Overview
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
May 25, 1943 (82 years old)
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
2023
American Fiction
2023
Dotty and Soul
2022
Nanny
2022
The Ravine
2021
Show of Titles
2021
The Bite
2020
Blithe Spirit
2019
The Apollo
2018
Once Upon a Deadpool
2018
Deadpool 2
2016
Deadpool
2014
Just the Three of Us
2007
Words and Music by Jerry Herman
2003
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
1995
Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!
1994
Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl
1988
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1985
Night of 100 Stars II