# Leslie Uggams — nextmovie4u



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Leslie Marian Uggams is an American actress and singer. After beginning her career as a child in the early 1950s, she garnered acclaim for her role in the Broadway musical Hallelujah, Baby!, winning a Theatre World Award in 1967 and the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical in 1968. Uggams gained wider recognition for portraying Kizzy Reynolds in the television miniseries Roots (1977), earning …

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- **[Deadpool 2](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/deadpool-2-2018/)** (2018) — ★ 7.5
- **[American Fiction](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/american-fiction-2023/)** (2023) — ★ 7.3
- **[Black Girl](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/black-girl-1972/)** (1972) — ★ 6.8
- **[The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-immortal-life-of-henrietta-lacks-2017/)** (2017) — ★ 6.4
- **[Sugar Hill](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/sugar-hill-1994/)** (1994) — ★ 5.7
- **[Nanny](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/nanny-2022/)** (2022) — ★ 5.4

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