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Luenell
Birth Name:Luenell Campbell
Birth Date:12 March 1959[1]
Birth Place:Tollette, Arkansas, U.S.
Occupation:Comedian, actress
Children:1
Years Active:1993–present

Luenell Campbell (born March 12, 1959), known mononymously as Luenell, is an American comedian and actress.

Career

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.[2] Luenell was one of the hired actors in the 2006 hit mockumentary comedy film , playing the role of a prostitute.[3]

Personal life

On June 18, 2001, Luenell married her husband, whom she refers to as Mr. Rarely. She also has a daughter, Da'Nelle.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1993So I Married an Axe Murderer Police Records Officer
1996The Rock Female Tourist
2004Never Die Alone Jasper
2005So Fresh, So Clean... a Down and Dirty Comedy Mrs. Keyes
2006Borat Luenell
2007 HerselfVideo
Divine Intervention Sister Jones
2008The Hustle Metermaid
2009Spring Breakdown Hooker
All About Steve Protestor Lydia
2011Kiss and Tell: The History of Black Romance in Movie HerselfVideo
35 and Ticking Donya
Budz House Mary Jane Howard
2012Think Like a Man Aunt Winnie
That's My Boy Champale
C'mon Man Joyce
Mac & Devin Go to High SchoolPrincipal Cummings
Taken 2Driving Instructor
Hotel Transylvania Shrunken Heads (voice)
2013In Transition Marla StevensVideo
Dealin' with Idiots Big Time Sara
A Christmas Blessing SheilaTV movie
2014Think Like a Man Too Aunt Winnie
School Dance Mamma Tawanna
Matthew 18 Aunt Jessie
2015Where Have All the Fathers Gone HerselfDocumentary
Hotel Transylvania 2 Shrunken Heads (voice)
The HOA ChanelTV movie
2016Definitely Divorcing Eunice
LAPD African Cops Mylanta
What Are the Chances? Miss King
The Clean Dr. Anastasia Sparks
2017Sremm Break Doña EscopedaShort
Broken Dreams Blvd ShelleyTV movie
2018Don't Get CaughtMrs. KingVideo
A Star Is BornCashier
2019Funny Women of a Certain Age HerselfTV movie
I Got the Hook Up 2Ms. Pam Dickerson
Dolemite Is My NameRudy’s Aunt
2020BallbusterCari
She BallMrs. Mack
2021Coming 2 America Aunt Livia
Miracles Across 125th Street -TV movie
2022The American King-As told by an African Priestess Herself
Block Party Debra
God Save the QueensGod

