Leslie Uggams

Age: 83

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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.

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Leslie Uggams

Nancy Wilcox

for Nancy Wilcox in Make a Joyful Noise

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Make a Joyful Noise

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit-meets-School of Rock. A struggling singer accepts a job as a music teacher at a inner-city high school that is in danger of closing. After discovering her students’ musical talent, she turns them into a choir and enter them into an national choir competition in an attempt to save the school from closure. She finds herself in a dilemma when she gets the opportunity of a lifetime and must makes a decision a week before the competition.

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