Leighann Lord Bio | Wiki
Leighann Lord is an American Author, writer, comedian, podcaster, and actress. She currently performs stand-up comedy and has made appearances on Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn. Former, Leighann served as the co-host of the Star Talk Radio podcast alongside Neil deGrasse Tyson. She became a co-host for the Center for Inquiry’s Point of Inquiry podcast in April 2020.
Leighann Lord Age
She was born in South Jamaica, Queens, New York City, United States of America. Leighann may be in her early 30s.
Leighann Lord Height
She is a woman of above-average stature. Leighann stands at a height of 5 ft 6 in ( Approx 1.68m)
Leighann Lord Family
She was born to her father and mother in South Jamaica, Queens, New York City, United States of America. Leighann holds American nationality but belongs to the African-American ethnicity.
Leighann Lord Husband
She married Jim Mendrinos, a stand-up comedian, writer, and artist.
Leighann Lord Comedy | Stand-Up
She worked for five years in corporate communications for Chemical Bank immediately after college. Leighann retained an interest in show business and she eventually began performing at stand-up comedy clubs. So far, Leighann has performed stand-up on HBO’s “Def Comedy Jam, ” Lifetime’s “Girls Night Out,” as well as Comedy Central’s “Premium Blend.” The comedian won the “Hilarious Housewives Contest” on ABC’s “The View.”
Leighann cites comedic influences such as Bertice Berry, Carol Burnett, Marsha Warfield, and George Carlin. Apart from performing her own material, Leighann was a writer for The Chris Rock Show. She wrote the syndicated humor column titled “The Urban Erma” Leighann published her book titled Dict Jokes: Alternate Definitions for Words You’ve Probably Never Heard of But Will Definitely Never Forget in 2014.
She and Neil Degrasse Tyson featured on Star Talk Radio in February 2015 in the “From Warp Drives to Cloaking Devices: Star Trek Cosmic Queries Sunday” episode. At the 2019 skeptical convention, CSICon, in Las Vegas, Nevada, Leighann served as the emcee. The comedian used her “light touch” to ask “provocative questions such as ‘What if Adam was made from Eve’s rib? Currently, Leighann is associated with African Americans for Humanism.
The organization runs the 2012 media campaign including billboards depicting Leighann and other contemporary activists and organizers alongside historically prominent African American humanists such as Langston Hughes, Frederick Douglass, and Zora Neale Hurston,
Leighann Lord Books
– Big Book of Book Titles: When You Don’t Have Time to Read a Whole F**king Book
– Dict Jokes: ALTernate DEFinitions for Words You’ve Probably Never Heard of But Will Definitely Never Forget published in 2014
– Dict Jokes: More ALTernate DEFinitions for Words You’ve Probably Never Heard of But Will Definitely Never Forget published in 2014
– The Great Spanx Experiment: The Urban Erma’s Best Humor Essays of 2011 published in 2014
– I Wish Facebook Had a Hate Button: The Urban Erma’s Best Humor Essays of 2012 published in 2014
– Happy Black Men: The Urban Erma’s Best Humor Essays of 2013 published in 2014
– Real Women Do It Standing Up: Stories From the Career of a Very Funny Lady published in 2016
Leighann Lord Net Worth
As an American Author, writer, comedian, podcaster, and actress, Leighann has accumulated an estimated net worth of $1,845,816.
Who Is Leighann Lord
Leighann is an American Author, writer, comedian, podcaster, and actress. She currently performs stand-up comedy and has made appearances on Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn.
Is Leighann Lord Married
Yes. She married Jim Mendrinos, a stand-up comedian, writer, and artist.