Actor profile

Leslie Uggams

25th May 1943 Harlem, New York City, New York, USA Acting

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.

34 Movies 42 TV Shows 76 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Deadpool & Wolverine poster

Deadpool & Wolverine 24th July 2024 as Blind Al

American Fiction poster

American Fiction 10th November 2023 as Agnes Ellison

Dotty and Soul poster

Dotty and Soul 19th May 2023 as Dotty

Nanny poster

Nanny 23rd November 2022 as Kathleen

The Ravine poster

The Ravine 6th May 2022 as Joanna

Show of Titles poster

Show of Titles 13th June 2021 as "Hallelujah, Baby!" Performer

Blithe Spirit poster

Blithe Spirit 6th June 2020 as Madame Arcati

The Apollo poster

The Apollo 24th April 2019 as Self

Once Upon a Deadpool poster

Once Upon a Deadpool 11th December 2018 as Blind Al

Deadpool 2 poster

Deadpool 2 15th May 2018 as Blind Al

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks poster

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 22nd April 2017 as Sadie

Deadpool poster

Deadpool 9th February 2016 as Blind Al

Just the Three of Us 31st July 2014

Toe to Toe poster

Toe to Toe 16th January 2009 as Grandma

Words and Music by Jerry Herman poster

Words and Music by Jerry Herman 1st April 2007 as Self

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There poster

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There 3rd April 2003 as Self

Remembering Roots poster

Remembering Roots 15th January 2002 as Self

Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly! poster

Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly! 19th October 1995

Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl poster

Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl 4th March 1994 as Self

Sugar Hill poster

Sugar Hill 25th February 1994 as Doris Holly

The Ice Capades with Jason Bateman and Alyssa Milano poster

The Ice Capades with Jason Bateman and Alyssa Milano 28th December 1989

Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC poster

Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC 16th May 1988 as Self

Christmas at Radio City Music Hall poster

Christmas at Radio City Music Hall 13th December 1986 as Self - Special Guest

Night of 100 Stars II poster

Night of 100 Stars II 10th March 1985 as Self

Sizzle poster

Sizzle 29th November 1981 as Vonda

A Special Sesame Street Christmas poster

A Special Sesame Street Christmas 8th December 1978 as Self

Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring poster

Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring 9th March 1978

Poor Pretty Eddie poster

Poor Pretty Eddie 1st June 1975 as Elizabeth 'Liz' Wetherly

Easter Is poster

Easter Is 1st March 1974 as (voice)

Black Girl poster

Black Girl 9th November 1972 as Netta

Skyjacked poster

Skyjacked 24th May 1972 as Lovejoy Wells

S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin 17th January 1972 as Self

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis poster

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis 24th March 1970 as Self (archive footage)

Two Weeks in Another Town poster

Two Weeks in Another Town 17th August 1962 as Chanteuse

Fallout poster

Fallout 10th April 2024 as Betty Pearson

Extrapolations poster

Extrapolations 16th March 2023 as Isabel Zucker

My Dad the Bounty Hunter poster

My Dad the Bounty Hunter 9th February 2023 as Grandma (voice)

The Gilded Age poster

The Gilded Age 24th January 2022 as Ernestine Brown

The Bite poster

The Bite 21st May 2021 as Dr. Hester Boutella

Stars in the House poster

Stars in the House 16th March 2020 as Madame Arcati

New Amsterdam poster

New Amsterdam 25th September 2018 as Mamma Reynolds

Empire poster

Empire 7th January 2015 as Leah Walker

The Good Wife poster

The Good Wife 22nd September 2009 as Suzanne Packer

Nurse Jackie poster

Nurse Jackie 8th June 2009 as Vivian

The Early Show poster

The Early Show 1st November 1999 as Self

Family Guy poster

Family Guy 31st January 1999 as Leslie Uggams (voice)

A Different World poster

A Different World 24th September 1987 as Dr. Eileen Redding

The Cosby Show poster

The Cosby Show 20th September 1984 as Kris Temple

Reading Rainbow poster

Reading Rainbow 6th June 1983 as Self - Narrator (voice)

Hotel poster

Hotel 21st August 1982

Magnum, P.I. poster

Magnum, P.I. 11th December 1980 as Alexis Carter

Backstairs at the White House poster

Backstairs at the White House 29th January 1979 as Lillian Rogers Parks

CBS News Sunday Morning poster

CBS News Sunday Morning 28th January 1979 as Self

The Love Boat poster

The Love Boat 24th September 1977 as Callie Reason

Roots poster

Roots 23rd January 1977 as Kizzy Reynolds Moore

The Muppet Show poster

The Muppet Show 5th September 1976 as Self - Special Guest Star

The American Film Institute Salute to ... poster

The American Film Institute Salute to ... 2nd April 1973 as Self

The Bobby Darin Show poster

The Bobby Darin Show 19th January 1973

The Flip Wilson Show poster

The Flip Wilson Show 17th September 1970 as Self

The Leslie Uggams Show 28th September 1969

The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour poster

The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour 22nd January 1969 as Self

That's Life 24th September 1968

The Mod Squad poster

The Mod Squad 24th September 1968

The Carol Burnett Show poster

The Carol Burnett Show 11th September 1967 as Self

The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. poster

The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. 13th September 1966 as Natasha Brimstone

The Dean Martin Show poster

The Dean Martin Show 16th September 1965

Hullabaloo poster

Hullabaloo 12th January 1965 as Self - Host

The Hollywood Palace poster

The Hollywood Palace 4th January 1964 as Self - Singer

The Danny Kaye Show poster

The Danny Kaye Show 25th September 1963 as Self

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 1st October 1962 as Self

The Mike Douglas Show poster

The Mike Douglas Show 11th December 1961 as Self

Startime poster

Startime 6th October 1959 as Self

Tonight Starring Jack Paar 29th July 1957 as Self

Tony Awards poster

Tony Awards 1st April 1956 as Self - Performer

What's My Line? poster

What's My Line? 2nd February 1950 as Self - Mystery Guest

The Ed Sullivan Show poster

The Ed Sullivan Show 20th June 1948 as Self