Leslie Uggams
Known for Acting
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
as Blind Al
Deadpool
2016
as Blind Al
Deadpool 2
2018
as Blind Al
Once Upon a Deadpool
2018
as Blind Al
American Fiction
2023
as Agnes Ellison
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
2017
as Sadie
Skyjacked
1972
as Lovejoy Wells
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
as Self
Two Weeks in Another Town
1962
as Chanteuse
Sugar Hill
1994
as Doris Holly
Nanny
2022
as Kathleen
Dotty and Soul
2023
as Dotty
Poor Pretty Eddie
1975
as Elizabeth 'Liz' Wetherly
Show of Titles
2021
as "Hallelujah, Baby!" Performer
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970
as Self (archive footage)
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
as Self
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
as Self
The Apollo
2019
as Self
Sizzle
1981
as Vonda
The Ravine
2022
as Joanna