Leslie 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.

Cast

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

Self

Deadpool 2

Blind Al

Words and Music by Jerry Herman

Self

Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl

Self

Once Upon a Deadpool

Blind Al

The Ice Capades with Jason Bateman and Alyssa Milano

Unknown

The Apollo

Self

Sizzle

Vonda

Blithe Spirit

Madame Arcati

Just the Three of Us

Unknown

The Ravine

Joanna

S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin

Self

Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!

Unknown

Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring

Unknown

Show of Titles

"Hallelujah, Baby!" Performer

Easter Is

(voice)

Toe to Toe

Grandma