Leslie Segar also known as "Big Lez", is a dancer, choreographer, actress, radio and television personality, and fitness specialist. She is known as a host of Rap City and as the dancer in the opening credits of Living Single.
Early life and education Segar is from Jackson Heights, Queens. As a young teen she was a gymnast. She has a bachelor's degree in physiology and sport medicine from Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts.
Career Segar has worked as a dancer, choreographer, on-air radio and television personality, producer, fitness specialist, and actress, and is noted for her athletic style and ability to backflip. Her first audition was for the production of Club XXII, a Hip Hop twist of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night produced by Randy Weiner and Rob Hanning and starring Lauryn Hill, MC Lyte, and Wyclef Jean. She has danced with LL Cool J, Bobby Brown, Salt n' Pepa, Mary J. Blige, Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, and Michael K. Williams, and was a dancer in the opening credits of Living Single. She is most known for her time on Rap City from 1994 to 1999. Segar has choreographed for Sean Combs on Mary J. Blige's first album.
In 2019, she co-hosted a weekly internet radio show Tha Spin Room.
Personal life As of 2020, Segar was living in Los Angeles.
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes 1991 House Party 2 Dancer 1992 Malcolm X Dancer 1993 Who's the Man? Sheneequa 1995 New Jersey Drive Angry Resident 1997 Hav Plenty Jane An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn Herself 1999 The Breaks Janealle 2001 3 A.M. Newsstand Woman 2005 The Fabric of a Man Gayle Video 2008 142 John Street Latrice Warren Short 2022 A Miracle Before Christmas Valerie Jenkins 2024 Trope Tracey
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