Biography
Leslie Uggams
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…
Career works
77
Movies
35
Series
42
Career average
6.9/10
Birth date
05/25/1943
Place of birth
Harlem, New York City, New York, USA
Filmography highlights
Movies
Deadpool & Wolverine
2024 · 7.6
American Fiction
2023 · 7.3
Dotty and Soul
2023 · 4.0
Nanny
2022 · 5.4
The Ravine
2022 · 5.1
Show of Titles
2021
Blithe Spirit
2020
The Apollo
2019 · 6.4
Once Upon a Deadpool
2018 · 7.1
Deadpool 2
2018 · 7.5
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
2017 · 6.4
Deadpool
2016 · 7.6
Toe to Toe
2009 · 3.3
Words and Music by Jerry Herman
2007
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003 · 7.0
Series
Fallout
2024 · 8.1
Extrapolations
2023 · 6.0
My Dad the Bounty Hunter
2023 · 8.3
The Gilded Age
2022 · 7.7
The Bite
2021 · 6.8
Stars in the House
2020
New Amsterdam
2018 · 8.3
Empire
2015 · 7.1
The Good Wife
2009 · 7.6
Nurse Jackie
2009 · 7.1
The Early Show
1999 · 6.3
Family Guy
1999 · 7.4
A Different World
1987 · 7.0
The Cosby Show
1984 · 7.0
Reading Rainbow
1983 · 8.3