Leslie Jones

Comedian

Leslie Jones was born in Memphis, Tennessee, United States on September 7th, 1967 and is the Comedian. At the age of 56, Leslie Jones biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, TV shows, and networth are available.

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Other Names / Nick Names
Annette Jones, Leslie
Date of Birth
September 7, 1967
Nationality
United States
Place of Birth
Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Age
56 years old
Zodiac Sign
Virgo
Networth
$7 Million
Profession
Actor, Film Actor, Television Actor, Writer
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Leslie Jones Height, Weight, Eye Color and Hair Color

At 56 years old, Leslie Jones has this physical status:

Height
183cm
Weight
101kg
Hair Color
Dark Brown
Eye Color
Dark Brown
Build
Large
Measurements
Not Available
Leslie Jones Religion, Education, and Hobbies
Religion
Not Available
Hobbies
Not Available
Education
Chapman University, Colorado State University
Leslie Jones Spouse(s), Children, Affair, Parents, and Family
Spouse(s)
Not Available
Children
Not Available
Dating / Affair
Not Available
Parents
Not Available
Siblings
Rodney Keith Jones (Younger Brother) (1971-2009)
Leslie Jones Career

Jones began doing stand-up comedy in college in 1987, when a friend signed her up for a "Funniest Person on Campus" contest. After winning the contest, Jones left school for Los Angeles. She performed at comedy clubs while working day jobs at Roscoe's House of Chicken and Waffles and UPS to make ends meet. Comedians Mother Love and Dave Chappelle encouraged her to move to New York City to hone her craft for two years, where she appeared on BET's ComicView before returning to Los Angeles. She performed at The Comedy Store in West Hollywood, but received unfavorable reviews of her shows there. She then went out on tour, opening for Jamie Foxx where she was booed by his audience. Feeling as though she lacked experience, Jones stopped performing for three years. Fearing that she would only ever be known in African American circles, around 2010 she began to stop playing so-called "black clubs" One night, Chris Rock saw her perform and gave her name to several of "the biggest managers in comedy" all of whom "didn't get it". Rock would eventually help Jones get a job at Saturday Night Live.

In 2008, Jones was part of Katt Williams's It's Pimpin' Pimpin' tour.

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

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". Sasheer Zamata was added as a featured player, while Jones and LaKendra Tookes were hired as writers. 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.

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. She became, at age 47, 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). Jones' addition marked the first time in SNL history that the show's cast included more than one African-American woman; moreover, the 40th season was the first to have five concurrent African-American cast members, beating the previous record of three. 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.

Jones did not return to the 45th season, making the 44th season her last season.

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, telling Complex Magazine, "Some people really shine in Top Five. You might want to see a little more Leslie Jones."

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.

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

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.

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

During the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Jones regularly live-tweeted events and posted videos of her reactions. Enthusiasm for Jones' commentary grew, with articles appearing like The Huffington Post's "Watching Leslie Jones Watch The Olympics Is Better Than The Actual Olympics". 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.

Jones reprised her duties at the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea, and live-tweeted again for the postponed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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Ernie Hudson reflects on the 'disappointing' female-led Ghostbusters movie: 'It wasn't what fans were hoping for'

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 25, 2024
Back in 2016, Ghostbusters fans militarized YouTube and IMDb to review bomb Paul Feig's female-led reboot of Ivan Reitman's 1984 cinematic classic before it was released. 'Look, I'm a fan of Paul Feig so I have nothing negative about him to say. Other than, I don't quite understand why you do a reboot, you know what I mean? Just make another movie,' Ernie Hudson told The Independent on Sunday.

Zendaya is ethereal in sheer silver corset that highlights her slender figure as she leads stars at Essence Black Women In Hollywood bash

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 7, 2024
When Zendaya led a cavalcade of actors at the Essence Black Women In Hollywood event on Thursday, she became an ethereal figure. The gala, which took place at the Academy Museum Of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, welcomed a dazzling array of boldface names in the run-up to the Oscars. Zendaya was the most buzz among them, fresh off the introduction of her highly awaited new film Dune: Part Two starring Timothee Chalamet.

Fantastic flops!A look back at film reboots that failed to resurrect hit franchises from Charlie's Angels to female-led Ghostbusters and THOSE critically panned Fantastic Four films

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 3, 2023
Remakes and reboots are almost as old as Hollywood, and some of the best films of all time are redos of earlier attempts. However, the film industry's increasing reliance on established intellectual property (IP) and concerns about financing original stories has resulted in a shift toward increased attention on franchises, which require regular reboots to keep them running. The critically reviled Fantastic Four revival from 2015, which generated less than half of what was expected and ended up being a disaster when factoring in the large advertising and promotion budget.
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