Leslie Jones

CTL-E-6177 · Person · other · 1967–present

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Combined Graph record U-07377 · provenance: build store (JSON graph), record CTL-E-6177.

Annette Leslie Jones, born September 7, 1967, in Memphis, Tennessee, is an American stand-up comedian and actress. She began stand-up in college in 1987 after winning a 'Funniest Person on Campus' contest, performed at comedy clubs while working day jobs, and in 2010 broadcast her one-hour special Problem Child on Showtime. She was a cast member and writer for NBC's Saturday Night Live from 2014 to 2019, joining the cast at age 47 — the oldest person to join the show as a cast member at that time — after first being hired as a writer. She starred in Ghostbusters (2016) as Patty Tolan, and later appeared in Coming 2 America and Good Burger 2. In 2017 and 2018 she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her work on Saturday Night Live, and NBC Sports counts three Primetime Emmy nominations for her SNL work in total. In 2017 she hosted the BET Awards and was named to TIME magazine's list of the 100 most influential people. She has reprised her Olympics super-fan commentator role for NBC in 2016, 2018 and 2024.

The record

• Also known as: Annette Leslie Jones, Annette Jones

Notes

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Sources

• Wikipedia, Leslie Jones (comedian) (accessed 2026-10-16) — born Annette Leslie Jones, September 7, 1967, Memphis, Tennessee; stand-up from 1987; Problem Child special 2010; Saturday Night Live cast member and writer 2014-2019; Ghostbusters (2016) as Patty Tolan; Emmy nominations 2017 and 2018 for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series; joined SNL cast at age 47, then the oldest person to join as a cast member — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Jones_(comedian) (primary source · build store)
• NBC Sports, Leslie Jones — Olympics bio (accessed 2026-10-16) — chief super fan commentator for NBCUniversal's Paris 2024 Olympics coverage, reprising roles from PyeongChang 2018 and Rio 2016; NAACP Image Award winner; three-time Primetime Emmy Award nominee for Saturday Night Live 2014-19; recent roles in Good Burger 2 and Coming 2 America; hosted the 2017 BET Awards; TIME 100 list in 2017 — https://www.nbcsports.com/pressbox/bios/leslie-jones-olympics (build store)

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