Leslie Jones (comedian)

Last updated

Leslie Jones
Leslie Jones at The Stress Factory (43785886122).jpg
Jones at the Stress Factory in 2018
Birth nameAnnette Leslie Jones
Born (1967-09-07) September 7, 1967 (age 57)
Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Medium
  • Stand-up
  • film
  • television
Education Chapman University
Colorado State University
Years active1987–present
Genres
Subject(s)
Notable works and rolesFormer Saturday Night Live cast member and writer;
Ghostbusters (2016)
Coming 2 America (2021)
Good Burger 2 (2023)

Annette Leslie Jones [1] [2] (born September 7, 1967) is an American stand-up comedian and actress. She was a cast member and writer for the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 2014 to 2019, and hosted the ABC game show Supermarket Sweep . She has also been a featured performer at the Just for Laughs festival in Montreal and the Aspen Comedy Festival. In 2010, her one-hour comedy special, Problem Child, was broadcast on Showtime. Jones starred in Ghostbusters (2016) as Patty Tolan. In 2017 and 2018, Jones was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her work on Saturday Night Live.

Contents

Early life

Jones was born on September 7, 1967, in Memphis, Tennessee. [3] She had a younger brother, Rodney Keith Jones (1971–2009). [4] Her father was in the United States Army, and her family relocated frequently. [5] Her family moved to Los Angeles, when her father took a job at Stevie Wonder's radio station, KJLH, as an electronics engineer. [3] Jones attended high school in Lynwood, California, where she also played basketball; her father suggested that she play the sport because of her height. [6]

Jones attended Chapman University on a basketball scholarship. Initially unsure of what she wanted to study, Jones worked as a disc jockey at the student radio station, KNAB, [7] and contemplated playing professional basketball overseas. [8] When her coach, Brian Berger, left Chapman in 1986 for the head-coaching job at Colorado State University, Jones followed. [1] [9] [10] Once at Colorado State, Jones contemplated pursuing a pre-law degree, [8] but changed her major several times, including to accounting and computer science, before settling on communications. [7]

Career

Stand-up

Jones began doing stand-up comedy in college in 1987, when a friend signed her up for a "Funniest Person on Campus" contest. [5] [8] After winning the contest, Jones left school for Los Angeles. [8] She performed at comedy clubs while working day jobs at Roscoe's House of Chicken and Waffles and UPS [11] to make ends meet. Comedians Mother Love and Dave Chappelle encouraged her to move to New York City to hone her craft. She lived there for over two years, during which she appeared on BET's ComicView, before returning to Los Angeles. [7] She performed at The Comedy Store in West Hollywood, but her shows there received unfavorable reviews. [7] She then went on tour, opening for Jamie Foxx where she was booed by his audience. Foxx advised her to "live life for a little while" to gain experiences for her comedy; Jones stopped performing for three years. [7] She then performed in smaller clubs until 2010, when she began asking for spots at The Comedy Store and secured prime-time slots for her act. [12] In 2012, Chris Rock saw her perform and gave her name to several of "the biggest managers in comedy" all of whom "didn't get it". [13] The following year, Rock helped Jones secure an audition for Saturday Night Live, which she landed. [13]

In 2008, Jones was part of Katt Williams's It's Pimpin' Pimpin' tour. [5] [14]

Netflix signed Jones for a stand-up special slated for 2020. [15]

Saturday Night Live

In December 2013, Saturday Night Live held a casting call to add at least one African American woman to the show, and Jones auditioned. Prior to being asked to audition, Jones had criticized the show, saying that the show, and especially cast member Kenan Thompson, was "not funny". [16] Sasheer Zamata was added as a featured player, while Jones and LaKendra Tookes were hired as writers. [17] Jones appeared during the Weekend Update segment of the May 3, 2014 episode hosted by Andrew Garfield, where her jokes about her current dating problems and her potential effectiveness as a breeding slave sparked controversy. [9] [18]

Jones appeared in the first and third episodes of the 40th season, hosted by Chris Pratt and Bill Hader, respectively. On October 20, 2014, Jones was promoted to the cast as a featured player, and made her official debut on the October 25, 2014 episode hosted by Jim Carrey. [19] At age 47, Jones became the oldest person to join the show as a cast member (surpassing Michael McKean and George Coe, who were 46 when they joined the show in 1994 and 1975, respectively). [20] [21] Jones' addition marked the first time in SNL history that the show's cast included more than one African American woman; [22] moreover, the 40th season was the first to have five concurrent African American cast members, beating the previous record of three. [23] [24] Jones subsequently returned for Seasons 41, 42 (where she was promoted to Repertory Status), 43, and 44.

