Acting
Leslie Uggams
EN cinema · 35 credits
Born
25 May 1943 (age 83)
Birthplace
Harlem, New York City, New York, USA
Also known as Leslie Marian 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.
Known for
Filmography
Deadpool & Wolverine
as Blind Al
Dotty and Soul
as Dotty
American Fiction
as Agnes Ellison
Nanny
as Kathleen
The Ravine
as Joanna
Show of Titles
as "Hallelujah, Baby!" Performer
Blithe Spirit
as Madame Arcati
The Apollo
as Self
Deadpool 2
as Blind Al
Once Upon a Deadpool
as Blind Al
Deadpool
as Blind Al
Toe to Toe
as Grandma
Sugar Hill
as Doris Holly
Christmas at Radio City Music Hall
as Self - Special Guest
Sizzle
as Vonda
Poor Pretty Eddie
as Elizabeth 'Liz' Wetherly
Easter Is
as (voice)
Black Girl
as Netta
Skyjacked
as Lovejoy Wells
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
as Self (archive footage)
Swing Out, Sweet Land
as Saloon Singer
Two Weeks in Another Town
as Chanteuse