'Orange Is the New Black' Cast: Uzo Aduba Singled Out For Acting At SAG Awards, Ensemble Nominated [VIDEO]
The cast of Netflix's Orange Is the New Black is probably pretty happy after the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Award nominations were announced Wednesday.
Orange Is the New Black was nominated for two SAG Awards for the upcoming ceremony. The full cast was nominated for Best Comedy Ensemble, where they will be competing against the casts of CBS's The Big Bang Theory, Fox's Brooklyn Nine-Nine, ABC's Modern Family and HBO's Veep.
One actress was singled out for her performance though, and it wasn't lead Taylor Schilling (Piper Chapman). Breakout star Uzo Aduba (Suzanne "Crazy Eyes") was nominated for Best Female Actor - Comedy against the best of the best. She is competing with Julie Bowen from Modern Family, Edie Falco from Showtime's Nurse Jackie, Julia Louis-Dreyfus from Veep and Amy Poehler from NBC's Parks and Recreation.
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It remains to be seen if either the cast or Aduba will win their respective SAG Awards, but considering how beloved the the show's ensemble is, they seem like one of the frontrunners for that category. However, Modern Family did lead the TV nominations with four, so it's always possible that they will reward them again.
Aduba is having a banner year after winning the Emmy for Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as "Crazy Eyes." She was one the show's only victories at the Emmys so she clearly has a lot of industry support behind her.
View the rest of the SAG Awards nominees here.
Orange Is the New Black is expected to return for season 3 on Netflix in mid-2015.
