Leslie Uggams
Actor
Biography
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 2
as Blind Al 2018
Deadpool & Wolverine
as Blind Al 2024
American Fiction
as Agnes Ellison 2023
Once Upon a Deadpool
as Blind Al 2018
Nanny
as Kathleen 2022
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
as Sadie 2017
Sugar Hill
as Doris Holly 1994
Two Weeks in Another Town
as Chanteuse 1962
Skyjacked
as Lovejoy Wells 1972
Poor Pretty Eddie
as Elizabeth 'Liz' Wetherly 1975
The Apollo
as Self 2019
The Ravine
as Joanna 2022
Toe to Toe
as Grandma 2009
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
as Self (archive footage) 1970
Black Girl
as Netta 1972
Dotty and Soul
as Dotty 2023