In 2017 and 2018, Jones was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her work on SNL.

The 44th season was Jones's last on SNL. [25]

Film

In 2006, Jones appeared in Master P's film Repos.

In 2014, Jones appeared in Chris Rock's directorial film, Top Five ; Rock has said a follow-up is in the works, [26] telling Complex Magazine , "Some people really shine in Top Five. You might want to see a little more Leslie Jones." [27]

In 2015, Jones appeared in the Judd Apatow and Amy Schumer project, Trainwreck ; reportedly Apatow and Schumer wrote a part specifically for Jones after seeing her turn in Top Five. [28]

In 2016, she starred in the reboot Ghostbusters as Patty Tolan, alongside Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, and Kate McKinnon. [9] [29]

Jones appeared in Coming 2 America alongside Tracy Morgan, Rick Ross, and KiKi Layne. The film is a sequel to Coming to America , starring Eddie Murphy. [30]

She has been a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in the Actors Branch since 2017. [31]

Olympics coverage

During the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Jones regularly live-tweeted events and posted videos of her reactions. [32] [33] Enthusiasm for Jones's commentary grew, with articles appearing like The Huffington Post 's "Watching Leslie Jones Watch The Olympics Is Better Than the Actual Olympics". [34] Television producer Mike Shoemaker, one of Jones' Twitter followers, posted on Twitter that his friend Jim Bell, NBC's executive producer of the network's Olympics coverage, should add Jones to NBC's team of commentators covering the Games; Bell responded on Twitter the next day asking Jones to join NBC in Rio de Janeiro. She accepted and flew to Rio de Janeiro, covering swimming, track and field, gymnastics, and beach volleyball for NBC. [35]

Jones reprised her duties at the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea, [36] and live-tweeted again for the postponed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. [37] She live-tweeted for the final time for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China. She released a message on Twitter stating that this would be the last Olympics that she would live-tweet, claiming broadcaster NBC is pressuring her to stop. [38]

Other work

Jones and fellow comedian Adam DeVine appeared in a 2016 ad campaign for Allstate Insurance, created by Leo Burnett Worldwide. [39]

Jones hosted the BET Awards on June 25, 2017. [40] This marked her hosting debut.

In 2018, Jones appeared in two advertisements for Amazon's Echo Spot. [41]

In 2020, Jones hosted a Supermarket Sweep reboot. In 2021, she returned for season 2. [42]

Jones was the host for the 2021 MTV Movie & TV Awards. [43]

Influences

Jones has cited as her comedic influences: Eddie Murphy, [8] Richard Pryor, [5] Carol Burnett, [44] Lucille Ball, [44] John Ritter, [44] and Whoopi Goldberg. [5]

Personal life

Jones is a fan of the soccer team Seattle Sounders FC. [45] She is also an avid fan of RuPaul's Drag Race .

Online harassment

After the release of Ghostbusters in July 2016, Jones became the subject of racist and misogynistic attacks over Twitter. The social media platform responded by taking action against several users, resulting in the permanent banning of user and Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos, who had described Jones as "barely literate". [46]

After continuing to receive racist comments, Jones temporarily left Twitter on July 18, 2016. [47] She appeared later in the week on Late Night with Seth Meyers , where she discussed the ordeal and her meeting with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. In response to Yiannopoulos' claim that he was targeted for being a "gay conservative", she argued that "hate speech and freedom of speech are two different things." [48]

A month later, Jones was again subjected to online harassment. Her personal website was hacked, with its contents being replaced with photos of her passport and driver's license. [49] The site was also changed to display alleged nude pictures of her, as well as a video tribute to Harambe, the Cincinnati Zoo gorilla killed in May 2016 (a reference to the racially charged gorilla remarks hurled at Jones in the earlier attack). Her team took the website down soon after it was hacked. [50]

