Leslie Uggams
Known for: Actress
Born: 25 May 1943 (age 83), Harlem, New York City, New York, USA
Credits: 48 titles
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.
Filmography
Deadpool & Wolverine
Fallout
American Fiction
Dotty and Soul
Extrapolations
My Dad the Bounty Hunter
Nanny
The Ravine
The Gilded Age
Show of Titles
The Bite
Blithe Spirit
Stars in the House
Once Upon a Deadpool
New Amsterdam
Deadpool 2
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Deadpool
Empire
Just the Three of Us
The Good Wife
Nurse Jackie
Toe to Toe
Family Guy
Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!
Sugar Hill
The Ice Capades with Jason Bateman and Alyssa Milano
A Different World
The Cosby Show
Hotel
Sizzle
Magnum, P.I.
Backstairs at the White House
Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring
The Love Boat
Roots
Poor Pretty Eddie
Easter Is
The Bobby Darin Show
Black Girl
Skyjacked
Swing Out, Sweet Land
The Leslie Uggams Show
That's Life
The Mod Squad
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
The Dean Martin Show
Two Weeks in Another Town