Acting credits
72
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Leslie Uggams
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 33Series: 39
TMDB ID: 122750
IMDb ID: nm0880081
Known for: Acting
Born: May 25, 1943
Age: 83
Place of birth: Harlem, New York City, New York, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1948 - 2024
Years active: 77
Average TMDB rating: 6.98
Wikidata: Q534925
Also known as
Leslie Marian 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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Leslie Uggams.
as Blind Al
Deadpool & Wolverine
2024 • Movie
as Agnes Ellison
American Fiction
2023 • Movie
as Dotty
Dotty and Soul
2023 • Movie
as Kathleen
Nanny
2022 • Movie
as Joanna
The Ravine
2022 • Movie
as "Hallelujah, Baby!" Performer
Show of Titles
2021 • Movie
as Madame Arcati
Blithe Spirit
2020 • Movie
as Self
The Apollo
2019 • Movie
as Blind Al
Once Upon a Deadpool
2018 • Movie
as Blind Al
Deadpool 2
2018 • Movie
as Sadie
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
2017 • Movie
as Blind Al
Deadpool
2016 • Movie
as Grandma
Toe to Toe
2009 • Movie
as Self
Words and Music by Jerry Herman
2007 • Movie
as Self
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003 • Movie
as Self
Remembering Roots
2002 • Movie
Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!
1995 • Movie
as Self
Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl
1994 • Movie
as Doris Holly
Sugar Hill
1994 • Movie
The Ice Capades with Jason Bateman and Alyssa Milano
1989 • Movie
as Self
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988 • Movie
as Self - Special Guest
Christmas at Radio City Music Hall
1986 • Movie
as Self
Night of 100 Stars II
1985 • Movie
as Vonda
Sizzle
1981 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Leslie Uggams.
as Betty Pearson • 9 eps
Fallout
2024 • Series
as Isabel Zucker • 2 eps
Extrapolations
2023 • Series
as Grandma (voice) • 5 eps
My Dad the Bounty Hunter
2023 • Series
as Ernestine Brown • 2 eps
The Gilded Age
2022 • Series
as Dr. Hester Boutella • 6 eps
The Bite
2021 • Series
as Madame Arcati • 1 eps
Stars in the House
2020 • Series
as Mamma Reynolds • 5 eps
New Amsterdam
2018 • Series
as Leah Walker • 21 eps
Empire
2015 • Series
as Suzanne Packer • 1 eps
The Good Wife
2009 • Series
as Vivian • 3 eps
Nurse Jackie
2009 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Early Show
1999 • Series
as Leslie Uggams (voice) • 2 eps
Family Guy
1999 • Series
as Dr. Eileen Redding • 1 eps
A Different World
1987 • Series
as Kris Temple • 1 eps
The Cosby Show
1984 • Series
as Self - Narrator (voice) • 1 eps
Reading Rainbow
1983 • Series
1 eps
Hotel
1982 • Series
as Alexis Carter • 1 eps
Magnum, P.I.
1980 • Series
as Lillian Rogers Parks • 4 eps
Backstairs at the White House
1979 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
CBS News Sunday Morning
1979 • Series
as Marion Blake • 2 eps
The Love Boat
1977 • Series
as Kizzy Reynolds • 2 eps
Roots
1977 • Series
as Self - Special Guest Star • 1 eps
The Muppet Show
1976 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973 • Series
1 eps
The Bobby Darin Show
1973 • Series