Loni Love

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 w…

Movies & TV Shows

1. American Dad! (2005) — Iris (voice)
2. Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 (2015) — Donna Ericone
3. Mother's Day (2016) — Kimberly
4. Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide (2004) — Rose, the Lunch Lady
5. Phineas and Ferb The Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension (2011) — Carl in Disguise (voice)
6. Soul Plane (2004) — Shaniece
7. Hell's Kitchen (2005) — Self - Restaurant Patron
8. RuPaul's Drag Race (2009) — Self - Guest Judge
9. Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses (2014) — Carmen
10. Kickin' It (2011) — Marge
11. Kevin Can Wait (2016) — Yvette
12. Bad Asses on the Bayou (2015) — Carmen Gutierrez
13. Adopt a Highway (2019) — Cher
14. Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009) — Self - Guest
15. The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019) — Self
16. Gutshot Straight (2014) — Ms. Love
17. Whitney (2011) — Nurse
18. Is It Cake? (2022) — Self - Judge
19. Girlfriends (2000) — Woman
20. A Black Lady Sketch Show (2019) — Fuega
21. Comedy Central Presents (1998)
22. Secret Celebrity RuPaul's Drag Race (2020) — Mary J. Ross - Contestant
23. Worst Cooks in America (2010)
24. Beat Bobby Flay (2013) — Self
25. Match Game (2016) — Self - Panelist
26. After Midnight (2024) — Self
27. Tamron Hall (2019) — Self - Guest
28. Sherri (2022) — Self - Guest
29. Celebrity Wheel of Fortune (2021) — Self - Contestant
30. The Real (2014) — Host
31. To Tell the Truth (2016) — Self - Panelist
32. Name That Tune (2021) — Self - Contestant
33. The Axis of Evil Comedy Tour (2007) — Airport Security
34. Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide: Field Trips, Permission Slips, Signs, and Weasels (2007) — Lunchlady
35. I Can See Your Voice (2020)
36. Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry (2016) — Self - Guest
37. Meghan Markle: An American Princess (2018) — Self
38. Cuts (2005)
39. So Dumb It's Criminal Hosted by Snoop Dogg (2022) — Self
40. The Wheel (2022) — Self - Expert