Persona
Leslie Uggams
Nato/a: 25/05/1943(83 anni)
Biografia
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.
Filmografia
Conosciuto per
Deadpool & Wolverine
Blind Al · 2024
Fallout
Betty Pearson · 2024
American Fiction
Agnes Ellison · 2023
Extrapolations - Oltre il limite
Isabel Zucker · 2023
Mio papà a caccia di alieni
Grandma (voice) · Grandma · 2023
Nanny
Kathleen · 2022
The Gilded Age
Ernestine Brown · 2022
The Bite
Dr. Hester Boutella · Hester Boutella · 2021
C'era una volta Deadpool
Blind Al · 2018
New Amsterdam
Mamma Reynolds · 2018
Deadpool 2
Blind Al · 2018
La vita immortale di Henrietta Lacks
Sadie · 2017
Deadpool
Blind Al · 2016
Empire
Leah Walker · 2015
Nurse Jackie - Terapia d'urto
Vivian · 2009
L'arcobaleno della lettura
Self - Narrator (voice) · 1983
Radici
Kizzy Reynolds · 1977
The Muppet Show
Self - Special Guest Star · 1976
Il pirata dell'aria
Lovejoy Wells · 1972
Due settimane in un'altra città
Chanteuse · 1962