Leslie Uggams

Leslie Marian Uggams 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 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.

25 May 1943

Born on the same birth date (25 May 1943): Jessi Colter • John Palmer (musician)

Born on the same birth day (25 May): Charles Garnier (missionary) • Claire Liu • Daniel Passarella • Dorothy Straight • Erki Pütsep • Frank Oz • James McKeen Cattell • Jean Alexandre Barré • Louise de Broglie, Countess d'Haussonville • Michalis Pelekanos • Robert Picard • Stavros Arnaoutakis • Theodore Roethke

Born in the same month (May 1943): Albano Carrisi • Georgi Asparuhov • Ignacio Ramonet • Jack Bruce • John Bannon • John Dalton (musician) • Johnny Warren • Mustafa Nadarević • Nancy Greene Raine • Paul Bégin • Sirajuddin of Perlis • Vicente Saldivar • Wieteke van Dort