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1993Hip Hop Slam TV Herself/hostEpisode: "9 & 16 Oct 1993"
1996Nash Bridges Street Car ReporterEpisode: "Vanishing Act"
2004The Tracy Morgan Show Woman In HatEpisode: "Church"
2005ComicView HerselfEpisode: "Episode #14.2"
2006Laffapalooza HerselfEpisode: "Laffapalooza Volume 7"
2007Comics Unleashed HerselfEpisode: "23 February 2007"
Comedy Central Roast HerselfEpisode: ″Comedy Central Roast of Flavor Flav″
2008I Love the New Millennium HerselfRecurring Guest
Reality Bites Back HerselfEpisode: "Shock of Love"
1st Amendment Stand Up HerselfEpisode: "Angelo Lozada/Luenell/Rod Man/Will-E Robo"
Reality Bites Back HerselfEpisode: ″Episode 2″
Head Case Twinkle FinkelsteinEpisode: "Come Together"
Chocolate News Episode: "Episode #1.5" & "#1.9"
2009Black to the Future HerselfEpisode: "Hour 4: The 00s"
2009-14Californication RhondaRecurring cast: season 3, guest: season 7
2010Undateable HerselfEpisode: "Hour 1-5"
The Boondocks Nellie Ruckus (voice) Episode: "The Color Ruckus"
2010-11Latino 101 HerselfMain Guest
2011Way Black When: Primetime HerselfEpisode: "Episode #1.4"
Laugh Out Loud Comedy Festival HerselfEpisode: "Luenell 'Hey Luenell'"
Funny or Die Presents HerselfEpisode: "Episode #2.6"
In the Flow with Affion Crockett HerselfEpisode: "Glee Auditions"
Breaking In Lunch Truck LadyEpisode: "Tis Better to Have Loved and Flossed"
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia CatfishEpisode: "The ANTI-Social Network"
The Middle Security WomanEpisode: "Hecks on a Plane"
2012Dishing Tea with Big Meach HerselfEpisode: "From Tollette, AK to Hotel Transylvania, SHE Is Going Places"
StandUp in Stilettos HerselfEpisode: "StandUp in Stilettos, Best of - Melissa Villasenor, Luenell and Nadine Rajabi"
DTLA RacineEpisode: "Episode #1.5"
2013Who Gets the Last Laugh? HerselfEpisode: "Finesse Mitchell/Luenell Campbell/Alan Thicke"
Apollo Night LA Herself/Celebrity HostTV series
2014Camille Solari's Glaminlalaland Herself
Comedy Underground with Dave Attell HerselfEpisode: "Episode #1.6"
Black Dynamite Moms Mabley (voice)Episode: "‘Sweet Bill's Badass Singalong Song’ or ‘Bill Cosby Ain't Himself’"
2015The Real Housewives of Atlanta HerselfEpisode: "Fix It Therapy"
Real Husbands of Hollywood HerselfEpisode: "When Kevin Met Salli"
Raising Whitley HerselfEpisode: "Beauty Shop Returns"
Lucas Bros. Moving Co. DMV Lady (voice)Episode: "Lucas Burgers" & "Escape from Momma"
Breaking In Lunch Truck LadyEpisode: "Tis Better to Have Loved and Flossed"
Axe Cop WaitressEpisode: "Axe Cop Saves God"
Black Jesus LaverneEpisode: "Tasty Tudi's"
2016Botched HerselfEpisode: "Pinched Perfect"
Shahs of Sunset HerselfEpisode: "Six Persians Walk Into a Bar"
Unsung Hollywood HerselfEpisode: "Rudy Ray Moore" & "Guy and Joe Torry"
Bunnicula Ted's Wife Episode: "Alligator Tears"
2017Unsung HerselfEpisode: "Lenny Williams"
Lopez Miss WendyRecurring cast
2018Black Card Revoked HerselfEpisode: "K. Michelle, Andra Fuller, Luenell"
Braxton Family Values HerselfRecurring cast: season 6
Comedians and Cocktails HerselfEpisode: "Grown People Talk"
Abelism NeighborEpisode: "Roomful of Assholes"
2019Black Jesus LaverneEpisode: "Hair Tudi"
2020 HerselfEpisode: "The Masks We Wear"
The Last O.G. Aunt ElaineEpisode: "Family Feud"
PeachesEpisode: "Family Reunion: Remember the Family's Feud?"
Ms. RichardsEpisode: "Family First"
2021Dark Humor HerselfRecurring Guest
Joseline's Cabaret Herself/co-hostEpisode: "Joseline's Cabaret Atlanta: The Reunion Part 1 & 2"
Let's Talk Hair HerselfEpisode: "The Big Chop"
Dad Stop Embarrassing Me! SheilaEpisode: "BlackPeopleDontGoToTherapy"
Ten Year Old Tom Lunch Lady (voice) Recurring cast
2021-22Hacks Miss LorettaGuest: season 1, recurring cast: season 2
2022HerselfMain Guest
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune Herself/Celebrity ContestantEpisode: "Paul Scheer, Luenell and Mary Lynn Rajskub"
2023Jimmy Kimmel Live!Herself/GuestEpisode: October 4[4]
2024 HerselfEpisode: "Earthquakes"[5]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Krefting . Rebecca . All Joking Aside: American Humor and Its Discontents . 2014 . JHU Press . 978-1-4214-1429-4 . 307 . 1 January 2020 . en. https://web.archive.org/web/20200112061142/https://books.google.com/books?id=L2kFBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA307&lpg=PA307&dq=Luenell+march+12. 12 January 2020. live.
  2. Web site: Bailey's career in news spanned globe for decades. Josh . Richman. Douglas . Fischer. Oakland Tribune. 2007-08-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20170917124639/http://www.eastbaytimes.com/2007/08/03/baileys-career-in-news-spanned-globe-for-decades/. live. 2017-09-17.
  3. News: 'Borat' star Luenell who played a prostitute says she's still propositioned 10 years later . New York Daily News . 30 May 2016.
  4. Web site: Guests Announced for ABC's 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!,' Oct. 4-6 . 2023-10-05 . Pressparty . en.
  5. Web site: Cobb . Kayla . 2024-04-30 . 'John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in LA' Sets Live Guests . 2024-05-11 . . en-US.