Chonda Pierce

Chonda Pierce is an American stand-up comedian, author, actor, and television host who got her start at the Opryland Theme Park in Nashville. There she performed as Minnie Pearl, memorizing pages of jokes to keep her job, and she impersonated the character for six years before pursuing comedy full time. She recorded the comedy DVD Second Row, Piano Side, drawing on her upbringing in South Carolina as the daughter of a preacher. Her storytelling style shaped a career in live comedy, and the RIAA has certified multiple of her DVDs Gold and Platinum. She has received five Daytime Emmy nominations for co-hosting the talk show Aspiring Women and for her first television special, This Ain't Prettyville!. Pierce has authored several books, including Laughing in the Dark, and she made documentary films before starring in her first scripted feature, Roll with It (2023).