Luenell
Luenell Campbell (born March 12, 1959), known mononymously as Luenell, is an American comedian and actress.
Luenell | |
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 Luenell at the 79th Annual Academy Awards Children Uniting Nations/Billboard afterparty in February 2007 | |
| Born | Luenell Campbell March 12, 1959[1] |
| Occupation | Actress, comedian |
| Years active | 1993–present |
| Children | 1 |
Life and career
Luenell was born in Tollette, Arkansas, and is best known by her first name. The youngest of eight children,[2] she was raised in Northern California and attended Castro Valley High School.[2] She has one daughter and lives in Los Angeles, California.
In the early-1990s, Luenell appeared regularly on Soul Beat TV on the Oakland, California cable station KSBT, along with prominent Bay Area African-American journalist Chauncey Bailey, an interviewer and talk show host on the program.[3] Luenell was one of the few hired actors in the 2006 hit mockumentary comedy film Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. In the film, Luenell plays a prostitute of the same name, a hooker with a heart of gold, who later marries Borat.
In 2012, she acted in three #1 feature films: Think Like A Man; the 3D animated hit Hotel Transylvania, with Adam Sandler; and Taken 2, with Liam Neeson. She also co-starred in the comedy That's My Boy with Adam Sandler and Leighton Meester. TV appearances include episodes of The Middle and It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, as well as stand-up appearances on Snoop Dog's Bad Girls of Comedy on Showtime and Stand-up In Stilettos on the TV Guide Network.
An interview and non-nude photo spread of Luenell appeared in the April 2017 issue of Penthouse magazine.
Filmography
Films
- So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993)
- The Rock (1996)
- Never Die Alone (2004)
- So Fresh, So Clean... a Down and Dirty Comedy (2005)
- Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)
- Divine Intervention (2007)
- American Hustle (2007)
- The Hustle (2008)
- Spring Breakdown (2009)
- All About Steve (2009)
- Head Case (2009)
- 35 and Ticking (2011)
- Budz House (2011)
- Think Like a Man (2012)
- That's My Boy (2012)
- C'mon Man (2012)
- Taken 2 (2012) - Driving Instructor
- Mac & Devin Go to High School (2012)
- Hotel Transylvania (2012)
- Think Like a Man Too (2014)
- School Dance (2014)
- Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015)
- The Comedian's Guide to Survival (2016)
- A Star Is Born (2018)
- Dolemite Is My Name (2019)
- Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020, deleted scenes)
- Coming 2 America (2021)
- All-Star Weekend (2021)
Television
- Nash Bridges (1996)
- The Tracy Morgan Show (2004)
- Hey Luenell (2009); TV film
- The Tony Rock Project (2009)
- Californication (2009)
- The Boondocks (2010)
- Laugh Out Loud Comedy Festival (2011)
- Funny or Die Presents (2011)
- The Middle (2011)
- Breaking In (2011)
- It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2011)
- The Rickey Smiley Show (2012)
- Comedy Underground (2012)
- Snoop Dogg Presents: The Bad Girls of Comedy (2012) (TV film)
- DTLA (2012)
- Black Dynamite (2014)
- Black Jesus (2015)
- Bunnicula (2016)
- Lopez (2017)
- Hollywood Unlocked (2019)[4]
- Power Book II: Ghost (2020)
- Braxton Family Values (2018-19)
References
- Krefting, Rebecca (2014). All Joking Aside: American Humor and Its Discontents. JHU Press. p. 307. ISBN 978-1-4214-1429-4. Archived from the original on 12 January 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- Luenell biography, thestar.com
- Josh Richman; Douglas Fischer (2007-08-03). "Bailey's career in news spanned globe for decades". Oakland Tribune. Archived from the original on 2017-09-17.
- "Luenell on Malik Yoba's Sexuality & Nicole Murphy Cheating on Hollywood Unlocked [UNCENSORED]" – via www.youtube.com.
