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American comedian and actress (born 1983)

Dulcé Sloan
Sloan in 2019
BornDulcé Lazaria Sloan
(1983-07-04) July 4, 1983 (age 41)
Miami, Florida, U.S.
Alma materBrenau University (BA)
Occupations
  • Actress
  • comedian
Years active2001–present

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

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 Georgia in 2001.

Sloan attended Brenau University and earned a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Performance. She minored in Spanish. She is a member of Alpha Psi Omega.

Career

Sloan started performing stand-up comedy in May 2009 after being encouraged by friends who worked at the Funny Farm Comedy Club.

In 2015, she was named a "New Face of Comedy" at the Just For Laughs comedy festival and won the 12th annual StandUp NBC comedy showcase. Her late-night comedy debut followed on Conan in February 2016. A few months later, she won the 2016 Big Sky Comedy Festival in Billings, Montana. Additional TV appearances followed on Comedy Knockout, The Steve Harvey Show, @midnight with Chris Hardwick, and as a correspondent for E! News Daily. Sloan joined The Daily Show as a correspondent in September 2017. Her Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents episode aired in October 2019. She co-hosted the Central Time Zone hour of CNN's New Year's Eve Live along with Don Lemon in 2021.

In voice work, Sloan is the voice of Honeybee in the Fox animated sitcom The Great North 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.

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
Comedy Knockout Self Episode "Hold Me Back"
Acting Out Self Episode #1.4
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
Type A Wolf pilot
2018 Comedy Up Late Self Episode #6.5
Last Call with Carson Daly Self
Inside Jokes Self Episode #1.05
This Week at the Comedy Cellar Self Episode #1.07
2019 Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents Self Episode #303
Lights Out with David Spade Self Episode #1.29
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
2022 RuPaul's Drag Race Herself Special guest judge
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
2024 Dinner Time Live Herself Episode: "Dessert for Dinner"

Awards and honors

  • 2015: Just for Laughs New Faces of Comedy
  • 2015: Stand-Up NBC comedy showcase winner
  • 2016: Big Sky Comedy Festival winner
  • 2017: Rolling Stone 10 Comedians You Need to Know
  • 2017: Brenau Alumni Hall of Fame inductee
  • 2018: Variety 10 Comics to Watch

References

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  10. Stanhope, Kate (September 5, 2017). "The Daily Show' Adds Dulce Sloan as New Correspondent". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on June 28, 2021. Retrieved June 29, 2023.
  11. Cohen, Sari (November 1, 2019). "Interview: 'The Daily Show' correspondent Dulcé Sloan branches out with her first half-hour comedy special". The Burn-In.
  12. writer, VICTOR ANDREWS | Staff (December 27, 2021). "Looking for New Year's Eve celebrations in New Orleans this weekend? Fireworks, countdown planned". NOLA.com. Archived from the original on November 22, 2022. Retrieved January 1, 2023.
  13. Weprin, Alex (December 14, 2021). "CNN, Fox News Plan Dueling New Year's Eve Specials". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on February 5, 2023. Retrieved January 1, 2023.
  14. Milligan, Mercedes (June 22, 2020). "FOX Re-Ups 'The Great North' Ahead of Series Premiere". Animation Magazine. Archived from the original on July 11, 2021. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
  15. Dulcé Sloan on America's boogeyman and the art of saying goodbye. The A.V. Club. November 5, 2019. Archived from the original on May 9, 2023. Retrieved May 12, 2023 – via YouTube.
  16. Ho, Rodney (September 26, 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 June 28, 2021. Retrieved June 29, 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."
  17. 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.
  18. 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.
  19. Love, Matthew (June 6, 2017). "10 Comedians You Need to Know". Rolling Stone. Retrieved September 6, 2017.
  20. Bowman, Kristen (April 24, 2017). "2017 Alumni Awards Winners". Brenau Window. Archived from the original on June 27, 2021. Retrieved June 29, 2023.
  21. "Variety Announces 10 Comics to Watch for 2018". Variety. June 14, 2018. Archived from the original on July 6, 2019. Retrieved February 3, 2019.


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