Both incidents resulted in outpourings of support for Jones from fans and celebrities alike, via the hashtag #LoveForLeslieJ which trended on both Twitter and Instagram. [51] Those who voiced support include Paul Feig, [52] Gabourey Sidibe, Ellen DeGeneres, Sara Benincasa, Ava DuVernay, Hillary Clinton, Corey Taylor, [53] Katy Perry, Octavia Spencer, Anna Kendrick, Lena Dunham, [54] and Loni Love. Jones responded to the hacks on the October 22, 2016 episode of Saturday Night Live. [55] When Jones appeared on Late Night with Seth Meyers on May 12, 2015, she was praised as an inspirational figure by a montage of fans showing support for her. [56]

Filmography

Film

YearFilm titleRoleNotes
1999 For Love of the Game (uncredited) [57]
2003 National Security Britney
2006ReposLay LaCredited as Annette Jones
2007Gangsta Rap: The GlockumentaryMamma Du RagCredited as Annette "Leslie" Jones
2008Internet DatingToo Sweett Jones
2010Something Like a Business Vanity
Lottery Ticket Tasha
The Company We KeepBeverly Blue
2012House ArrestBoss Lady
Christmas in Compton (aka One Bad Christmas)Tiny
2014 Top Five Lisa
Kony Montana (aka Michael Blackson is Kony Montana)Fufu
2015We Are FamilyLeslie (The Driver)
Trainwreck Angry Subway Patron
2016 Ghostbusters Patricia "Patty" Tolan
Sing Meena's motherVoice [58]
Masterminds FBI Special Agent Scanlon
2019 The Angry Birds Movie 2 ZetaVoice [58]
2021 Coming 2 America Mary JunsonWinner – MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance
2023 Good Burger 2 Charlotte Reed
2024 The Sloth Lane Dotti PaceVoice; leading role [59] [60]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1996 In the House Female Basketball Player (uncredited)Episode: "Hoop Screams".
1997 Coach (uncredited)Episode: "It's A Swamp Thing".
2001–02The Way We Do ItVarious
2004 Girlfriends MabelEpisode: "Love, Peace and Hair Grease". Credited as Leslie.
2007 Mind of Mencia Nurse Brownsugar/Bodyguard2 episodes
American Body Shop Roshanda WashingtonEpisode: "Fluids"
2010 Chelsea Lately Herself (roundtable panelist)Episode: "Crispin Glover"
Problem Child: Leslie Jones (aka Big Les: Problem Child)HerselfShowtime stand-up comedy special
2012 Daddy Knows Best Angry WomanEpisode: "Taser"
2013 Sullivan & Son BobbieEpisode: "Acceptance"
See Dad Run Security GuardEpisode: "See Dad Be Normal...ish"
The League Stand Up StudentEpisode: "The Bringer Show"
2014 Workaholics LynetteEpisode: "The One Where the Guys Play Basketball and Do the Friends Title Thing"
2014–19 Saturday Night Live Herself / VariousCast member and writer
Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics (2019)
Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series (2017, 2018)
Nominated – Writers Guild of America Award for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy/Variety Series (2015)
2015 The Awesomes Silent But DeadlyVoice, episode: "The Final Showdown"
2016 The Blacklist CitizenEpisode: "Lady Ambrosia"
2017–19 The $100,000 Pyramid Herself3 episodes
2018 Kevin (Probably) Saves the World CindyEpisode: "The Right Thing" [61]
2020 Supermarket Sweep Host
RuPaul's Drag Race HerselfEpisode: "The Ball Ball"
Death to 2020 Dr. Maggie GravelTelevision special
Leslie Jones: Time MachineHerselfNetflix special
2021 Celebrity Wheel of Fortune Episode: "Leslie Jones, Chandra Wilson and Tony Hawk"
2021 MTV Movie & TV Awards HostTelevision special
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver HerselfEpisode: "Hair"
2022 Out of Office AllyTelevision film
2022–23 Our Flag Means Death Spanish Jackie Recurring role
2023 BMF SAC Tracy Chambers2 episodes
Hit-Monkey EuniceVoice [62]
2023–2024 The Daily Show HerselfGuest host: 7 episodes (Jan. 17–19, Nov. 13–16) [63] [64]
Guest appearance: 1 episode (Mar. 28) [65]

Books

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Laraine Newman</span> American actress, writer and comedian (born 1952)

Laraine Newman is an American actress, comedian, and writer. Newman was part of the original cast of NBC's sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from its inception in 1975 until her departure in 1980.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Horatio Sanz</span> American actor and comedian (born 1969)

Horacio Sanz, better known by his stage name Horatio Sanz, is an American comedian and actor. Sanz was a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 1998 to 2006.

