Acting · geboren 1943-05-25 · Harlem, New York City, New York, USA

Leslie Uggams

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.

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• Deadpool (2016) – Blind Al
• Deadpool 2 (2018) – Blind Al
• Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) – Blind Al
• Family Guy (1999) – Leslie Uggams (voice)
• Fallout (2024) – Betty Pearson
• Amerikanische Fiktion (2023) – Agnes Ellison
• New Amsterdam (2018) – Mamma Reynolds
• Deadpool: Es war einmal ein Deadpool (2018) – Blind Al
• Empire (2015) – Leah Walker
• The Good Wife (2009) – Suzanne Packer
• Die Bill Cosby Show (1984) – Kris Temple
• Magnum (1980) – Alexis Carter
• Die Muppet Show (1976) – Self - Special Guest Star
• The Gilded Age (2022) – Ernestine Brown
• Nurse Jackie (2009) – Vivian
• Roots (1977) – Kizzy Reynolds
• Nanny (2022) – Kathleen
• Love Boat (1977) – Marion Blake
• Extrapolations (2023) – Isabel Zucker
• The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2017) – Sadie
• Sugar Hill (1994) – Doris Holly
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) – Self
• College Fieber (1987) – Dr. Eileen Redding
• The Carol Burnett Show (1967) – Self
• Zwei Wochen in einer anderen Stadt (1962) – Chanteuse
• My Dad the Bounty Hunter (2023) – Grandma (voice)
• Endstation Hölle (1972) – Lovejoy Wells
• Reading Rainbow (1983) – Self - Narrator (voice)
• Poor Pretty Eddie (1975) – Elizabeth 'Liz' Wetherly
• What's My Line? (1950) – Self - Mystery Guest
• Twen-Police (1968)
• Hotel (1982)
• The Bite (2021) – Dr. Hester Boutella
• The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) – Self
• CBS News Sunday Morning (1979) – Self
• The Flip Wilson Show (1970) – Self
• The Apollo (2019) – Self
• The Dean Martin Show (1965)
• The Ravine (2022) – Joanna
• Toe to Toe (2009) – Grandma