Leslie Uggams
Acting
🎂 1943-05-25
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.
Cast credits(77)
Leslie Uggams (voice)
1999
Betty Pearson
2024
Self
1962
Blind Al
2024
Suzanne Packer
2009
Marion Blake
1977
Callie Reason
1977
Alexis Carter
1980
Self
1961
Self - Presenter / Nominee / Performer
1956
Self - Host
1956
Self - Presenter
1956
Self - Performer
1956
Kris Temple
1984
Blind Al
2016
1982
Mamma Reynolds
2018
Ernestine Brown
2022
Dr. Eileen Redding
1987
Self
1979
Blind Al
2018
Self
1967
Self
1948
Self - Mystery Guest
1950
Self - Narrator (voice)
1983
Self - Special Guest Star
1976
Madame Arcati
2020
1965
Isabel Zucker
2023
Self
1970
Kizzy Reynolds
1977
Kizzy Reynolds Moore
1977
1968
Natasha Brimstone
1966
Self
1994
Self
1963
Blind Al
2018
Grandma (voice)
2023
1959
Self
1957
Self
1965
Self - Host
1965
Self - Singer
1964
Agnes Ellison
2023
Self
1973
1968
Self
1969
Dr. Hester Boutella
2021
Doris Holly
1994
Kathleen
2022
Joanna
2022
Grandma
2009
(voice)
1974
Self
1988
Chanteuse
1962
Self
2003
Self (archive footage)
1970
Lillian Rogers Parks
1979
Dotty
2023
"Hallelujah, Baby!" Performer
2021
1973
Lovejoy Wells
1972
Self
1985
1989
Self
1972
Self
1999
Self
1978
1969
Elizabeth 'Liz' Wetherly
1975
Self
2019
Vonda
1981
Self
2007
Netta
1972
Madame Arcati
2020
1978
1995
2014