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Uzo Aduba shares pregnancy announcement, shows off baby bump at Tony Awards

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Actress Uzo Aduba talks about her role in FX show, ‘Mrs. America’
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ByYi-Jin Yu
June 12, 2023, 12:55 PM

Uzo Aduba is "beyond excited" to become a mom!

The actor, who rose to fame on "Orange Is the New Black," announced in an Instagram post she and her husband Robert Sweeting are expecting a baby.

"What a blessing. My husband Robert and I are so happy to enter this next chapter together as parents," Aduba wrote Sunday alongside a video clip of her holding a white onesie and saying, "Ta-da!"

"I am beyond excited. I get to be someone's Mommy!" the award-winning actor continued. "I know as the three of us continue to grow, our only, ONLY goal will be to love you, little one. My goodness. Look what God has done."

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Aduba and Sweeting, a director and filmmaker, married in 2020. The couple attended the 76th Tony Awards together in New York City on Sunday, where Aduba showed off her baby bump on the red carpet in a bright orange ensemble.

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