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Actress Uzo Aduba accepts the award for outstanding supporting actress in a drama series for <em>Orange Is the New Black</em> during the 67th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards in September 2015.

For Uzo Aduba, there's no such thing as 'too late'

Orange Is the New Black's Uzo Aduba says she doesn't believe in destiny. In this week's Wild Card, Aduba opens up about how motherhood shaped her and why she's made peace with mortality.

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  • Rachel Martin
Aduba dedicates her new memoir to her mother, Nonyem Aduba. "My self-talk, the way that I motivate myself into pursuing this business ... is built out of language that my mother had given me," Aduba says.

Uzo Aduba thanks her mom: 'I didn't know how many prayers she sent up to heaven for me'

The Orange Is the New Black actor grew up the daughter of Nigerian immigrants in a predominantly white Massachusetts suburb. She looks back on her mother's influence in the memoir, The Road Is Good.

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  • Tonya Mosley