🎭 Actor
Leslie Uggams
🎂 Born 25 May 1943 (age 83)📍 Harlem, New York City, New York, USA
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Popularity Score
33
Acting Credits
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.
Known For
Full Filmography(33 films)
YearTitleRating
2024Deadpool & Wolverine★ 7.62016Deadpool★ 7.62018Deadpool 2★ 7.52018Once Upon a Deadpool★ 7.12023American Fiction★ 7.32003Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There★ 7.01970King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis★ 7.32022Nanny★ 5.42017The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks★ 6.41994Sugar Hill★ 5.62022The Ravine★ 5.12019The Apollo★ 6.41985Night of 100 Stars II★ 8.01962Two Weeks in Another Town★ 6.02009Toe to Toe★ 3.32021Show of Titles—1972Black Girl★ 6.81972Skyjacked★ 6.21975Poor Pretty Eddie★ 5.21978A Special Sesame Street Christmas★ 6.72002Remembering Roots—2023Dotty and Soul★ 4.01978Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring★ 7.01970Swing Out, Sweet Land★ 6.41974Easter Is—1988Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC★ 6.02020Blithe Spirit—1981Sizzle★ 10.01995Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!—1994Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl★ 9.02007Words and Music by Jerry Herman—1989The Ice Capades with Jason Bateman and Alyssa Milano—1986Christmas at Radio City Music Hall—