Leslie Uggams is an American actress and singer. She played Blind Al in the Marvel Comics film Deadpool, Deadpool 2, and Deadpool & Wolverine and starred as Kizzy in the miniseries Roots. Uggams has also appeared in numerous films and TV series such as American Fiction, NANNY, The Ravine, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, the Apple Original series Extrapolations, and the series Fallout.