Leslie Uggams
Acting
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.
Born: May 25, 1943 · Harlem, New York City, New York, USA
Filmography (53)
Deadpool & Wolverine
2024
Fallout
2024
American Fiction
2023
Dotty and Soul
2023
Extrapolations
2023
My Dad the Bounty Hunter
2023
Nanny
2022
The Ravine
2022
The Gilded Age
2022
The Bite
2021
Stars in the House
2020
The Apollo
2019
Once Upon a Deadpool
2018
New Amsterdam
2018
Deadpool 2
2018
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
2017
Deadpool
2016
Empire
2015
The Good Wife
2009
Toe to Toe
2009
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
The Early Show
1999
Family Guy
1999
Sugar Hill
1994
A Different World
1987
The Cosby Show
1984
Reading Rainbow
1983
Hotel
1982
Magnum, P.I.
1980
CBS News Sunday Morning
1979
The Love Boat
1977
Roots
1977
The Muppet Show
1976
Poor Pretty Eddie
1975
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
Black Girl
1972
Skyjacked
1972
The Flip Wilson Show
1970
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
1969
The Mod Squad
1968
The Carol Burnett Show
1967
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966
The Dean Martin Show
1965
Hullabaloo
1965
The Hollywood Palace
1964
The Danny Kaye Show
1963
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Two Weeks in Another Town
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Startime
1959
What's My Line?
1950
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948