Leslie Uggams
Acting
🎂 1943-05-25
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.
Cast credits(77)
Self
1962
Leslie Uggams (voice)
1999
Suzanne Packer
2009
Mamma Reynolds
2018
Alexis Carter
1980
Self
1967
Self
1948
1982
Self
1961
Self - Mystery Guest
1950
Kris Temple
1984
Dr. Eileen Redding
1987
Self
1969
Self
1979
Betty Pearson
2024
Self
1957
Ernestine Brown
2022
Self - Presenter / Nominee / Performer
1956
Self - Host
1956
Self - Presenter
1956
Self - Performer
1956
Madame Arcati
2020
Blind Al
2024
1968
Marion Blake
1977
Callie Reason
1977
Self
1963
Isabel Zucker
2023
Grandma (voice)
2023
Kizzy Reynolds
1977
Kizzy Reynolds Moore
1977
Self
1970
Self - Singer
1964
1965
Herself - Narrator (voice)
1983
Blind Al
2016
Natasha Brimstone
1966
Blind Al
2018
Self
1973
Self
1965
Self - Host
1965
Self
1999
Self - Special Guest Star
1976
Dr. Hester Boutella
2021
1973
1959
1969
Agnes Ellison
2023
Blind Al
2018
Lillian Rogers Parks
1979
Kathleen
2022
1968
Doris Holly
1994
Self
1985
Joanna
2022
Self
2019
Vonda
1981
Netta
1972
Lovejoy Wells
1972
Self (archive footage)
1970
Elizabeth 'Liz' Wetherly
1975
Grandma
2009
Chanteuse
1962
Self
2003
Self
1978
Dotty
2023
Self
2007
"Hallelujah, Baby!" Performer
2021
Self
1988
Self
1994
Self
1972
1995
Madame Arcati
2020
1989
2014
1978
(voice)
1974