10 TV Performances Way Better Than Anyone Expected

10. Uzo Aduba - Orange Is The New Black

Credit where credit is due, Netflix doesn't tend to rely on big names when casting for their shows. This has given the chance for lesser known stars to thrive and develop their career through the streaming site. There is no finer example than Orange is the New Black, a show that has churned out more than a few exceptional performances.

And out of the whole ensemble, Uzo Adaba's turn as the unstable but gentle Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren may have been the most astonishing. A theatrical actor of relative obscurity who had only been to a handful of audtions; Adaba would go on to become the heart and soul of a ground-breaking television show, perhaps one of the first popular shows of the streaming era.

If you were to watch an interview of Adaba it would be hard to connect her to the famed inmate and that just goes to show how much she put into her performance.