- Born
- Birth nameAnnette Leslie Jones
- Height6′ (1.83 m)
- Leslie Jones is an American actress and comedienne from Memphis, Tennessee who is known for playing in Saturday Night Live, Trainwreck, Sing, Top Five, Lottery Ticket, Coming 2 America, Masterminds and The Angry Birds Movie 2. She played Patty Tolan in the 2016 reboot of Ghostbusters, directed by Paul Feig. She is the host of Supermarket Sweep.
- IMDb mini biography by: NDB
- RelativesRodney Keith Jones(Sibling)
- Merited a place in TIME magazine's "The 100 Most Influential People" issue with an homage written by Russell Crowe.
- In October 2014, at the age of 47, she became the oldest person to join the cast of Saturday Night Live (1975), surpassing George Coe and Michael McKean, who were both 46 when they joined the show in 1975 and 1994, respectively.
- 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).
- In July 2016, following the release of Ghostbusters (2016), she was targeted by racial abuse on Twitter.
- Friends with Loni Love.
- [on Simone Biles] I always keep up with gymnastics because I love the Olympics. But what struck me when I first saw Simone in Rio was how perfect she was at everything. That girl was born to do what she does. And she is the best at it. Not the best black gymnast, not the best black girl gymnast. The best gymnast. It really is inspiring. It's like she's sending a message to everyone who's watching. No matter what you're going through in life or what your circumstances are, you can still be number 1. You've just got to work hard.
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