Saturday Night Live (SNL) is an American late-night live sketch comedy variety show created by Lorne Michaels and developed by Michaels and Dick Ebersol that airs on NBC. The show's premiere was hosted by George Carlin on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title NBC's Saturday Night. The show's comedy sketches, which often parody contemporary American culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers the opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, with featured performances by a musical guest. An episode normally begins with a cold open sketch that is usually based on political events and ends with someone breaking character and proclaiming, "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!", properly beginning the show.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kristen Wiig</span> American actress and comedian (born 1973)

Kristen Carroll Wiig is an American actress, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. First breaking through as a performer with the Los Angeles comedy troupe The Groundlings, Wiig achieved stardom in the late 2000s for her seven-season tenure on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live (SNL) from 2005 to 2012.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kate McKinnon</span> American actress and comedian (born 1984)

Kate McKinnon Berthold is an American actress and comedian. She was a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 2012 to 2022, where she became known for her character work and celebrity impressions. For her work on the series, she was nominated for ten Primetime Emmy Awards, including one for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics and nine for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, winning in 2016 and 2017.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vanessa Bayer</span> American actress and comedian (born 1981)

Vanessa Bayer is an American actress and comedian. She was a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 2010 to 2017, for which she was nominated for an Emmy. She co-created, co-executive produced, and had the lead role in the Showtime comedy I Love That for You, loosely based on her experience as a survivor of childhood leukemia. She has appeared in such films as Trainwreck (2015), Office Christmas Party (2016), Carrie Pilby (2016), Ibiza (2018) and Wander Darkly (2020).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cecily Strong</span> American actress (born 1984)

Cecily Legler Strong is an American actress and comedian. She was a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 2012 to 2022. She is the longest-tenured female cast member in the show's history.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Aidy Bryant</span> American actress and comedian (born 1987)

Aidan Mackenzy Bryant is an American actress and comedian. Bryant is most notable for being a cast member on the NBC late-night sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live for ten seasons, joining the show for its 38th season in 2012, and leaving at the end of its 47th season in 2022. For her work on the series she was nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards, including two nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.

The thirty-ninth season of Saturday Night Live, an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC from September 28, 2013, with host Tina Fey and musical guest Arcade Fire and concluded on May 17, 2014, with host Andy Samberg and musical guest St. Vincent with 21 episodes.

<i>Saturday Night Live</i> season 40 Season 40 of the television series

Saturday Night Live premiered its fortieth season during the 2014–15 television season on NBC. The season premiered on September 27, 2014, with host Chris Pratt and musical guest Ariana Grande and came to a conclusion on May 16, 2015, with host Louis C.K. and musical guest Rihanna. Former cast member Darrell Hammond succeeded Don Pardo, who had died in August, as the show's new announcer. The premiere included an interstitial photograph of Pardo – SNL's announcer since it premiered in 1975.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sasheer Zamata</span> American actress and comedian (born 1986)

Sasheer Zamata Moore is an American actress and stand-up comedian. She is best known for her tenure as a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 2014 to 2017. Since her departure from SNL, she has garnered wider attention for her leading roles in the TV series Woke (2020–2022) and Home Economics (2021–2023). In 2024, Zamata starred as Jennifer Kale in the Disney+ Marvel show Agatha All Along. She has also served as a celebrity ambassador for the American Civil Liberties Union.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bresha Webb</span> American actress (born 1984)

Bresha Webb-Jones is an American actress. She is known for her starring roles as Immunique Jefferson in the TV One comedy series Love That Girl! (2010–14) and as Renee Ross in the Starz comedy series, Run the World (2021–23). She has also had significant roles in the films Meet the Blacks (2016) and its 2021 sequel, Sextuplets (2019), and A Fall from Grace (2020).

Katie Rich is an American comedian, writer, producer and actress known for her work on Saturday Night Live.

