Leslie Uggams
Harlem, 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.

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Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)
Blind Al
American Fiction (2023)
Agnes Ellison
Dotty and Soul (2023)
Dotty
Nanny (2022)
Kathleen
The Ravine (2022)
Joanna
Blithe Spirit (2020)
Madame Arcati
The Apollo (2019)
Self
Once Upon a Deadpool (2018)
Blind Al
Deadpool 2 (2018)
Blind Al
Deadpool (2016)
Blind Al
Just the Three of Us (2014)
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003)
Self
Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly! (1995)
Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl (1994)
Self
Sugar Hill (1994)
Doris Holly
The Ice Capades with Jason Bateman and Alyssa Milano (1989)
Sizzle (1981)
Vonda
A Special Sesame Street Christmas (1978)
Herself
Poor Pretty Eddie (1975)
Elizabeth 'Liz' Wetherly
Black Girl (1972)
Netta
Skyjacked (1972)
Lovejoy Wells
S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin (1972)
Self
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970)
Self (archive footage)
Two Weeks in Another Town (1962)
Chanteuse

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