Luenell

Biography

Luenell Campbell (born March 12, 1959), known professionally as Luenell, is an American comedienne and actress. She is the youngest of eight children. 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 interview and talk show host on the program.

Luenell was one of the few actual actors in the 2006 hit mockumentary-styled comedy film Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. In it, she plays a prostitute of the same name, a hooker with a heart of gold. She has also been seen on the BET comedy series, Comicview, and is featured on the new season of Wild 'N Out. She was in the second episode of the Comedy Central comedic reality show, Reality Bites Back.

Known For

The Middle

Security Woman

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Catfish

Californication

Rhonda

Sherri

Self - Guest

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Self

Nash Bridges

Street Car Reporter

Hacks

Miss Loretta

Power Book II: Ghost

Ms. Richards

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2025	Dog Man	Milly (voice)
2024	The World According to Allee Willis	Self
2023	Chappelle's Home Team - Luenell: Town Business	Self
2022	God Save the Queens	God
2022	Block Party	Debra
2021	LCD Soundsystem Holiday Special	Tour Manager
2021	Miracles Across 125th Street	Sister Crystal
2021	Coming 2 America	Livia
2020	She Ball	Mrs. Mack
2020	2 Minutes of Fame	Self
2019	I Got the Hook Up 2	Ms. Pam Dickerson
2019	Funny Women of a Certain Age	Herself
2019	Dolemite Is My Name	Aunt
2018	A Star Is Born	Cashier
2018	Don't Get Caught	Mrs. King
2016	Definitely Divorcing	Eunice
2016	The Comedian's Guide to Survival	Herself
2015	The Nasty Show hosted by Artie Lange
2015	The Nasty Show hosted by Artie Lange	Herself
2015	Hotel Transylvania 2	Shrunken Heads (voice)
2014	Think Like a Man Too	Aunt Winnie
2014	School Dance	Mamma Tawanna
2013	In Transition	Marla Stevens
2012	Snoop Dogg Presents The Bad Girls of Comedy	Self
2012	C'mon Man	Joyce
2012	Think Like a Man	Aunt Winnie
2012	Taken 2	Driving Instructor
2012	That's My Boy	Champale
2012	Hotel Transylvania	Shrunken Head (voice)
2012	Mac & Devin Go to High School	Principal Cummings
2011	Budz House	Mary Jane Howard
2011	35 and Ticking	Donya
2011	Luenell: Hey Luenell!
2009	All About Steve	Protestor Lydia
2009	Spring Breakdown	Hooker
2008	The Hustle	Metermaid
2006	Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan	Luenell
2005	So Fresh, So Clean	Mrs. Keyes
2004	Never Die Alone	Jasper
1996	The Rock	Female Tourist
1993	So I Married an Axe Murderer	Police Records Officer
	All-Star Weekend	Monique

Year	TV Show	Role
2025	Hollywood Squares	Self
2025	Everybody's Live with John Mulaney	Self - Comedian
2025	Crutch	Miss Pearl
2024	John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A.	Self
2024	Gastronauts	Self - Judge
2022	Sherri	Self - Guest
2022	Phat Tuesdays: The Era of Hip Hop Comedy	Self
2021	Hacks	Miss Loretta
2021	Celebrity Wheel of Fortune	Self - Contestant
2020	Power Book II: Ghost	Ms. Richards
2020	GAME ON: A Comedy Crossover Event	Peaches
2018	Apple & Onion	Flat White (voice)
2018	The Last O.G.	Aunt Elaine
2016	The $100,000 Pyramid	Self
2012	DTLA	Racine
2011	Breaking In	Lunch Truck Lady
2009	The Middle	Security Woman
2009	The Great Debate
2008	Reality Bites Back
2008	Chocolate News
2008	The Wendy Williams Show	Self
2007	Californication	Rhonda
2007	Head Case	Twinkle Finkelstein
2005	It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia	Catfish
2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live!	Self
2003	The Tracy Morgan Show	Woman in Hat
1996	Nash Bridges	Street Car Reporter