Leslie Uggams

Acting

Leslie Uggams

Born 1943-05-25 Harlem, New York City, New York, USA 35 films

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…

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Filmography

35 films
Dotty and Soul poster

Ethan Cox is poised to sell his self-driving car company when his problematic Halloween costume goe…

Dotty and Soul

★ 4.0 2023

Nanny poster

Aisha, a Senegalese immigrant who takes a job as a nanny for a wealthy white family in New York Cit…

Nanny

★ 5.4 2022

The Ravine poster

This true story begins on a weekday morning in a peaceful suburb of Akron, Ohio, the town awakens t…

The Ravine

★ 5.1 2022

Blithe Spirit poster

While holding a séance for skeptical novelist Charles Condomine, self-proclaimed 'spiritualist medi…

Blithe Spirit

★ 0.0 2020

The Apollo poster

The history of New York City's Apollo Theater in Harlem is given the full treatment.

The Apollo

★ 6.4 2019

Deadpool 2 poster

Wisecracking mercenary Deadpool battles the evil and powerful Cable and other bad guys to save a bo…

Deadpool 2

★ 7.5 2018

Deadpool poster

The origin story of former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson, who, after being…

Deadpool

★ 7.6 2016