Leslie Uggams

Born: 1943-05-25, Harlem, New York City, New York, USA

Biography

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

• Family Guy (1999)
• The Good Wife (2009)
• The Love Boat (1977)
• Magnum, P.I. (1980)
• Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)
• The Cosby Show (1984)
• Fallout (2024)
• Extrapolations (2023)
• Nurse Jackie (2009)
• The Gilded Age (2022)
• New Amsterdam (2018)
• A Different World (1987)
• Empire (2015)
• Hotel (1982)
• Deadpool 2 (2018)
• Deadpool (2016)
• Stars in the House (2020)
• The Dean Martin Show (1965)
• My Dad the Bounty Hunter (2023)
• The Mod Squad (1968)
• The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1966)
• Roots (1977)
• Once Upon a Deadpool (2018)
• American Fiction (2023)
• Sugar Hill (1994)
• The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2017)
• The Bobby Darin Show (1973)
• The Ravine (2022)
• Skyjacked (1972)
• Easter Is (1974)