Leslie Jones
Biography
Leslie Jones, a stand-up comic and actress from the United States, came up through clubs and television before a long run on Saturday Night Live. Born in Memphis, Tennessee, she started performing stand-up while in college in 1987 and later appeared on BET's ComicView. Her one-hour special Problem Child aired on Showtime in 2010. She wrote for Saturday Night Live beginning in 2014 and then joined the cast, staying with the show through 2019, and she received Primetime Emmy nominations in 2017 and 2018 for her supporting work there. Her films include Top Five (2014), Ghostbusters (2016), in which she played Patty Tolan, and Coming 2 America (2021). She hosted the BET Awards in 2017, a Supermarket Sweep reboot and, in 2021, the MTV Movie & TV Awards, and she covered the Olympics for NBC.
59years old
Turns 60 on September 7in 329 days
- Born Memphis
- Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
- Annette Jones (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 10
- Career span
- 14 years2010 to 2024
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First role
Jones began stand-up in 1987 when a friend entered her in a Funniest Person on Campus contest, which she won before leaving school for Los Angeles.
Big break
Chris Rock saw Jones perform in 2012 and helped her land an audition for Saturday Night Live the next year, which she got.
A first
Jones was 47 when she joined the show as a cast member, making her its oldest addition. Michael McKean and George Coe, who came aboard in 1994 and 1975, were both 46.
A first
When Jones joined the cast, it was the first time in SNL history that more than one African American woman was in the cast. The 40th season also had five African American cast members, beating the old record of three.
Big break
After Judd Apatow and Amy Schumer saw Jones in Top Five, they wrote a part specifically for her in Trainwreck.
A change of course
Jones's Olympics commentary began when producer Mike Shoemaker tweeted that NBC's Jim Bell should add her to the network's coverage team, and Bell invited her the next day.
Leslie Jones movies on Netflix
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The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
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Eight actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Kristen Wiig's page
Jason Sudeikis's page
Tracy Morgan's page
Kate McKinnon's page
Also two films together2 more actors
- Beck BennettThe Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019) and Sing (2016)
- Zach WoodsThe Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019) and Ghostbusters (2016)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Online
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