Leslie Uggams
Acting
Born: 1943-05-25 in 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.
Known For
Deadpool
Blind Al
Deadpool 2
Blind Al
Deadpool & Wolverine
Blind Al
Family Guy
Leslie Uggams (voice)
Fallout
Betty Pearson
American Fiction
Agnes Ellison
New Amsterdam
Mamma Reynolds
Once Upon a Deadpool
Blind Al
Empire
Leah Walker
The Good Wife
Suzanne Packer
The Cosby Show
Kris Temple
Magnum, P.I.
Alexis Carter
The Muppet Show
Self - Special Guest Star
The Gilded Age
Ernestine Brown
Nurse Jackie
Vivian
Roots
Kizzy Reynolds
Roots
Kizzy Reynolds Moore
Nanny
Kathleen
The Love Boat
Marion Blake
The Love Boat
Callie Reason
Extrapolations
Isabel Zucker
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Sadie
Sugar Hill
Doris Holly
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
A Different World
Dr. Eileen Redding
The Carol Burnett Show
Self
Two Weeks in Another Town
Chanteuse
My Dad the Bounty Hunter
Grandma (voice)
Skyjacked
Lovejoy Wells
Reading Rainbow
Self - Narrator (voice)
Poor Pretty Eddie
Elizabeth 'Liz' Wetherly
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
The Mod Squad
Hotel
The Bite
Dr. Hester Boutella
CBS News Sunday Morning
Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
The Flip Wilson Show
Self
The Apollo
Self