<i>Saturday Night Live</i> season 42 Season of television series

The forty-second season of the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live premiered on October 1, 2016, during the 2016–2017 television season, with host Margot Robbie and musical guest The Weeknd, and concluded on May 20, 2017, with host Dwayne Johnson and musical guest Katy Perry. The season removed two commercial breaks per episode in order to increase programming time. Episode 18 on April 15, 2017, was the first episode ever to be broadcast live in all four time zones within the contiguous United States. Until this episode, the show aired live only in the Eastern and Central time zones, and was tape-delayed in the Mountain and Pacific time zones.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Melissa Villaseñor</span> American comedian and actress (born 1987)

Melissa Anne Villaseñor is an American comedian, actress, musician, and illustrator. First garnering attention for her stand-up shows and impressions, Villaseñor found wider success when she was hired to join the cast of the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live ahead of the show's 42nd season in 2016. She then departed SNL at the end of the 47th season in 2022, after six seasons as a cast member.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bowen Yang</span> American actor and comedian (born 1990)

Bowen Yang is an American actor, comedian, podcaster, and writer. Yang was hired to join the writing staff of the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live in September 2018, ahead of its 44th season, and a year later was promoted to on-air cast status for SNL's 45th season. He made history becoming the first SNL featured player to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in 2021. He was promoted to repertory status before the 47th season.

The forty-fifth season of the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live premiered on September 28, 2019, during the 2019–20 television season with host Woody Harrelson and musical guest Billie Eilish, and concluded on May 9, 2020 with host Kristen Wiig and musical guest Boyz II Men. This season featured the return of Eddie Murphy as host, on December 21, 2019, for the first time in 35 years. Murphy's episode was the most watched episode since 2008.

The forty-seventh season of the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live premiered on October 2, 2021, during the 2021–22 television season with host Owen Wilson and musical guest Kacey Musgraves, and concluded on May 21, 2022 with host Natasha Lyonne and musical guest Japanese Breakfast. For the first time, the season's first five episodes and the remainder from episode ten onward were live-streamed on the streaming service Peacock in addition to its coast-to-coast live television broadcast.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sarah Sherman</span> American comedian and actress

Sarah Sherman, also known professionally as Sarah Squirm, is an American comedian, actress, and screenwriter. Sherman is known for using surreal and body horror comedy. She became a featured player on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live starting with its 47th season in October 2021, and was promoted to Repertory Status in October 2023.

