Personal Info
Birthday
May 25, 1943
Place of Birth
Harlem, New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Acting
Leslie 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.
Acting Filmography (72)
7.6
Deadpool & Wolverine
Movie2024
8.1
Fallout
TV Series2024
7.3
American Fiction
Movie2023
4.0
Dotty and Soul
Movie2023
6.0
Extrapolations
TV Series2023
8.3
My Dad the Bounty Hunter
TV Series2023
5.4
Nanny
Movie2022
5.1
The Ravine
Movie2022
7.7
The Gilded Age
TV Series2022
0.0
Show of Titles
Movie2021
6.8
The Bite
TV Series2021
No Backdrop
0.0
Blithe Spirit
Movie2020
0.0
Stars in the House
TV Series2020
6.4
The Apollo
Movie2019
7.1
Once Upon a Deadpool
Movie2018
8.3
New Amsterdam
TV Series2018
7.5
Deadpool 2
Movie2018
6.3
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Movie2017
7.6
Deadpool
Movie2016
7.1
Empire
TV Series2015
7.6
The Good Wife
TV Series2009
7.1
Nurse Jackie
TV Series2009
No Backdrop
3.3
Toe to Toe
Movie2009
No Backdrop
0.0
Words and Music by Jerry Herman
Movie2007
7.0
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Movie2003
No Backdrop
0.0
Remembering Roots
Movie2002
No Backdrop
6.3
The Early Show
TV Series1999
7.4
Family Guy
TV Series1999
No Backdrop
0.0
Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!
Movie1995
No Backdrop
9.0
Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl
Movie1994
5.6
Sugar Hill
Movie1994
No Backdrop
0.0
The Ice Capades with Jason Bateman and Alyssa Milano
Movie1989
No Backdrop
6.0
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Movie1988
7.1
A Different World
TV Series1987
0.0
Christmas at Radio City Music Hall
Movie1986
No Backdrop
6.8
Night of 100 Stars II
Movie1985
7.0
The Cosby Show
TV Series1984
8.3
Reading Rainbow
TV Series1983
6.8
Hotel
TV Series1982
No Backdrop
10.0
Sizzle
Movie1981
7.3
Magnum, P.I.
TV Series1980
6.1
Backstairs at the White House
TV Series1979
6.8
CBS News Sunday Morning
TV Series1979
6.7
A Special Sesame Street Christmas
Movie1978
No Backdrop
7.0
Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring
Movie1978
6.3
The Love Boat
TV Series1977
7.4
Roots
TV Series1977
8.0
The Muppet Show
TV Series1976
5.2
Poor Pretty Eddie
Movie1975
No Backdrop
0.0
Easter Is
Movie1974
No Backdrop
6.3
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TV Series1973
10.0
The Bobby Darin Show
TV Series1973
6.8
Black Girl
Movie1972
6.2
Skyjacked
Movie1972
4.8
The Flip Wilson Show
TV Series1970
7.3
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Movie1970
No Backdrop
5.7
Swing Out, Sweet Land
Movie1970
No Backdrop
6.8
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
TV Series1969
6.1
The Mod Squad
TV Series1968
7.7
The Carol Burnett Show
TV Series1967
6.9
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
TV Series1966
7.4
The Dean Martin Show
TV Series1965
No Backdrop
10.0
Hullabaloo
TV Series1965
No Backdrop
5.0
The Hollywood Palace
TV Series1964
No Backdrop
7.0
The Danny Kaye Show
TV Series1963
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV Series1962
5.9
Two Weeks in Another Town
Movie1962
5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
TV Series1961
No Backdrop
6.8
Startime
TV Series1959
No Backdrop
0.0
Tony Awards
TV Series1956
7.0
What's My Line?
TV Series1950
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV Series1948