Leslie Uggams [122750] Gender: Female Popularity: 5.0028 Birthplace: Harlem, New York, USA Birthday: 1943-05-25 Age: 82 years Movies: 30 Links: Homepage, IMDB 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. Deadpool & Wolverine2024-07-24 American Fiction2023-11-10 Dotty and Soul2023-05-19 Nanny2022-11-23 The Ravine2022-05-06 Show of Titles2021-06-13 Blithe Spirit2020-06-06 The Apollo2019-04-24 Once Upon a Deadpool2018-12-11 Deadpool 22018-05-15 Deadpool2016-02-09 Just the Three of Us2014-07-31 Toe to Toe2009-01-16 Words and Music by Jerr2007-04-01 Broadway: The Golden Ag2003-04-03 Live from Broadway: Hel1995-10-19 Jerry Herman's Broadway1994-03-04 Sugar Hill1994-02-25 Happy Birthday, Bob: 501988-05-16 Night of 100 Stars II1985-03-10 Sizzle1981-11-29 A Special Sesame Street1978-12-08 Julie Andrews: One Step1978-03-09 Poor Pretty Eddie1975-06-01 Easter Is1974-03-01 Black Girl1972-11-09 Skyjacked1972-05-24 S Wonderful, 'S Marvelo1972-01-17 King: A Filmed Record..1970-03-24 Two Weeks in Another To1962-08-17