Leslie Uggams at 12 years old singing "Getting To Know You" at P.S. 68 in Bronx, NY. Leslie Uggams began her career as a child in the early 1950s playing the niece of Ethel Waters on Beulah

Leslie Uggams at 12 years old singing "Getting To Know You" at P.S. 68 in Bronx, NY. Leslie Uggams began her career as a child in the early 1950s playing the niece of Ethel Waters on Beulah. She has appeared in many television shows starting at the age of six including having her own show The Leslie Uggams Show. Leslie Uggams is recognized for portraying Kizzy Reynolds in the television miniseries Roots (1977), earning Golden Globe and Emmy Award nominations for her performance. She's also appeared in an episode of A Different World along with Billy Dee Williams playing an old flame of his. Throughout her career, Leslie Uggams has won various awards including a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical, Hallejuah, Baby! She stsrs in the Academy Award winning critically acclaimed film American Fiction as well as upcoming Deadpool.