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Leslie Uggams
Actor
Born May 25, 1943 (79 years)
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.
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Filmography
| 2023 | My Dad the Bounty Hunter (TV Series) · as (voice) |
| 2021 | The Ravine · as Joanna |
| 2021 | The Bite (TV Series) · as Dr. Hester Boutella |
| 2020 | Blithe Spirit · as Madame Arcati |
| 2018 | Deadpool 2 · as Blind Al |
| 2018 | Once Upon a Deadpool · as Blind Al |
| 2018 | New Amsterdam (2018) (TV Series) · as Mamma Reynolds |
| 2017 | The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks · as Sadie |
| 2016 | Deadpool · as Blind Al |
| 2015 | Empire (2015) (TV Series) · as Leah Walker |
| 2012 | NYC 22 (TV Series) · as Etta King |
| 2011 | Minnie's Bow-Toons (TV Series) · as Nana Beaver |
| 2010 | Memphis Beat (TV Series) · as Estelle |
| 2009 | Toe to Toe · as Grandma |
| 2009 | Nurse Jackie (TV Series) · as Vivian |
| 2009 | The Good Wife (TV Series) · as Suzanne Packer |
| 1993 | Sugar Hill · as Doris Holly |
| 1987 | A Different World (TV Series) · as Dr. Eileen Redding |
| 1984 | The Cosby Show (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1983 | Hotel (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1981 | Sizzle · as Vonda |
| 1980 | Magnum, P.I. (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1977 | Roots (TV Series) · as Kizzy Reynolds Moore |
| 1977 | The Love Boat (TV Series) · as Callie Reason |
| 1975 | Poor Pretty Eddie · as Elizabeth 'Liz' Wetherly |
| 1974 | High Rollers (1987) (TV Series) · as Assistant (1974-1980) |
| 1972 | Black Girl · as Netta |
| 1972 | Skyjacked · as Lovejoy Wells |
| 1970 | The Flip Wilson Show (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1970 | All My Children (TV Series) · as Rose Keefer |
| 1969 | The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1969 | Marcus Welby, M.D. (TV Series) · as Laurie Williams |
| 1968 | The Mod Squad (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1967 | The Carol Burnett Show (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1966 | The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1965 | The Dean Martin Show (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1965 | Hullabaloo! (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1965 | I Spy (TV Series) · as Tonia |
| 1964 | The Hollywood Palace (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1962 | Two Weeks in Another Town · as Chanteuse |