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Annette Jones[1][2] (born September 7, 1967), better known as Leslie Jones, is an American comedian and actress who is a cast member and writer on Saturday Night Live. Jones has 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. Jones starred in Ghostbusters (2016) as Patty Tolan.
- 1Early life
- 2Career
- 2.1Stand-up
- 2.2Saturday Night Live
- 2.3Film
- 2.4Olympics
- 2.5Other projects
- 2.6Sports fandom
- 3Influences
- 4Online attacks
- 5Filmography
- 6References
- 7External links
Annette Jones was born on September 7, 1967, in Memphis, Tennessee.[3] Her father was in the United States Army, and her family moved frequently.[4] Her family moved to Los Angeles, when her father took a job at Stevie Wonder's radio station, KJLH, as an electronics eng
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The Biggest Bombshells from Leslie Jones' New Memoir: From 'Ghostbusters' Drama to Private Health Battle
Leslie Jones can't help but be brutally honest.
Ask the hit comic and Saturday Night Live alum, 56, why she decided to write her life story now, and she'll keep it all the way real. "My agents called me up and said 'Hey, want to write a book?' And I was like 'Yea. Why not? F--- it'," she tells PEOPLE. "I knew that I would maybe write a book one day, like when I retired or something, but I'm kind of glad I did it now so I can remember some of it."
In Leslie F*cking Jones, available now, Jones remembers quite a lot. Some stories are heartbreaking, many are funny and most are inspiring. From overcoming childhood trauma and painful loss to her difficult journey to fame and recent health battles, Jones doesn't hold back. Most importantly, she couldn't be more proud of her journey.
"I proved myself right," says the star. "I'm actually funny an
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‘Leslie F*cking Jones’ chronicles comedian’s life, career obstacles
Actress-comedian, and now author, Leslie Jones is baring all in Leslie F*cking Jones: A Memoir (Sept. 2023). In a candid interview with Kim Masters and Eric Deggans, NPR TV critic and co-host on The Business – Jones shares stories from her debut book.
Growing up in Fort Bragg, N.C., (now Fort Liberty) – one of the largest military bases in the world – Jones and her late brother Rodney were military brats. As such, she first noticed that they were treated differently at school.
“When we were playing games and running around with each other, it wasn't even about color, as much as, when we went to school, we were military kids… and there were regular kids,” she recollects. “So it was more of that.”
Jones learned about racism, she says, from her parents.
“We just thought, ‘Our parents. Yeah, that's our parents s**t.’ We just thought of it as grown up stuff,” she says, until her parents sat her down for “the t