Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical Hallelujah, Baby! – 1968
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Host in a Variety Series Fantasy – 1983
TV Land Anniversary Award Roots – 2007
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Leslie Marian Uggams (/ˈʌɡəmz/;[1] born May 25, 1943)[2] 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 as Blind Al in the superhero films Deadpool (2016) and its 2018 sequel (as well as in the upcoming 2024 third Deadpool film); as Leah Walker on the Fox musical drama series Empire (2016–2020); as Agnes Ellison in the comedy-drama film American Fiction (2023); and as Betty Pearson in the Amazon Original post-apocalyptic drama series Fallout (2024), based on the video game of the same name.
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Leslie Marian Uggams (/ˈʌɡəmz/; born May 25, 1943) is an American actress and singer. Beginning her career as a child in the early 1950s, Uggams is recognized...
first since the 1956 - '57 The Nat King Cole Show on NBC. The LeslieUggams Show gave Uggams, who had first come to wide public notice as a singer on the...
time it would reveal itself as highly complex and bizarre. Actress LeslieUggams portrayed Blind Al in the 2016 feature film Deadpool and its 2018 sequel...
character such as Juggernaut. Reprising their roles from Deadpool include LeslieUggams as Blind Al, Deadpool's blind elderly roommate; Karan Soni as Dopinder...
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