Dulcé Sloan

Dulcé Lazaria Sloan (born July 4, 1983) is an American stand-up comedian, actress and writer.[1] She is a correspondent for The Daily Show on Comedy Central.[2]

Dulcé Sloan
Sloan at the LBJ Presidential Library in 2019
Born
Dulcé Lazaria Sloan

(1983-07-04) July 4, 1983
Miami, Florida, U.S.
Alma materBrenau University
Occupations
  • Actress
  • comedian
Years active2001–present

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] She co-hosted the Central Time Zone hour of CNN's New Year's Eve Live along with Don Lemon in 2021.[13][14]

In voice work, Sloan is the voice of Honeybee in the Fox animated sitcom The Great North[15] 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.[16][17]

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 Correspondent/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[18]
2022 RuPaul's Drag Race[19] Herself Special guest judge
2022 Would I Lie to You? (US) Herself Episode: "Newman's Piggyback Ride"
2023 The Daily Show Guest Host Week of May 1[20]

Awards and honors

References

  1. Love, Matthew (6 June 2017). "10 Comedians You Need to Know". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  2. Otterson, Joe (5 September 2017). "'Daily Show' Adds Dulcé Sloan as Newest Correspondent". Variety. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  3. Smith, Kelundra (7 Dec 2017). "The Daily Show's Dulcé Sloan never thought she'd be a comedian". Atlanta.
  4. "Dulcé Sloan". Alpha Psi Omega National Theatre Honor Society. 23 May 2018.
  5. Dunn, Lisa (5 October 2016). "Comedian Dulcé Sloan Tells the Truth. But Funny". Portland Monthly. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  6. Wright, Megh (20 July 2015). "Just For Laughs Chooses Its 2015 New Faces". Vulture.
  7. Petski, Denise (10 December 2015). "Dulcé Sloan Wins 'StandUp NBC' Showcase Along With Talent Holding Deal". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  8. Dyer, Candice (10 June 2016). "Dulcé Sloan: Killin' It In Comedy". Brenau Window.
  9. "And the winners for Big Sky Comedy Festival are..." KULR-8. 16 October 2016.
  10. "'StandUp NBC' Winner Dulcé Sloan". Steve Harvey TV. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  11. Stanhope, Kate (5 September 2017). "The Daily Show' Adds Dulce Sloan as New Correspondent". The Hollywood Reporter.
  12. Cohen, Sari (1 November 2019). "Interview: 'The Daily Show' correspondent Dulcé Sloan branches out with her first half-hour comedy special". The Burn-In.
  13. writer, VICTOR ANDREWS | Staff. "Looking for New Year's Eve celebrations in New Orleans this weekend? Fireworks, countdown planned". NOLA.com. Retrieved 2023-01-01.
  14. Weprin, Alex (2021-12-14). "CNN, Fox News Plan Dueling New Year's Eve Specials". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2023-01-01.
  15. Milligan, Mercedes (22 June 2020). "FOX Re-Ups 'The Great North' Ahead of Series Premiere". Animation Magazine.
  16. Dulcé Sloan on America's boogeyman and the art of saying goodbye. The A.V. Club. 5 November 2019. Archived from the original on 9 May 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2023 via YouTube.
  17. 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."
  18. Ossad, Jordana (June 21, 2021). "MTV is About to Get a Dose of Adorableness". MTV.
  19. 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.
  20. The Daily Show [@TheDailyShow] (24 March 2023). "This is gonna be fun. The Daily Show News Team's got next! t.co/VGpQ7vtN4D" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 21 April 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2023 via Twitter.
  21. Bowman, Kristen (24 April 2017). "2017 Alumni Awards Winners". Brenau Window.
  22. "Variety Announces 10 Comics to Watch for 2018". Variety. 14 June 2018.
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