Personal details
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Born
25 maio 1943 (83)
Place of birth
Harlem, New York City, New York, USA
Also known as
Leslie Marian Uggams
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.
Conhecido por
7.6
Film
Deadpool & Wolverine
Blind Al
2024
7.6
Film
Deadpool
Blind Al
2016
7.5
Film
Deadpool 2
Blind Al
2018
7.1
Film
Once Upon a Deadpool
Blind Al
2018
6.7
Film
A Special Sesame Street Christmas
Self
1978
7.3
Film
American Fiction
Agnes Ellison
2023
6.1
Series
Backstairs at the White House
Lillian Rogers Parks
1979
6.4
Film
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Sadie
2017
5.4
Film
Nanny
Kathleen
2022
6.8
Series
The Bite
Dr. Hester Boutella
2021
6.4
Film
The Apollo
Self
2019
5.1
Film
The Ravine
Joanna
2022
9.0
Series
The Leslie Uggams Show
1969
4.0
Film
Dotty and Soul
Dotty
2023
Acting credits 14 titles
Deadpool & Wolverine
as Blind Al
7.6
2024
Dotty and Soul
as Dotty
4.0
2023
American Fiction
as Agnes Ellison
7.3
2023
The Ravine
as Joanna
5.1
2022
Nanny
as Kathleen
5.4
2022
The Bite
as Dr. Hester Boutella
6.8
2021
The Apollo
as Self
6.4
2019
Deadpool 2
as Blind Al
7.5
2018
Once Upon a Deadpool
as Blind Al
7.1
2018
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
as Sadie
6.4
2017
Deadpool
as Blind Al
7.6
2016
Backstairs at the White House
as Lillian Rogers Parks
6.1
1979
A Special Sesame Street Christmas
as Self
6.7
1978
The Leslie Uggams Show
9.0
1969