Uzo Aduba has announced the birth of her first child.
The 42-year-old Orange Is the New Black actress hinted to her pregnancy in June, when she appeared at the 2023 Tony Awards while caressing her expanding tummy.
Soon later, she confirmed the news with a video on social media in which she held up a set of baby pyjamas before pronouncing ‘ta-da’.
Uzo has now shared a series of photos announcing the arrival of her baby, Adaiba Lee Nonyem.
‘My daughter. I’ve never been in love so quickly, so deeply in my entire life,’ she captioned the post, which included a photo of her cradling the newborn and another with her daughter on her chest.
‘I really don’t know what to say, guys. My heart is full. Thank you, God.
‘I have joy like a fountain. I have witnessed a miraculous thing, and I feel blessed to know you are ours.’
She added: ‘We love you so much, Adaiba Lee Nonyem – Daughter of the people, treasurer of the mother’s names who came before you.’
Uzo then raved about being a ‘mommy’ and said she was excited to ‘join the club’.
‘I hear the dues are high, but the membership is completely worth it 🙂 #grateful,’ she added.
Her message was inundated with well-wishes, with other renowned figures congratulating her.
Gigi Hadid wrote ‘congratulations mama’ while Octavia Spencer said Uzo was ‘glowing’.
‘Congratulations @uzoaduba and your beautiful bundle of joy,’ Naomi Campbell wrote.
Modern Family star Jesse Tyler Ferguson added: ‘I’m over the moon for you love! You already look like a natural! I’m here for ANYTHING you need. Except breast feeding.’
After Reese Witherspoon wrote ‘Oh my heart!! so happy for you mama!’, Uzo replied: ‘Thanks, lady!! Just so grateful!!’
Back when officially announcing her pregnancy, Uzo said that as her family grew, her and husband Robert Sweeting’s ‘only, only goal’ would be to ‘love you little one’.
In September, the actress celebrated her ‘Bey-bee’s first concert, sharing photos holding her bump ahead of heading to Beyonce’s concert in Los Angeles.
‘It was incredible to step out with our Little One and my girl, @idaravictor to see the one and only Beyonce. What a spectacular show,’ she wrote.
Uzo is best known for her role as Suzanne ‘Crazy Eyes’ Warren on Orange Is the New Black, which she played from 2013 until 2019.
She won an Emmy in 2014 for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series, another in 2015 for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, and two SAG Awards in 2014 and 2015 for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series.
She has recently appeared in the miniseries Mrs. America, the film Lightyear, and the forthcoming Shondaland Netflix drama The Residence.
Orange is the New Black is streaming on Netflix.
