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Annette Leslie Jones (born September 7, 1967) is an American stand-up comedienne, actress, writer, and game show host. Jones was a writer and cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 2014 to 2019. She was also the host of the ABC game show Supermarket Sweep.

She has also been a featured performer at the Just for Laughs festival in Montreal and the Aspen Comedy Festival. In 2010, her one-hour comedy special, Problem Child, was broadcast on Showtime. Jones starred in Ghostbusters (2016) as Patty Tolan. In 2017 and 2018, Jones was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her work on Saturday Night Live.

Jones was added at Christmas break in season 39, when press controversy lead to a push to hire more black women on the show; after auditioning to join the cast, she and LaKendra Tookes were added as writers, while Sasheer Zamata was added to the cast. She did several uncredited cameos, including two appearances as herself on Weekend Update, in season 39 and 40.

Jones appeared in the first and third episodes of the 40th season, hosted by Chris Pratt and longtime former cast member Bill Hader, respectively. She was promoted to the cast as a featured player and made her official debut for the fourth episode of season 40, hosted by Jim Carrey.

At the age of 47, Jones became the oldest person to join the show as a cast member (surpassing Michael McKean and George Coe, who were 46 when they joined the show in 1994 and 1975, respectively). Jones' addition marked the first time in SNL history that the show's cast included more than one African American woman; moreover, the 40th season was the first to have five concurrent African American cast members, beating the previous record of three. Jones subsequently returned for Seasons 41, 42 (where she was promoted to Repertory Status), 43, and 44 (which it's her fifth and final season).

In 2017 and 2018, Jones was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her work on SNL.

The 44th season was Jones's final season on SNL, as she announced her departure on August 27, 2019, in favor of focusing on her movie career.

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