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Loni Love

Actor, Writer, ProducerBorn July 14, 1967 (58 years)
Loni Love (born July 14, 1967) is an American comedian, Emmy and NAACP Image Award-winning talk show host, actress, TV personality, author, and former electrical engineer.

After graduating high school, she worked for a time on the General Motors assembly line putting doors on 1993 Oldsmobile Cutlasses, work which ignited her interest in electrical engineering. She then received her bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Prairie View A&M University in Texas. She started doing stand-up during her college years.

She found work as an engineer at Xerox in California and she continued to do stand-up after work in clubs and became a regular at the Laugh Factory. After eight years of working at Xerox, Love resigned to pursue comedy during a layoff to prevent someone else from losing their job.

Love did a series on VH1 called I Love the 2000s in which she gives her view on pop culture highlights. She was also a panelist in the late-night talk show Chelsea Lately. Love also appeared in an episode of Supermarket Sweep on July 24, 2000.

Love started her comedic career in 2003, after appearing on Star Search, reaching the finals and was chosen runner-up in a close competition to winner John Roy. She was awarded the Jury Prize for best stand-up at the 2003 US Comedy Arts Festival. Since then, she has appeared in films and numerous television shows.

In 2008 Love became the CNN correspondent for D. L. Hughley Breaks the News and covered the inauguration of President Barack Obama. Love was named "Hot Comic" for 2009 in Campus Activity magazine and one of the "Top 10 Comics to Watch" in both Variety and Comedy Central. In late 2009, Love recorded her first one-hour Comedy Central special, America's Sister, which aired on May 8, 2010. In July 2013, she released her first comedy advice book titled "Love Him Or Leave Him But Don't Get Stuck With The Tab".

From July 15, 2013 to June 3, 2022, Love served as one of the co-hosts of the syndicated daytime talk show The Real originally alongside Adrienne Bailon, Tamar Braxton, Jeannie Mai, and Tamera Mowry. In 2018, Love and her Real co-hosts won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host for their work.

In 2015, she appeared in the comedy film Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2, with Kevin James, and the action film Bad Asses on the Bayou, with Danny Trejo and Danny Glover. In 2016, she appeared as a contestant on the ninth season of Worst Cooks in America, competing for $50,000 for her chosen charity.

In 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, Love hosts a show on Instagram Live under the hashtag #quarantinewithloni. Since January 2021, Love has been a recurring guest judge on Season 13 of Rupaul's Drag Race.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses
  • Bad Asses on the Bayou
  • Gutshot Straight

Known For

  • The Real Daytime
  • Bad Asses on the Bayou
  • Binged to Death
  • The Axis of Evil Comedy Tour
  • Loni Love: America's Sister
  • Pictionary
  • Comedy.TV
  • Comedy Central Presents
  • Celebrity Beef
  • Martin Lawrence Presents 1st Amendment Stand-Up

Featured Videos

    Filmography

    2023
    Binged to Death · as Kristen
    2022
    Pictionary (TV Series)
    2022
    Celebrity Beef (TV Series)
    2022
    Gordita Chronicles (TV Series) · as Betsy
    2021
    Millennials (2021) (TV Series) · as Bernice
    2020
    2020
    RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race (TV Series) · as Mary J. Ross - Contestant
    2019
    Adopt a Highway · as Cher
    2019
    2019
    A Black Lady Sketch Show (TV Series) · as Fuega
    2018
    25 Words or Less (TV Series)
    2016
    Kevin Can Wait (TV Series) · as Yvette
    2016
    Mother's Day · as Kimberly
    2015
    Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 · as Donna Ericone
    2015
    Bad Asses on the Bayou · as Carmen Gutierrez
    2014
    2014
    2013
    The Real Daytime (TV Series) · as Host
    2011
    Whitney (TV Series) · as Nurse
    2011
    2011
    Kickin' It (TV Series) · as Marge
    2010
    2010
    Comedy.TV (TV Series) · as Host
    2008
    Chocolate News (TV Series) · as Deacon Patrcia Chabliss
    2008
    Worst Week (TV Series) · as Peg
    2008
    The Axis of Evil Comedy Tour · as Airport Security
    2007
    Phineas and Ferb (TV Series) · as Blueprint Store Worker
    2007
    2005
    American Dad! (TV Series) · as Iris (voice)
    2005
    Cuts (TV Series)
    2004
    Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide (TV Series) · as Rose, The Lunch Lady
    2004
    Soul Plane · as Shaniece
    2003
    With or Without You · as Waitress
    2000
    Girlfriends (TV Series)
    1998

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