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Leslie Jones
Highest Rated: 100% Leslie Jones: Time Machine (2020)
Lowest Rated: 34% Masterminds (2016)
Birthday: Sep 7, 1967
Birthplace: Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Leslie Jones moved to Southern California with her family when she was a child. Her basketball talents earned her a scholarship to Chapman University in California, and when the coach accepted a job at Colorado State University, she followed. It was at Colorado State that she got her first taste of performing, first as a writer for the school newspaper, then as a stand-up comedian. After setbacks on stage led Jones to reconsider her path, she eventually recommitted to comedy and began to see some success. Appearances at the Just For Laughs Montreal Comedy Festival and a supporting role in "National Security" (2003), starring Martin Lawrence, made her realize that she didn't want to do anything else. While maintaining a stand-up career, Jones continued to make appearances in movies like "Lottery Ticket" and "House Arrest", as well as guest appearances in series such as "Sullivan and Son" (TBS, 2012-2014), "The League" (FX, 2009-2012; FXX, 2013-2015), and "Workaholics" (Comedy Central, 2011-17). Her breakout year didn't come until 2014 when she earned a spot as a writer and performer on "Saturday Night Live" (NBC, 1975- ). Originally hired just as a writer, Jones was added to the cast after a handful of appearances during the Weekend Update segment (during which she flirted aggressively with co-host Colin Jost) became viral. Along with supporting roles in her friend and mentor Chris Rock's "Top Five" (2014) and Judd Apatow's "Trainwreck" (2015), Jones' high-energy style soon gained her a leading role in Paul Feig's "Ghostbusters" (2016). While continuing on SNL, Jones maintained a steadily flourish standup comedy career and appeared in voice roles in the animated films "Sing" (2016) and "The Angry Birds Movie 2" (2019), as well as a supporting role in the comedy "Masterminds" (2016). In August 2019, Jones announced that she was leaving "Saturday Night Live" after five seasons.
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Filmography
Movies
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Out of Office | Ally (Character) | - | 2022 |
49% |
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Coming 2 America | Mary Junson (Character) | - | 2021 |
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Best of Stand-Up 2020 | Unknown (Character) | - | 2020 |
45% |
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Death to 2020 | Unknown (Character) | - | 2020 |
100% |
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Leslie Jones: Time Machine | Self | - | 2020 |
72% |
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The Angry Birds Movie 2 | Zeta (Voice) | $41.7M | 2019 |
71% |
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Sing | Meena's Mother (Voice) | $270.4M | 2016 |
34% |
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Masterminds | Scanlon (Character) | $17.3M | 2016 |
74% |
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Ghostbusters | Patty Tolan (Character) | - | 2016 |
85% |
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Top Five | Lisa (Character) | $25.3M | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Company We Keep | Beverly Blue (Character) | - | 2010 |
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Mermaid | Clerk (Character) | - | 2000 |
TV
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No Score Yet | 62% | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Guest | 2021-2023 |
No Score Yet | 61% | Late Night With Seth Meyers | Guest | 2014-2016 2018 2020 2022-2023 |
No Score Yet | 6% | The View | Guest | 2016 2018 2020 2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Daily Show | Host | 2023 |
No Score Yet | 44% | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2017-2018 2020-2021 2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | If We're Being Honest With Laverne Cox | Guest | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ellen DeGeneres Show |
Guest, Host |
2016 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Supermarket Sweep |
Executive Producer, Host |
2020-2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Wendy Williams Show | Guest | 2016 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Celebrity Wheel of Fortune | Guest | 2021 |
No Score Yet | 36% | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Guest | 2016 2019-2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The $100,000 Pyramid | Guest | 2017-2019 |
No Score Yet | 58% | Saturday Night Live | Unknown (Character) | 2014-2019 |
63% | 95% | Kevin (Probably) Saves the World | Cindy (Guest Star) | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Conan | Guest | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen | Guest | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Match Game | Guest | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Graham Norton Show | Guest | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | New York's Funniest | Host | 2016 |
91% | 79% | The Blacklist | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2016 |
No Score Yet | 68% | The Awesomes | Unknown (Guest Voice) | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Girlfriends | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004 |