Actor
Leslie Uggams
May 25, 1943 · Harlem, New York City, New York, USA
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.
Notable work
7.6Deadpool (2016)
as Blind Al
7.5Deadpool 2 (2018)
as Blind Al
7.6Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)
as Blind Al
7.4Family Guy (1999)
as Leslie Uggams (voice)
8.1Fallout (2024)
as Betty Pearson
7.3American Fiction (2023)
as Agnes Ellison
8.3New Amsterdam (2018)
as Mamma Reynolds
7.1Once Upon a Deadpool (2018)
as Blind Al
7.1Empire (2015)
as Leah Walker
7.6The Good Wife (2009)
as Suzanne Packer
7The Cosby Show (1984)
as Kris Temple
7.3Magnum, P.I. (1980)
as Alexis Carter
Often works with
Ryan Reynolds
4 titles together
Deadpool, Deadpool 2, Deadpool & Wolverine
Morena Baccarin
4 titles together
Deadpool, Deadpool 2, Deadpool & Wolverine
Brianna Hildebrand
4 titles together
Deadpool, Deadpool 2, Deadpool & Wolverine
Karan Soni
4 titles together
Deadpool, Deadpool 2, Deadpool & Wolverine
T.J. Miller
3 titles together
Deadpool, Deadpool 2, Once Upon a Deadpool
Stefan Kapičić
3 titles together
Deadpool, Deadpool 2, Once Upon a Deadpool
Full filmography · 47
Fallout
as Betty Pearson
20248.1
Extrapolations
as Isabel Zucker
20236.1
My Dad the Bounty Hunter
as Grandma (voice)
20238.2
The Gilded Age
as Ernestine Brown
20227.7
The Bite
as Dr. Hester Boutella
20216.8
Stars in the House
as Madame Arcati
2020
New Amsterdam
as Mamma Reynolds
20188.3
Empire
as Leah Walker
20157.1
The Good Wife
as Suzanne Packer
20097.6
Nurse Jackie
as Vivian
20097.1
Family Guy
as Leslie Uggams (voice)
19997.4
A Different World
as Dr. Eileen Redding
19877.1