Leslie Segar

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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.

OthernameBig Lez
OccupationsDancer, choreographer, actress, producer, radio host
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Leslie Segar
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Other nameBig Lez
Alma materSpringfield College
OccupationsDancer, choreographer, actress, producer, radio host
Websitewww.lesliesegar.com
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Early life and education

Segar is from Jackson Heights, Queens.[1] As a young teen she was a gymnast.[2] She has a bachelor's degree in physiology and sport medicine from Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts.[3][4]

Career

Segar has worked as a dancer, choreographer, on-air radio and television personality, producer, fitness specialist, and actress,[5][6] and is noted for her athletic style[1] and ability to backflip.[2] 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.[2] She has danced with LL Cool J, Bobby Brown, Salt n' Pepa,[3] Mary J. Blige, Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, and Michael K. Williams,[7] and was a dancer in the opening credits of Living Single.[8][9][10] She is most known for her time on Rap City[11][8] from 1994 to 1999. Segar has choreographed for Sean Combs on Mary J. Blige's first album.[4]

In 2019, she co-hosted a weekly internet radio show Tha Spin Room.[12]

Personal life

As of 2020, Segar was living in Los Angeles.[13]

Filmography

Film

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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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