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Dulcé Lazaria Sloan
July 4, 1983 Miami, Florida, U.S.
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| Alma mater | Brenau University (BA) |
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| Years active | 2001–present |
Dulcé Lazaria Sloan (born July 4, 1983) is an American stand-up comedian and actress. She is a senior correspondent for The Daily Show on Comedy Central.
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Early life and education
Sloan was born in Miami, Florida, and spent most of her childhood in Atlanta, Georgia, and Miami. She graduated from Meadowcreek High School in Georgia in 2001.
Sloan attended Brenau University and earned a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Performance. She minored in Spanish. She is a member of Alpha Psi Omega.
Career
Sloan started performing stand-up comedy in May 2009 after being encouraged by friends who worked at the Funny Farm Comedy Club.
In 2015, she was named a "New Face of Comedy" at the Just For Laughs comedy festival and won the 12th annual StandUp NBC comedy showcase. Her late-night comedy debut followed on Conan in February 2016. A few months later, she won the 2016 Big Sky Comedy Festival in Billings, Montana. Additional TV appearances followed on Comedy Knockout, The Steve Harvey Show, @midnight with Chris Hardwick, and as a correspondent for E! News Daily. Sloan joined The Daily Show as a correspondent in September 2017. Her Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents episode aired in October 2019. She co-hosted the Central Time Zone hour of CNN's New Year's Eve Live along with Don Lemon in 2021.
In voice work, Sloan is the voice of Honeybee in the Fox animated sitcom The Great North and has been a panelist on the radio show Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
Personal life
Sloan is the niece of Freestyle singer Stevie B.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2010 | Baby Mama's Club | Mean Babysitter | |
| 2020 | Chick Fight | Charleen |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2016 | Conan | Self | Episode 843 |
| Comedy Knockout | Self | Episode "Hold Me Back" | |
| Acting Out | Self | Episode #1.4 | |
| The Steve Harvey Show | Self | Episode #5.52 | |
| 2017–present | The Daily Show | Correspondent/Self/Various | |
| 2017 | @midnight with Chris Hardwick | Self | Episode #4.103 |
| Type A | Wolf | pilot | |
| 2018 | Comedy Up Late | Self | Episode #6.5 |
| Last Call with Carson Daly | Self | ||
| Inside Jokes | Self | Episode #1.05 | |
| This Week at the Comedy Cellar | Self | Episode #1.07 | |
| 2019 | Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents | Self | Episode #303 |
| Lights Out with David Spade | Self | Episode #1.29 | |
| Conan | Self | Episode 1301 | |
| 2021 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | Episode #1132A |
| 2021–present | The Great North | Honeybee Shaw–Tobin (voice) | |
| 2021 | Adorableness | Herself | Panelist |
| 2022 | RuPaul's Drag Race | Herself | Special guest judge |
| Would I Lie to You? (US) | Herself | Episode: "Newman's Piggyback Ride" | |
| 2023 | The Daily Show | Guest host | Episode: May 1 |
| 2023–present | The Great American Joke-Off | Host/Herself | |
| 2024 | Dinner Time Live | Herself | Episode: "Dessert for Dinner" |
Awards and honors
- 2015: Just for Laughs New Faces of Comedy
- 2015: Stand-Up NBC comedy showcase winner
- 2016: Big Sky Comedy Festival winner
- 2017: Rolling Stone 10 Comedians You Need to Know
- 2017: Brenau Alumni Hall of Fame inductee
- 2018: Variety 10 Comics to Watch
