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.
Personal info
Gender
Female
Birthday
1943-05-25
Place of birth
Harlem, New York, USA
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Cast
Dotty and Soul
2023
3.40
Poor Pretty Eddie
1975
5.00
Sugar Hill
1994
5.60
Nanny
2022
5.30
Black Girl
1972
6.14
Skyjacked
1972
6.20
American Fiction
2023
7.30
Deadpool
2016
7.62
Two Weeks in Another Town
1962
5.90
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
8.00
Deadpool & Wolverine
2024
7.59
Deadpool 2
2018
7.49
Words and Music by Jerry Herman
2007
0.00
Once Upon a Deadpool
2018
7.10
The Apollo
2019
6.50
Sizzle
1981
0.00
Blithe Spirit
2020
0.00
Just the Three of Us
2014
0.00
The Ravine
2022
5.10
Show of Titles
2021
0.00
Easter Is
1974
0.00
Toe to Toe
2009
3.46