Since welcoming her daughter Adaiba in November 2023, Uzo Aduba has found the age-old adage that we all become our parents to be true."My mom is famous for going, 'No, no, no,' when she's talking to you," says the actress, 43. "I never said this before, but now I say it all the time to my daughter. The first time it came out of my mouth, I was like, 'Who said that?"
" Aduba, 43, who rose to fame thanks to Netflix's Orange Is the New Black, honors her late mom, Nonyem, in her upcoming memoir The Road Is Good: How a Mother's Strength Became a Daughter's Purpose, out Sept. 24.
Her mother was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2019, and Aduba writes movingly about the intertwined joy and sorrow of their last months together as she wed filmmaker Robert Sweeting in September 2020, celebrated her Emmy win for Mrs. America a week later, then grieved her mom's November 2020 death while playing a therapist on In Treatment.
Most of all, Aduba wishes her mother could've been there throughout her pregnancy with Adaiba. "When I was pregnant, I would have strokes of sadness because I was like, 'Of all the moments I wish she could be here for, it was this.' And I was nervous that I didn't have what I thought everybody else had, which was their mom to show you how to do this, to help me be a great mother to my daughter," she says.
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Princess Kate A New Chapter in Remission
FACING A TURNING POINT IN HER CANCER JOURNEY, THE PRINCESS OF WALES REFLECTS ON EMBRACING HER ‘NEW NORMAL’ WITH HER FAMILY BY HER SIDE—AND LOOKING AHEAD
YOUTUBERS MYKA & JAMES STAUFFER The Adoption Scandal That Shook the Internet
HBO'S AN UPDATE ON OUR FAMILYTAKES A CLOSER LOOK AT THE INFLUENCERCOUPLE WHO REHOMED THEIR SON
SIR MIX-A-LOT'S FORMER DANCER NIKKI GANE-BUTLER Helping Women in Crisis Rebuild Their Lives
As Nikki Gane-Butler fled across the country from Atlanta to Seattle in 2008—with her favorite Madonna CD for comfort and little else—she wasn’t sure what the future held.
Helping the Pets Caught in the Chaos
Amid the disastrous wildfires that began burning around Los Angeles on Jan. 7, residents have dealt with another worrythe fate of their pets.
'Dad, I Want to Live'
In 2023 Michael Strahan's 19-year-old daughter Isabella was diagnosed with an aggressive brain cancer. Following multiple surgeries, radiation and chemotherapy, she's cancer-free. Now, in a revealing new interview, Michael, Isabella and her twin, Sophia, recount the harrowing ordeal and the words Michael will never forget:
Wendy Williams Calls Treatment Facility a 'Prison'
Wendy Williams wants out of her guardianship. In her first interview since her team announced her aphasia and dementia diagnoses last February, Williams, 60, refuted their claim Jan. 16 on Charlamagne Tha God's The Breakfast Club radio show, saying, \"I am not cognitively impaired.\"
Sally Struthers Says She Was Fat-Shamed by Betty White
All in the Family alum Sally Struthers has something of a tarnished view of Betty White.
DEADLY AFTERPARTY
Two Women Dead From Overdoses, a Movie Producer Accused of Murder
Justin Baldoni Files $400M Suit Against Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds
Justin Baldoni fired back at Blake Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, with a $400 million lawsuit on Jan. 16, escalating a legal battle over conflict surrounding their 2024 film It Ends With Us.
Jessica Alba Is Ready for a 'New Chapter' After Cash Warren Split
A week after reports surfaced on Jan. 8 that Jessica Alba and her husband of 16 years, Cash Warren, had separated, the actress confirmed the news herself.
