Leslie Uggams
Acting
1943-05-25 · Harlem, New York City, 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.
Filmography
Deadpool & Wolverine
2024 · Movie
Fallout
2024 · Series
American Fiction
2023 · Movie
Dotty and Soul
2023 · Movie
Extrapolations
2023 · Series
My Dad the Bounty Hunter
2023 · Series
Nanny
2022 · Movie
The Ravine
2022 · Movie
The Gilded Age
2022 · Series
Show of Titles
2021 · Movie
The Bite
2021 · Series
Blithe Spirit
2020 · Movie
Stars in the House
2020 · Series
The Apollo
2019 · Movie
Once Upon a Deadpool
2018 · Movie
New Amsterdam
2018 · Series
Deadpool 2
2018 · Movie
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
2017 · Movie
Deadpool
2016 · Movie
Empire
2015 · Series
Just the Three of Us
2014 · Movie
The Good Wife
2009 · Series
Nurse Jackie
2009 · Series
Toe to Toe
2009 · Movie
Words and Music by Jerry Herman
2007 · Movie
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003 · Movie
Remembering Roots
2002 · Movie
The Early Show
1999 · Series
Family Guy
1999 · Series
Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!
1995 · Movie
Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl
1994 · Movie
Sugar Hill
1994 · Movie
The Ice Capades with Jason Bateman and Alyssa Milano
1989 · Movie
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988 · Movie
A Different World
1987 · Series
Christmas at Radio City Music Hall
1986 · Movie
Night of 100 Stars II
1985 · Movie
The Cosby Show
1984 · Series
Reading Rainbow
1983 · Series
Hotel
1982 · Series
Sizzle
1981 · Movie
Magnum, P.I.
1980 · Series
Backstairs at the White House
1979 · Series
CBS News Sunday Morning
1979 · Series
A Special Sesame Street Christmas
1978 · Movie
Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring
1978 · Movie
The Love Boat
1977 · Series
Roots
1977 · Series
The Muppet Show
1976 · Series
Poor Pretty Eddie
1975 · Movie
Easter Is
1974 · Movie
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973 · Series
The Bobby Darin Show
1973 · Series
Black Girl
1972 · Movie
Skyjacked
1972 · Movie
S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin
1972 · Movie
The Flip Wilson Show
1970 · Series
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970 · Movie
Swing Out, Sweet Land
1970 · Movie
The Leslie Uggams Show
1969 · Series
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
1969 · Series
The Mod Squad
1968 · Series
That's Life
1968 · Series
The Carol Burnett Show
1967 · Series
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966 · Series
The Dean Martin Show
1965 · Series
Hullabaloo
1965 · Series
The Hollywood Palace
1964 · Series
The Danny Kaye Show
1963 · Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Series
Two Weeks in Another Town
1962 · Movie
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Series
Startime
1959 · Series
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957 · Series
Tony Awards
1956 · Series
What's My Line?
1950 · Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Series