination for her

role in it. We're thrilled to have Uso Adouma on the show, and even more excited to have

our good friend, Revell Anderson, interviewing her. Revell is a veteran entertainment

journalist, co-host of the Max Fund podcast, Fanty. Anyway, before we get into the interview,

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