Acting

Leslie Uggams

Born 1943-05-25 · Harlem, New York City, New York, USA

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 & Wolverine
as Blind Al
2024
Fallout
as Betty Pearson
2024
American Fiction
as Agnes Ellison
2023
Dotty and Soul
as Dotty
2023
Extrapolations
as Isabel Zucker
2023
My Dad the Bounty Hunter
as Grandma (voice)
2023
Nanny
as Kathleen
2022
The Ravine
as Joanna
2022
The Gilded Age
as Ernestine Brown
2022
Show of Titles
as "Hallelujah, Baby!" Performer
2021
The Bite
as Dr. Hester Boutella
2021
Blithe Spirit
as Madame Arcati
2020
Stars in the House
as Madame Arcati
2020
The Apollo
as Self
2019
Once Upon a Deadpool
as Blind Al
2018
New Amsterdam
as Mamma Reynolds
2018
Deadpool 2
as Blind Al
2018
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
as Sadie
2017
Deadpool
as Blind Al
2016
Empire
as Leah Walker
2015
Just the Three of Us
2014
The Good Wife
as Suzanne Packer
2009
Nurse Jackie
as Vivian
2009
Toe to Toe
as Grandma
2009
Words and Music by Jerry Herman
as Self
2007
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self
2003
Remembering Roots
as Self
2002
The Early Show
as Self
1999
Family Guy
as Leslie Uggams (voice)
1999
Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!
1995
Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl
as Self
1994
Sugar Hill
as Doris Holly
1994
The Ice Capades with Jason Bateman and Alyssa Milano
1989
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
as Self
1988
A Different World
as Dr. Eileen Redding
1987
Christmas at Radio City Music Hall
as Self - Special Guest
1986
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
1985
The Cosby Show
as Kris Temple
1984
Reading Rainbow
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1983
Hotel
1982
Sizzle
as Vonda
1981
Magnum, P.I.
as Alexis Carter
1980
Backstairs at the White House
as Lillian Rogers Parks
1979
CBS News Sunday Morning
as Self
1979
A Special Sesame Street Christmas
as Self
1978
Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring
1978
The Love Boat
as Marion Blake
1977
The Love Boat
as Callie Reason
1977
Roots
as Kizzy Reynolds
1977
Roots
as Kizzy Reynolds Moore
1977
The Muppet Show
as Self - Special Guest Star
1976
Poor Pretty Eddie
as Elizabeth 'Liz' Wetherly
1975
Easter Is
as (voice)
1974
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
1973
The Bobby Darin Show
1973
Black Girl
as Netta
1972
Skyjacked
as Lovejoy Wells
1972
S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin
as Self
1972
The Flip Wilson Show
as Self
1970
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
as Self (archive footage)
1970
Swing Out, Sweet Land
as Saloon Singer
1970
The Leslie Uggams Show
1969
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
as Self
1969
The Mod Squad
1968
That's Life
1968
The Carol Burnett Show
as Self
1967
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
as Natasha Brimstone
1966
The Dean Martin Show
1965
Hullabaloo
as Self
1965
Hullabaloo
as Self - Host
1965
The Hollywood Palace
as Self - Singer
1964
The Danny Kaye Show
as Self
1963
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
Two Weeks in Another Town
as Chanteuse
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
Startime
as Self
1959
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
1957
Tony Awards
as Self - Host
1956
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter / Nominee / Performer
1956
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
1956