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- After playing basketball in high school, Jones received a basketball scholarship from Chapman University in Orange, California. She then transferred to Colorado State University, where she discovered a knack for performing. A friend secretly entered her into a comedy contest, which she won, earning her the title, "Funniest Person on Campus."
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Jan 17, 2020 · Following a minor part in Amy Schumer's comedy hit Trainwreck (2015), Jones enjoyed a starring role as part of the all-female cast of the 2016 remake of Ghostbusters.
Annette Leslie Jones (born September 7, 1967) is an American stand-up comedian and actress. She was a cast member and writer for the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 2014 to 2019, and hosted the ABC game show Supermarket Sweep.
Nov 24, 2023 · When comedian and actress Leslie Jones joined the cast of "Saturday Night Live" in 2014, she held the distinction of being the oldest person to ever join the cast at 47 years old.
- Tonya Mosley
Sep 21, 2023 · Jones won the college comedy contest, but struggled for years to make it as a professional comic. When she was 19, Jones met Jamie Foxx at a comedy club, and he told her she was too young...
- Tonya Mosley
Jan 28, 2021 · The celebrated comedian was a cast member on Saturday Night Live for multiple years and has received three Emmy nominations for her work on the long running sketch show: Two for outstanding...
In 1987, Leslie started performing stand-up comedy in college. Soon, she won a campus comedy competition and aspired to become a full-time stand-up comic.
Nominated for the 2018 Emmy Award in the Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series category for her various roles in Saturday Night Live (1975), but lost to Alex Borstein from The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017).
