Dulcé Sloan

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

Miami, Florida, U.S.
Alma materBrenau University (BA)
Occupations
  • Actress
  • comedian
Years active2001–present

Dulcé Lazaria Sloan is an American stand-up comedian and actress.[1] She is a senior correspondent for The Daily Show on Comedy Central.[2]

Early life and education[edit]

Sloan was born in Miami, Florida, but 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[edit]

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[edit]

Sloan is the niece of Freestyle singer Stevie B.[16][17]

Filmography[edit]

Film[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
2010 Baby Mama's Club Mean Babysitter
2020 Chick Fight Charleen

Television[edit]

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 Episode: May 1
2023 - Present The Great American Joke-Off Host - Herself

Awards and honors[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b 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. Archived from the original on 6 September 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  3. ^ a b Smith, Kelundra (7 Dec 2017). "The Daily Show's Dulcé Sloan never thought she'd be a comedian". Atlanta. Archived from the original on 28 June 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  4. ^ "Dulcé Sloan". Alpha Psi Omega National Theatre Honor Society. 23 May 2018. Archived from the original on 28 June 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  5. ^ Dunn, Lisa (5 October 2016). "Comedian Dulcé Sloan Tells the Truth. But Funny". Portland Monthly. Archived from the original on 6 September 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  6. ^ a b Wright, Megh (20 July 2015). "Just For Laughs Chooses Its 2015 New Faces". Vulture. Archived from the original on 28 June 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  7. ^ a b Petski, Denise (10 December 2015). "Dulcé Sloan Wins 'StandUp NBC' Showcase Along With Talent Holding Deal". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 6 September 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  8. ^ Dyer, Candice (10 June 2016). "Dulcé Sloan: Killin' It In Comedy". Brenau Window. Archived from the original on 28 June 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  9. ^ a b "And the winners for Big Sky Comedy Festival are..." KULR-8. 16 October 2016. Archived from the original on 28 June 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  10. ^ "'StandUp NBC' Winner Dulcé Sloan". Steve Harvey TV. Archived from the original on 6 September 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  11. ^ Stanhope, Kate (5 September 2017). "The Daily Show' Adds Dulce Sloan as New Correspondent". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 28 June 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  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 (27 December 2021). "Looking for New Year's Eve celebrations in New Orleans this weekend? Fireworks, countdown planned". NOLA.com. Archived from the original on 2022-11-22. Retrieved 2023-01-01.
  14. ^ Weprin, Alex (2021-12-14). "CNN, Fox News Plan Dueling New Year's Eve Specials". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 2023-02-05. Retrieved 2023-01-01.
  15. ^ Milligan, Mercedes (22 June 2020). "FOX Re-Ups 'The Great North' Ahead of Series Premiere". Animation Magazine. Archived from the original on 11 July 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  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. Archived from the original on 28 June 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2023. 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. Archived from the original on July 6, 2022. Retrieved June 29, 2023.
  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. ^ Bowman, Kristen (24 April 2017). "2017 Alumni Awards Winners". Brenau Window. Archived from the original on 27 June 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  21. ^ "Variety Announces 10 Comics to Watch for 2018". Variety. 14 June 2018. Archived from the original on 6 July 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2019.


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