Leslie Uggams
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1943-05-25 (81 years old)
Place of Birth
Harlem, New York, USA
Leslie Uggams
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.
Acting
(2024)
Deadpool & Wolverine
as Blind Al
(2023)
American Fiction
as Agnes Ellison
(2023)
Dotty and Soul
as Dotty
(2022)
Nanny
as Kathleen
(2022)
The Ravine
as Joanna
(2021)
Show of Titles
as "Hallelujah, Baby!" Performer
(2020)
Blithe Spirit
as Madame Arcati
(2019)
The Apollo
as Self
(2018)
Deadpool 2
as Blind Al
(2018)
Once Upon a Deadpool
as Blind Al
(2016)
Deadpool
as Blind Al
(2014)
(2007)
(2003)
(1995)
(1994)
Sugar Hill
as Doris Holly
(1994)
(1989)
(1988)
(1985)
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
(1981)
Sizzle
as Vonda
(1978)
(1978)
(1975)
Poor Pretty Eddie
as Elizabeth 'Liz' Wetherly
(1974)
Easter Is
as (voice)
(1972)
Skyjacked
as Lovejoy Wells
(1972)
Black Girl
as Netta
(1972)
(1970)
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
as Self (archive footage)
(1962)
Two Weeks in Another Town
as Chanteuse