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Loni Love

Loni Love

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Biography

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.

Known For

Gutshot Straight

Gutshot Straight

2014

2021 and Done with Snoop Dogg & Kevin Hart

2021 and Done with Snoop Dogg & Kevin Hart

2021

The Axis of Evil Comedy Tour

The Axis of Evil Comedy Tour

2007

Bad Asses on the Bayou

Bad Asses on the Bayou

2015

Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2

Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2

2015

Mother's Day

Mother's Day

2016

Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses

Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses

2014

With or Without You

With or Without You

2003

Loni Love: America's Sister

Loni Love: America's Sister

2010

Soul Plane

Soul Plane

2004

Meghan Markle: An American Princess

Meghan Markle: An American Princess

2018

Phineas and Ferb The Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension

Phineas and Ferb The Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension

2011

Adopt a Highway

Adopt a Highway

2019

Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide: Field Trips, Permission Slips, Signs, and Weasels

Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide: Field Trips, Permission Slips, Signs, and Weasels

2007

Binged to Death

Binged to Death

2023

Cuts

Cuts

2005

Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide

Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide

2004

Girlfriends

Girlfriends

2000

Tamron Hall

Tamron Hall

2019

Comedy Central Presents

Comedy Central Presents

1998

I Love the '70s: Volume 2

I Love the '70s: Volume 2

2006

Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts

Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts

2021

The Great Debate

The Great Debate

2009

A Black Lady Sketch Show

A Black Lady Sketch Show

2019

Kickin' It

Kickin' It

2011

Bethenny

Bethenny

2012

I Can See Your Voice

I Can See Your Voice

2020

About Last Night

About Last Night

2022

Gotham Comedy Live

Gotham Comedy Live

2012

Hell's Kitchen

Hell's Kitchen

2005

Is It Cake?

Is It Cake?

2022

To Tell the Truth

To Tell the Truth

2016

So Dumb It's Criminal Hosted by Snoop Dogg

So Dumb It's Criminal Hosted by Snoop Dogg

2022

The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019

Sherri

Sherri

2022

Comedy.tv

Comedy.tv

2009

The Real Dirty Dancing

The Real Dirty Dancing

2022

Match Game

Match Game

2016

Name That Tune

Name That Tune

2021

Kevin Can Wait

Kevin Can Wait

2016

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

2009

Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry

Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry

2016

Comedy.tv

Comedy.tv

2009

The Real

The Real

2014

Worst Cooks in America

Worst Cooks in America

2010

Criss Angel's Magic with the Stars

Criss Angel's Magic with the Stars

2022

RuPaul

RuPaul

2019

After Midnight

After Midnight

2024

The Wheel

The Wheel

2022

World's Funniest Fails

World's Funniest Fails

2015

American Dad!

American Dad!

2005

25 Words or Less

25 Words or Less

2018

Home Town: Ben's Workshop

Home Town: Ben's Workshop

2021

Secret Celebrity RuPaul's Drag Race

Secret Celebrity RuPaul's Drag Race

2020

Whitney

Whitney

2011

Celebrity Wheel of Fortune

Celebrity Wheel of Fortune

2021

Pictionary

Pictionary

2022

Beat Bobby Flay

Beat Bobby Flay

2013

RuPaul's Drag Race

RuPaul's Drag Race

2009

Hollywood Squares

Hollywood Squares

2025

Celebrity Beef

Celebrity Beef

2022

Worst Cooks in America

Worst Cooks in America

2010

Overserved with Lisa Vanderpump

Overserved with Lisa Vanderpump

2021