References

  1. 1 2 Phifer, Tony (Fall 2015). "Leslie Jones Found Her Funny at CSU". The Magazine. Fort Collins, Colorado: Colorado State University. Archived from the original on July 31, 2017. Retrieved July 31, 2017. Jones (who went by Annette Jones at the time)... Additional July 31, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Intoxicating Humor". Vibe . Vol. 8, no. 5. June–July 2000. p. 112. ISSN   1070-4701. Bacardi Comedy Champion Annette 'Leslie' Jones...[ permanent dead link ]
  3. 1 2 "Leslie Jones Biography: Actress, Comedian (1967–)". Biography.com (FYI / A&E Networks). Archived from the original on July 19, 2016. Retrieved July 19, 2016.
  4. ↑ Jones, Leslie [@lesdoggg] (February 13, 2015). "Really missing my brother today..." (Tweet). Archived from the original on July 31, 2017. Retrieved July 31, 2017– via Twitter. "quote=Rest in peace Rodney Keith."
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Gardenswartz, Noah (March 15, 2010). "Leslie Jones: Just wants to make you laugh". LaughSpin. Archived from the original on November 2, 2014. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Jane Fonda/Leslie Jones/Kay Cannon". Late Night with Seth Meyers . May 12, 2015. NBC. Archived from the original on May 28, 2015. Retrieved August 4, 2015.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 "Leslie Jones: Comedian At Work". Pollstar.com. March 19, 2010. Archived from the original on July 31, 2017. Retrieved November 3, 2014.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 Downs, Gordon (November 3, 2011). "Leslie Jones on the Craft of Comedy". SanDiego.com. Archived from the original on January 9, 2014. Retrieved October 21, 2014.
  9. 1 2 3 Marantz, Andrew (January 4, 2016). "Ready for Prime Time". The New Yorker . pp. 22–29. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
  10. ↑ Gay, Verne (October 20, 2014). "Leslie Jones joins 'Saturday Night Live' cast". Newsday. Retrieved October 21, 2014.
  11. ↑ "BIOGRAPHY". Justleslie.com. Retrieved November 3, 2014.
  12. ↑ Marantz, Andrew. "Ready for Prime Time". The New Yorker. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  13. 1 2 Rock, Chris (December 3, 2014). "Chris Rock Pens Blistering Essay on Hollywood's Race Problem: "It's a White Industry"". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  14. ↑ McCarthy, Sean L. (March 2, 2010). "Leslie Jones, aka Big Les, may be a "Problem Child," but knows when to take Katt Williams' advice". thecomicscomic.com. Retrieved November 3, 2014.
  15. ↑ Nickolai, Nate (August 13, 2019). "Leslie Jones Sets New Comedy Special With Netflix". Variety. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
  16. ↑ Patricia Tone (October 27, 2013). "Leslie Jones – Russell Simmons' A.D.D." – via YouTube.
  17. ↑ "'SNL' Adds Two Black Writers, LaKendra Tookes And Leslie Jones, After Hiring Black Cast Member (VIDEO)". HuffPost . January 8, 2014. Retrieved October 21, 2014.
  18. ↑ "'SNL' Writer Leslie Jones Defends Controversial Slave Sketch (VIDEO)". HuffPost. May 5, 2014. Retrieved October 21, 2014.
  19. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (October 20, 2014). "Leslie Jones Named 'Saturday Night Live' Cast Member". Deadline. Retrieved October 21, 2014.
  20. ↑ "Original 'SNL' Cast MemberGeorge Coe Dies". TMZ . July 20, 2015.
  21. ↑ Wright, Megh (July 9, 2013). "Saturday Night's Children: Michael McKean (1994–1995) | Splitsider". Splitsider . Archived from the original on December 18, 2014. Retrieved December 18, 2014.
  22. ↑ Tonya, Pendleton (October 17, 2020). "Leslie Jones: 'I don't miss SNL'". Yahoo! Entertainment. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
  23. ↑ Murphy, Keith (May 18, 2020). "The Undisputed Ranking of Every Black 'Saturday Night Live' Cast Member". LEVEL. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
  24. ↑ Wezerek, Gus (December 14, 2019). "The 'Saturday Night Live' Stars Who Lasted, and the Ones Who Flamed Out". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved March 11, 2022.
  25. ↑ "Leslie Jones to Leave 'Saturday Night Live' Ahead of The 45th Season". TheWrap. August 27, 2019. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
  26. ↑ Chen, Jonathan (March 19, 2015). "A New Chris Rock Film is in The Works, Follow-up to Top Five". Paste Magazine. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
  27. ↑ Frazier, Tharpe (March 19, 2015). "Interview: Chris Rock Talks His New Movie and Racist Fraternities: "The Girls Scare Me More Than the Guys"". Complex. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
  28. ↑ Jung, E. Alex (December 28, 2015). "Leslie Jones Is Awesome, So Obviously Her New Yorker Profile Is Too". Vulture. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
  29. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (October 20, 2014). "Meet Your All-Female 'Ghostbusters'!". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved October 21, 2014.
  30. ↑ D'Alessandro, Anthony. "'Coming To America 2' Adds Tracy Morgan". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
  31. ↑ Hammond, Pete (June 28, 2017). "Film Academy Invites Record 774 New Members, From Gal Gadot To Betty White". Deadline Hollywood .
  32. ↑ Dessem, Matthew (August 7, 2016). "Leslie Jones' Olympics Tweets Are So Intense, NBC Invited Her to Rio". Slate. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
