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.
Movies
Deadpool & Wolverine
Blind Al
American Fiction
Agnes Ellison
Dotty and Soul
Dotty
Nanny
Kathleen
The Ravine
Joanna
Show of Titles
"Hallelujah, Baby!" Performer
Blithe Spirit
Madame Arcati
Once Upon a Deadpool
Blind Al
Deadpool 2
Blind Al
Deadpool
Blind Al
Just the Three of Us
Toe to Toe
Grandma
Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!
Sugar Hill
Doris Holly
The Ice Capades with Jason Bateman and Alyssa Milano
Sizzle
Vonda
Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring
Poor Pretty Eddie
Elizabeth 'Liz' Wetherly
Easter Is
(voice)
Black Girl
Netta
Skyjacked
Lovejoy Wells
Two Weeks in Another Town
Chanteuse
TV Series
Fallout
Betty Pearson
5 Episodes
Extrapolations
Isabel Zucker
2 Episodes
My Dad the Bounty Hunter
Grandma (voice)
5 Episodes
The Gilded Age
Ernestine Brown
2 Episodes
The Bite
Dr. Hester Boutella
6 Episodes
Stars in the House
Madame Arcati
1 Episode
New Amsterdam
Mamma Reynolds
5 Episodes
The Good Wife
Suzanne Packer
1 Episode
Family Guy
Leslie Uggams (voice)
2 Episodes
A Different World
Dr. Eileen Redding
1 Episode
The Cosby Show
Kris Temple
1 Episode
Hotel
1 Episode
Magnum, P.I.
Alexis Carter
1 Episode
Backstairs at the White House
Lillian Rogers Parks
4 Episodes
The Love Boat
Marion Blake
1 Episode
Roots
Kizzy Reynolds
2 Episodes
The Bobby Darin Show
1 Episode
The Leslie Uggams Show
10 Episodes
The Mod Squad
1 Episode
That's Life
1 Episode
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
Natasha Brimstone
1 Episode
The Dean Martin Show
1 Episode
Startime
1 Episode