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.
Movies
Dotty and Soul Dotty
Poor Pretty Eddie Elizabeth 'Liz' Wetherly
Sugar Hill Doris Holly
Nanny Kathleen
Black Girl Netta
Skyjacked Lovejoy Wells
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There Self
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC Self
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis Self (archive footage)
American Fiction Agnes Ellison
Deadpool Blind Al
Two Weeks in Another Town Chanteuse
Night of 100 Stars II Self
Deadpool & Wolverine Blind Al
A Special Sesame Street Christmas Herself
Deadpool 2 Blind Al
Words and Music by Jerry Herman Herself
Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl Self
Once Upon a Deadpool Blind Al
The Ice Capades with Jason Bateman and Alyssa Milano
The Apollo Self
Sizzle Vonda
Blithe Spirit Madame Arcati
Just the Three of Us
The Ravine Joanna
S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin Self
Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!
Untitled Deadpool holiday special Blind Al
Shows
Magnum, P.I.
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. Natasha Brimstone
The Cosby Show Kris Temple
Hotel
The Mod Squad
The Early Show Self
The Muppet Show Self - Special Guest Star
Backstairs at the White House Lillian Rogers Parks
The Hollywood Palace Self - Singer
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour Self
Hullabaloo Self
The Dean Martin Show
The Flip Wilson Show Self
Roots Kizzy Reynolds
The Bite Dr. Hester Boutella
The Leslie Uggams Show
The American Film Institute Salute to ... Self
That's Life
Extrapolations Isabel Zucker
Startime
Family Guy Leslie Uggams (voice)
New Amsterdam Mamma Reynolds
The Mike Douglas Show Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson Self
The Ed Sullivan Show Self - Singer
Reading Rainbow Herself - Narrator (voice)
A Different World Dr. Eileen Redding
What's My Line? Self - Mystery Guest
Tonight Starring Jack Paar Self
The Ed Sullivan Show Self - Singers
The Carol Burnett Show Self
Tony Awards Self - Presenter / Nominee / Performer
Tony Awards Self - Host
Tony Awards Self - Presenter
Tony Awards Self - Performer
Hullabaloo Self - Host
Stars in the House Madame Arcati
Fallout Betty Pearson
Roots Kizzy Reynolds Moore
The Love Boat Marion Blake
The Love Boat Callie Reason
My Dad the Bounty Hunter Grandma (voice)
The Danny Kaye Show Self
The Good Wife Suzanne Packer
CBS News Sunday Morning Self
