Leslie Uggams
Acting
Born May 25, 1943 · Harlem, New York City, New York, USA
Leslie Marian Uggams (born May 25, 1943) is an American actress and singer. Beginning her career as a child in the early 1950s, Uggams is recognized for portraying Kizzy Reynolds in the television miniseries Roots (1977), earning Golden Globe and Emmy Award nominations for her performance. She had earlier been highly acclaimed for the Broadway musical Hallelujah, Baby!, winning a Theatre World Award in 1967 and the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical in 1968. Later in her career, Uggams received renewed notice with appearances alongside Ryan Reynolds as Blind Al in Deadpool (2016) & Deadpool 2 (2018) and in a recurring role on Empire.
Films (33)
Deadpool & Wolverine
2024
American Fiction
2023
Dotty and Soul
2023
Nanny
2022
The Ravine
2022
Show of Titles
2021
Blithe Spirit
2020
The Apollo
2019
Once Upon a Deadpool
2018
Deadpool 2
2018
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
2017
Deadpool
2016
Just the Three of Us
2014
Toe to Toe
2009
Words and Music by Jerry Herman
2007
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
Remembering Roots
2002
Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!
1995
Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl
1994
Sugar Hill
1994
The Ice Capades with Jason Bateman and Alyssa Milano
1989
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
Sizzle
1981
A Special Sesame Street Christmas
1978
Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring
1978
Poor Pretty Eddie
1975
Easter Is
1974
Black Girl
1972
Skyjacked
1972
S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin
1972
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970
Two Weeks in Another Town
1962