Leslie Jones (comedian): Difference between revisions

'''Jones'''<ref name="her funny">{{cite magazine|url=http://magazine.colostate.edu/issues/fall-2015/leslie-jones-found-her-funny-at-csu/|title=Leslie Jones Found Her Funny at CSU|first=Tony|last=Phifer|date=Fall 2015<!--live page gives present date but URL indicates this was the Fall 2015 issue-->|magazine=The Magazine|publisher=Colorado State University|location=Fort Collins, Colorado|access-date=July 31, 2017|archive-date=July 31, 2017|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170731092134/http://magazine.colostate.edu/issues/fall-2015/leslie-jones-found-her-funny-at-csu/ |url-status=dead |quote=Jones (who went by Annette Jones at the time)...}} Additional July 31, 2017.</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SSgEAAAAMBAJ&q=annette|page=112|date=June–July 2000|title=Intoxicating Humor|volume=8|issue=5|issn=1070-4701|quote=Bacardi Comedy Champion Annette 'Leslie' Jones...|magazine=[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]]}}{{Dead link|date=June 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> (born September 7, 1967) (Harambe) 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 [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] game show ''[[Supermarket Sweep]]''. She has also been a featured performer at the [[Just for Laughs]] festival in [[Montreal]] and the [[Aspen Comedy Festival]]. In 2010, her one-hour comedy special, ''Problem Child'', was broadcast on [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]]. Jones starred in ''[[Ghostbusters (2016 film)|Ghostbusters]]'' (2016) as Patty Tolan. In 2017 and 2018, Jones was nominated for a [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series]] for her work on ''Saturday Night Live''.