Dulcé Sloan
Dulcé Sloan | |
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 Sloan at the LBJ Presidential Library in 2019 | |
| Born | Dulcé Lazaria Sloan July 4, 1983 |
| Alma mater | Brenau University |
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| Years active | 2001–present |
Dulcé Lazaria Sloan (born July 4, 1983)[citation needed] is an American stand-up comedian, actress and writer.[1] She is a correspondent for The Daily Show with Trevor Noah on Comedy Central.[2]
Early life and education
Sloan was born in Miami, Florida, and spent most of her childhood in Atlanta, Georgia, and Miami. She graduated from Meadowcreek High School in 2001.[3]
Sloan attended Brenau University and earned a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Performance.[3] She minored in Spanish. She is a member of Alpha Psi Omega.[4]
Career
Sloan started performing stand-up comedy in May 2009 after being encouraged by friends who worked at the Funny Farm Comedy Club.[5]
In 2015, she was named a "New Face of Comedy" at the Just For Laughs comedy festival[6] and won the 12th annual StandUp NBC comedy showcase.[7] Her late-night comedy debut followed on Conan in February 2016.[8] A few months later, she won the 2016 Big Sky Comedy Festival in Billings, Montana.[9] Additional TV appearances followed on Comedy Knockout, The Steve Harvey Show.,[10] @midnight with Chris Hardwick, and as a correspondent for E! News Daily. Sloan joined The Daily Show as a correspondent in September 2017.[11] Her Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents episode aired in October 2019.[12]
In voice work, Sloan is the voice of Honeybee in the Fox animated sitcom The Great North[13] and has been a panelist on the radio show Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!.
Personal life
Sloan is the niece of Freestyle singer Stevie B.[14][15]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Baby Mama's Club | Mean Babysitter | |
| 2020 | Chick Fight | Charleen |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Conan | Self | Episode 843 |
| 2016 | Comedy Knockout | Self | Episode "Hold Me Back" |
| 2016 | Acting Out | Self | Episode #1.4 |
| 2016 | The Steve Harvey Show | Self | Episode #5.52 |
| 2017–present | The Daily Show | Self/Various | |
| 2017 | @midnight with Chris Hardwick | Self | Episode #4.103 |
| 2017 | Type A | Wolf | pilot |
| 2018 | Comedy Up Late | Self | Episode #6.5 |
| 2018 | Last Call with Carson Daly | Self | |
| 2018 | Inside Jokes | Self | Episode #1.05 |
| 2018 | This Week at the Comedy Cellar | Self | Episode #1.07 |
| 2019 | Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents | Self | Episode #303 |
| 2019 | Lights Out with David Spade | Self | Episode #1.29 |
| 2019 | Conan | Self | Episode 1301 |
| 2021 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | Episode #1132A |
| 2021–present | The Great North | Honeybee Shaw–Tobin (voice) | |
| 2021 | Adorableness | Herself | Panelist[16] |
| 2022 | RuPaul's Drag Race[17] | Herself | Special guest judge |
| 2022 | Would I Lie to You? (US) | Herself | Episode: "Newman's Piggyback Ride" |
Awards and honors
- 2015: Just for Laughs New Faces of Comedy[6]
- 2015: Stand-Up NBC comedy showcase winner[7]
- 2016: Big Sky Comedy Festival winner[9]
- 2017: Rolling Stone 10 Comedians You Need to Know[1]
- 2017: Brenau Alumni Hall of Fame inductee[18]
- 2018: Variety 10 Comics to Watch[19]
References
- ^ a b Love, Matthew (6 June 2017). "10 Comedians You Need to Know". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
- ^ Otterson, Joe (5 September 2017). "'Daily Show' Adds Dulcé Sloan as Newest Correspondent". Variety. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
- ^ a b Smith, Kelundra (7 Dec 2017). "The Daily Show's Dulcé Sloan never thought she'd be a comedian". Atlanta.
- ^ "Dulcé Sloan". Alpha Psi Omega National Theatre Honor Society. 23 May 2018.
- ^ Dunn, Lisa (5 October 2016). "Comedian Dulcé Sloan Tells the Truth. But Funny". Portland Monthly. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
- ^ a b Wright, Megh (20 July 2015). "Just For Laughs Chooses Its 2015 New Faces". Vulture.
- ^ a b Petski, Denise (10 December 2015). "Dulcé Sloan Wins 'StandUp NBC' Showcase Along With Talent Holding Deal". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
- ^ Dyer, Candice (10 June 2016). "Dulcé Sloan: Killin' It In Comedy". Brenau Window.
- ^ a b "And the winners for Big Sky Comedy Festival are..." KULR-8. 16 October 2016.
- ^ "'StandUp NBC' Winner Dulcé Sloan". Steve Harvey TV. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
- ^ Stanhope, Kate (5 September 2017). "The Daily Show' Adds Dulce Sloan as New Correspondent". The Hollywood Reporter.
- ^ Cohen, Sari (1 November 2019). "Interview: 'The Daily Show' correspondent Dulcé Sloan branches out with her first half-hour comedy special". The Burn-In.
- ^ Milligan, Mercedes (22 June 2020). "FOX Re-Ups 'The Great North' Ahead of Series Premiere". Animation Magazine.
- ^ Dulcé Sloan on America's boogeyman and the art of saying goodbye. The A.V. Club. 5 November 2019 – via YouTube.
- ^ Ho, Rodney (26 September 2017). "Fast-rising Atlanta comic Dulcé Sloan on her new 'Daily Show' job". AJC Radio & TV Talk. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Her uncle is the professional R&B star Stevie B, who had a No. 1 pop hit in 1990 called "Because I Love You."
- ^ Ossad, Jordana (June 21, 2021). "MTV is About to Get a Dose of Adorableness". MTV.
- ^ Nolfi, Joey (December 9, 2021). "Jennifer Lopez finally joins RuPaul's Drag Race as season 14 trailer teases major twist". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
- ^ Bowman, Kristen (24 April 2017). "2017 Alumni Awards Winners". Brenau Window.
- ^ "Variety Announces 10 Comics to Watch for 2018". Variety. 14 June 2018.
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- Living people
- American women comedians
- 21st-century American comedians
- American stand-up comedians
- African-American stand-up comedians
- 21st-century American actresses
- American television actresses
- Actresses from Atlanta
- Comedians from Georgia (U.S. state)
- Actresses from Miami
- Comedians from Florida
- 1983 births
- 21st-century African-American women
- 21st-century African-American people
- 20th-century African-American people
- 20th-century African-American women
- African-American female comedians