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Luenell

Acting

Born March 12, 1959 · Tollette, Arkansas, USA

Also known as Lunell Campbell · Luenell Campbell

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.

Filmography50+ titles

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

2005as Catfish

Power Book II: Ghost

2020as Ms. Richards

The Middle

2009as Security Woman

Californication

2007as Rhonda

Dog Man

2025as Milly (voice)

A Star Is Born

2018as Cashier

Hacks

2021as Miss Loretta

School Dance

2014as Mamma Tawanna

The Rock

1996as Female Tourist

Celebrity Wheel of Fortune

2021as Self - Contestant

Dolemite Is My Name

2019as Aunt

C'mon Man

2012as Joyce

Hotel Transylvania

2012as Shrunken Head (voice)

The $100,000 Pyramid

as Self

GAME ON: A Comedy Crossover Event

as Peaches

Hotel Transylvania 2

2015as Shrunken Heads (voice)

Think Like a Man

2012as Aunt Winnie

Borat

2006as Luenell

Apple & Onion

2016as Flat White (voice)

2 Minutes of Fame

2020as Self

Nash Bridges

1996as Street Car Reporter

Breaking In

2011as Lunch Truck Lady

She Ball

2020as Mrs. Mack

Think Like a Man Too

2014as Aunt Winnie

Taken 2

2012as Driving Instructor

Mac & Devin Go to High School

2012as Principal Cummings

Chappelle's Home Team - Luenell: Town Business

2023as Self

Coming 2 America

2021as Livia

The Last O.G.

2018as Aunt Elaine

The Hustle

2008as Metermaid

Head Case

2007as Twinkle Finkelstein

Don't Get Caught

2018as Mrs. King

Block Party

2022as Debra

So I Married an Axe Murderer

1993as Police Records Officer

Phat Tuesdays: The Era of Hip Hop Comedy

as Self

That's My Boy

2012as Champale

LCD Soundsystem Holiday Special

2021as Tour Manager

John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in LA

2024as Self

I Got the Hook Up 2

2019as Ms. Pam Dickerson

Never Die Alone

2004as Jasper

35 and Ticking

2011as Donya

Spring Breakdown

2009as Hooker

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2003as Self

Crutch

as Miss Pearl

Everybody's Live with John Mulaney

2025as Self - Comedian

Miracles Across 125th Street

2021as Sister Crystal

All About Steve

2009as Protestor Lydia

Hollywood Squares

2025as Self

Funny Women of a Certain Age

2019as Herself

Definitely Divorcing

2016as Eunice