Introduction
Luenell Campbell (born March 12, 1959), known mononymously as Luenell, is an American comedian and actress.
Life and career
Luenell was born in Tollette, Arkansas, and is best known by her first name. The youngest of eight children, she was raised in Northern California and attended Castro Valley High School. She has one daughter and lives in Los Angeles, California.
In the early-1990s, Luenell appeared regularly on Soul Beat TV on the Oakland, California cable station KSBT, along with prominent Bay Area African-American journalist Chauncey Bailey, an interviewer and talk show host on the program. Luenell was one of the few hired actors in the 2006 hit mockumentary comedy film Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. In the film, Luenell plays a prostitute of the same name, a hooker with a heart of gold, who later marries Borat.
In 2012, she acted in three #1 feature films: Think Like A Man; the 3D animated hit Hotel Transylvania, with Adam Sandler; and Taken 2, with Liam Neeson. She also co-starred in the comedy That's My Boy with Adam Sandler and Leighton Meester. TV appearances include episodes of The Middle and It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, as well as stand-up appearances on Snoop Dog's Bad Girls of Comedy on Showtime and Stand-up In Stilettos on the TV Guide Network.
An interview and non-nude photo spread of Luenell appeared in the April 2017 issue of Penthouse magazine.