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.
Acting
Movie
Deadpool
as Blind Al
2016
Movie
Deadpool 2
as Blind Al
2018
Movie
Deadpool & Wolverine
as Blind Al
2024
TV
Family Guy
as Leslie Uggams (voice)
1999
TV
Fallout
as Betty Pearson
2024
Movie
American Fiction
as Agnes Ellison
2023
TV
New Amsterdam
as Mamma Reynolds
2018
Movie
Once Upon a Deadpool
as Blind Al
2018
TV
Empire
as Leah Walker
2015
TV
The Good Wife
as Suzanne Packer
2009
TV
The Cosby Show
as Kris Temple
1984
TV
Magnum, P.I.
as Alexis Carter
1980
TV
The Muppet Show
as Self - Special Guest Star
1976
TV
The Gilded Age
as Ernestine Brown
2022
TV
Nurse Jackie
as Vivian
2009
TV
Roots
as Kizzy Reynolds
1977
TV
Roots
as Kizzy Reynolds Moore
1977
Movie
Nanny
as Kathleen
2022
TV
The Love Boat
as Marion Blake
1977
TV
The Love Boat
as Callie Reason
1977
TV
Extrapolations
as Isabel Zucker
2023
Movie
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
as Sadie
2017
Movie
Sugar Hill
as Doris Holly
1994
TV
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962