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Jones appeared in ''[[Coming 2 America]]'' alongside [[Tracy Morgan]], [[Rick Ross]], and [[KiKi Layne]]. The film is a sequel to ''[[Coming to America]]'', starring [[Eddie Murphy]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=D'Alessandro |first1=Anthony |title='Coming To America 2' Adds Tracy Morgan |url=https://deadline.com/2019/08/coming-to-america-2-adds-tracy-morgan-1202671832/ |magazine=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=August 20, 2019}}</ref>
She has been a member of the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] in the Actors Branch since 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2017/06/oscar-academy-new-members-2017-full-list-1202121509/|title=Film Academy Invites Record 774 New Members, From Gal Gadot To Betty White|first1=Pete|last1=Hammond|website=[[Deadline
===Olympics coverage===
During the [[2016 Summer Olympics]] in [[Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil, Jones regularly live-tweeted events and posted videos of her reactions.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Dessem|first1=Matthew|date=August 7, 2016|title=Leslie Jones' Olympics Tweets Are So Intense, NBC Invited Her to Rio|work=Slate|url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2016/08/07/leslie_jones_tweeted_her_way_to_an_olympics_invitation.html|access-date=August 31, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Liptak|first1=Andrew|title=Leslie Jones' Olympic live tweeting just got her invited to Rio|url=https://www.theverge.com/2016/8/7/12397894/nbc-leslie-jones-rio-olympics-tweeting|access-date=August 31, 2016|work=The Verge|date=August 7, 2016}}</ref> Enthusiasm for Jones's commentary grew, with articles appearing like ''[[HuffPost|The Huffington Post]]''{{'}}s "Watching Leslie Jones Watch The Olympics Is Better Than the Actual Olympics".<ref>{{cite news|last1=Delbyck|first1=Cole|title=Watching Leslie Jones Watch The Olympics Is Better Than Actual Olympics|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/leslie-jones-watching-olympics_us_57a63bd5e4b021fd9878cf80|access-date=August 31, 2016|work=HuffPost|date=August 6, 2016}}</ref> Television producer Mike Shoemaker, one of Jones' Twitter followers, posted on Twitter that his friend Jim Bell, [[NBC]]'s executive producer of the network's Olympics coverage, should add Jones to NBC's team of commentators covering the Games; Bell responded on Twitter the next day asking Jones to join NBC in Rio de Janeiro. She accepted and flew to Rio de Janeiro, covering swimming, track and field, gymnastics, and beach volleyball for NBC.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lincoln|first1=Ross A.|title=Leslie Jones Accepts NBC Invite To Rio Olympics After Tweet-Storm Goes Viral – Update|url=https://deadline.com/2016/08/rio-olympics-leslie-jones-nbc-1201799880/|website=[[Deadline
Jones reprised her duties at the [[2018 Winter Olympics]] in South Korea,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ew.com/tv/2018/01/30/leslie-jones-2018-winter-olympics-nbc/|title=Leslie Jones joins 2018 Winter Olympics coverage as NBC contributor|website=EW.com}}</ref> and live-tweeted again for the postponed [[2020 Summer Olympics]] in [[Tokyo]], Japan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/leslie-jones-tokyo-olympics-commentary-greatest-hits/|title=Leslie Jones' Olympics Commentary Greatest Hits: 'I Can't Do This S- With a Floatie'|website=Thewrap.com|date=August 8, 2021|access-date=February 28, 2022}}</ref> She live-tweeted for the final time for the [[2022 Winter Olympics]] in [[Beijing]], China. She released a message on Twitter stating that this would be the last Olympics that she would live-tweet, claiming broadcaster [[NBC]] is pressuring her to stop.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://people.com/sports/beijing-olympics-leslie-jones-may-no-longer-recap-games/|title=Leslie Jones Says She May No Longer Live Recap Olympics: I Won't Stay 'Anywhere I'm Not Welcomed'|website=People.com|access-date=February 28, 2022}}</ref>
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