Leslie Uggams

Leslie Uggams

  • Birthday: 1943-05-25
  • Place of birth: New York, New York, U.S.A.

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Leslie Uggams, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

Poor Pretty Eddie

1975

As Elizabeth 'Liz' Wetherly

Black Girl

1972

As Netta

Blithe Spirit

2020

As Madame Arcati

Dotty and Soul

2023

As Dotty

Sizzle

1981

As Vonda

American Fiction

2023

As Agnes Ellison

The Ravine

2022

As Joanna

Sugar Hill

1994

As Doris Holly

Deadpool

2016

As Blind Al

Nanny

2022

As Kathleen

Deadpool & Wolverine

2024

As Blind Al

Deadpool 2

2018

As Blind Al

Once Upon a Deadpool

2018

As Blind Al

Skyjacked

1972

As Lovejoy Wells

Two Weeks in Another Town

1962

As Chanteuse

The Apollo

2019

As Self

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

1970

As Self (archive footage)

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