  33. ↑ Liptak, Andrew (August 7, 2016). "Leslie Jones' Olympic live tweeting just got her invited to Rio". The Verge. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
  34. ↑ Delbyck, Cole (August 6, 2016). "Watching Leslie Jones Watch The Olympics Is Better Than Actual Olympics". HuffPost. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
  35. ↑ Lincoln, Ross A. (August 8, 2016). "Leslie Jones Accepts NBC Invite To Rio Olympics After Tweet-Storm Goes Viral – Update". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved August 31, 2016.
  36. ↑ "Leslie Jones joins 2018 Winter Olympics coverage as NBC contributor". EW.com.
  37. ↑ "Leslie Jones' Olympics Commentary Greatest Hits: 'I Can't Do This S- With a Floatie'". Thewrap.com. August 8, 2021. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
  38. ↑ "Leslie Jones Says She May No Longer Live Recap Olympics: I Won't Stay 'Anywhere I'm Not Welcomed'". People.com. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
  39. ↑ Lazare, Lewis (May 12, 2016). "Allstate turns to Adam DeVine and Leslie Jones for comedic effect in new brand ads". Chicago Business Journal . Retrieved June 5, 2016.
  40. ↑ "Leslie Jones to Host 2017 BET Awards". Billboard.
  41. ↑ "Amazon's Super Bowl Ad Came With an Extra Spot After the Game". Adweek.com. February 5, 2018.
  42. ↑ "Supermarket Sweep Season 2 Release Date on ABC; When Does It Start?". NextSeasontv.com. December 28, 2020. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
  43. ↑ Chloe Melas (April 28, 2021). "Leslie Jones to host 2021 MTV Movie & TV Awards". Cnn.com. Retrieved April 28, 2021.
  44. 1 2 3 LeslieJonesVideoBlog (December 9, 2011). "Leslie Jones Video Blog: Female Comics" – via YouTube.
  45. ↑ "Watch the Seattle Seahawks' reaction to the Sounders' MLS Cup win". Foxsports.com. December 11, 2016.
  46. ↑ Roy, Jessica (July 19, 2016). "Twitter bans Breitbart's Milo Yiannopoulos for harassment". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved July 20, 2016.
  47. ↑ Fisher, Lucina (July 20, 2016). "'Ghostbusters' Star Leslie Jones Quits Twitter After Online Harassment". ABC News . Retrieved July 20, 2016.
  48. ↑ Liptak, Andrew (July 22, 2016). "Leslie Jones: 'hate speech and freedom of speech are two different things'". The Verge . Retrieved July 22, 2016.
  49. ↑ Sblendorio, Peter (August 25, 2016). "Leslie Jones' website hacked, with nude photos and personal information exposed". nydailynews.com.
  50. ↑ Zimmerman, Amy (August 25, 2016). "The Hacking of Leslie Jones Exposes Misogynoir at Its Worst". The Daily Beast .
  51. ↑ "#LoveForLeslieJ Trends On Twitter After "Ghostbusters" Backlash". July 20, 2016.
  52. ↑ Ledbetter, Carly (August 24, 2016). "Celebrities Rally Around Leslie Jones After Vicious Internet Hack". The Huffington Post . Retrieved August 31, 2016.
  53. ↑ Yee, Lawrence (August 24, 2016). "Leslie Jones Hack: Celebrities Come to Her Defense". Variety. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
  54. ↑ O'Malley, Katie (August 25, 2016). "Celebrities Come Out To Support Leslie Jones Following Hacking". Elle. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
  55. ↑ Golgowski, Nina (October 23, 2016). "Leslie Jones Shoots Down Trolls in Epic 'Saturday Night Live' Segment". The Huffington Post. Retrieved October 25, 2016.
  56. ↑ Symons, Alex (2023). Women Comedians in the Digital Age (1st ed.). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. p. 85. ISBN   978-1-003-26868-0. OCLC   1349461077.
  57. ↑ "Leslie Jones on MySpace Comedy – Comic Clips, Funny Videos & Jokes". Myspace . March 1, 2009. Archived from the original on March 1, 2009. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
  58. 1 2 "Leslie Jones (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved October 8, 2023. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
  59. ↑ Vann-Wall, Silvi (October 27, 2023). "The Sloth Lane: Leslie Jones voices a cheetah in Screen Queensland-funded film". Screenhub. Retrieved October 27, 2023.
  60. ↑ Milligan, Mercedes (May 28, 2024). "Australian Animated Adventure 'The Sloth Lane' Drops Official Trailer". Animation Magazine . Retrieved May 28, 2024.
  61. ↑ Darwish, Meaghan (February 19, 2018). "Jason Ritter Teases What's to Come on 'Kevin (Probably) Saves the World'". TV Insider.
  62. ↑ Otterson, Joe (February 2, 2023). "'Hit-Monkey' Renewed for Season 2 at Hulu". Variety . Archived from the original on February 2, 2023. Retrieved February 2, 2023.
  63. ↑ "The Daily Show Guest Host Lineup". Comedy Central. Archived from the original on January 27, 2023. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
  64. ↑ Cobb, Kayla (October 12, 2023). "'The Daily Show' Sets All-Star Host Lineup for Return With Leslie Jones, Desus Nice, Sarah Silverman and Charlamagne tha God". TheWrap. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
  65. ↑ Cobb, Kayla (March 29, 2024). "Leslie Jones Likens Reelecting Trump to Letting Dan Schneider Watch Your Kids". TheWrap. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
Preceded by
David Ruprecht
(1990–1995, 2000–2003)
 Host of Supermarket Sweep
2020–2022 (on hiatus)		Succeeded by
incumbent
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.