Leslie Uggams
Known for ActingBorn 1943-05-25Harlem, 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.
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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.
Known for
Deadpool & Wolverine
2024 · as Blind Al
Deadpool
2016 · as Blind Al
Deadpool 2
2018 · as Blind Al
American Fiction
2023 · as Agnes Ellison
Once Upon a Deadpool
2018 · as Blind Al
Nanny
2022 · as Kathleen
Show of Titles
2021 · as "Hallelujah, Baby!" Performer
Sugar Hill
1994 · as Doris Holly
Remembering Roots
2002 · as Self
Dotty and Soul
2023 · as Dotty
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
2017 · as Sadie
Night of 100 Stars II
1985 · as Self
Poor Pretty Eddie
1975 · as Elizabeth 'Liz' Wetherly
Blithe Spirit
2020 · as Madame Arcati
Swing Out, Sweet Land
1970 · as Saloon Singer
Easter Is
1974 · as (voice)
Two Weeks in Another Town
1962 · as Chanteuse
The Apollo
2019 · as Self