Line #16 Creator/LeslieJones


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3	Annette Jones (born September 7, 1967 in Memphis, Tennessee), [[StageNames better known as]] Leslie Jones, is an American comedian and actress.
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5	Jones is best known for serving as a cast member on the long-running Creator/{{NBC}} sketch comedy series ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'', starting with its fortieth season in 2014. Originally hired as just a writer, she made her on-camera debut during a segment of "Weekend Update", and was soon promoted to featured cast member on the strength of her initial appearance.
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7	Jones grew up in Los Angeles, and played college basketball (appropriate for her 6' 0"[=/=]183 cm height), before dropping out of school to pursue a standup comedy career. After more than two decades on the standup circuit (with a few breaks), she was noticed by Creator/ChrisRock, who helped arranged an ''SNL'' audition for her. With her promotion, she became the oldest-ever person to join the ''SNL'' cast -- aged forty-seven at the time -- and also helped mark the first time the show had two black women in its cast at any point throughout its run (the other being Sasheer Zamata and, later in Jones' last season, Creator/EgoNwodim) and more than three African-American cast members in their cast at any point throughout its run. Though Jones was more at home doing commentary on Weekend Update (where she would hit on Creator/ColinJost in between rants about her tumultuous love life and the hardships of being a black woman in modern American society), she did have some recurring characters: Shanice (one of the contestants on ''Black Jeopardy!'', initially replacing Creator/JayPharoah's Amir, but then replaced Creator/SasheerZamata's Keeley while Creator/ChrisRedd's Rashad replaced Jay Pharoah's Amir), Malika Trump (a black take on Melania Trump on the ''Empire''-esque poltical drama ''Them Trumps''), Nurse Pam (the school nurse on the high school news show ''Fresh Takes''), Shanice Goodwin (not the same Shanice from ''Black Jeopardy!''; this one is a tall, black woman who trains to be a ninja), and Shelly Duncan (a seemingly bashful woman who, along with her badly battered husband [played by Creator/MikeyDay], appear on Weekend Update to discuss ways couples can spice up their sex lives -- with her husband's injuries being from these attempts). Jones' celebrity impressions include: Music/ArethaFranklin, Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott, Michelle Obama (replacing Sasheer Zamata, though Jones played a She-Hulk version of Michelle Obama one time), Oprah Winfrey (probably the one celebrity impression most critics and fans feel is her best one), Omarosa Manigault, Whoopi Goldberg, Gayle King (on the sketch parodying R. Kelly's infamous interview), two women related to Dr. Ben Carson (his mother, Sonya, and his wife, Candy), and Creator/SamuelLJackson ([[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer yes, really]])
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9	In 2017, she joined a select few ''SNL'' cast members to receive an Emmy nomination for their performance on the show.
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11	She's also notable for starring in ''Film/Ghostbusters2016'', opposite Creator/MelissaMcCarthy and fellow ''SNL'' cast members Creator/KateMcKinnon and Creator/KristenWiig.
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13	!! Selected filmography:
14	* ''Film/TopFive'' (2014) as Lisa
15	* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' (2014 -- 2019) {{as herself}} / various characters
16	* ''Film/{{Trainwreck}}'' (2015) as Angry Subway Patron
17	* ''Film/{{Ghostbusters\|2016}}'' (2016) as Patty Tolan
18	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Sing}}'' (2016) as Meena's mother (voice)
19	* ''WesternAnimation/TheAngryBirdsMovie2'' (2019) as Zeta (voice)
20	* ''Film/Coming2America'' (2021) as Mary Junson
21	* ''Series/OurFlagMeansDeath'' (2022) as Spanish Jackie
22	* ''WesternAnimation/HitMonkey'' (TBA)
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24	!! Leslie Jones provides examples of the following tropes:
25	* GameShowHost: Current host of Creator/{{ABC}}'s revival of ''Series/SupermarketSweep''.
26	* PromotedFangirl: Her enthusiasm for things she enjoys has gotten her hired ''by'' them on more than one occasion. She's a massive fan of ''Series/TheBlacklist'' and was offered a guest-starring role in an episode because of it, while her obsessive following of NBC's [[UsefulNotes/OlympicGames 2016 Summer Olympics]] coverage led to the network inviting her to [[UsefulNotes/{{Brazil}} Rio]] as a guest commentator.
27	* ThirdPersonPerson: One integral part of her standup routine, later ported into SNL, is her gratuitous use of "a bitch" in this context.
28	-->"CAN A BITCH GET A BEEF BOWL?!"
29	* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: The other integral part of her routine.

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