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When comedian and actress Leslie Jones joined the cast of Saturday Night Live in 2014,

she held the distinction of being the oldest person to ever join the cast at 47 years old.

But that detail might just be the least interesting thing about her.

Jones was on Saturday Night Live for five seasons, first as a writer, and then as a cast member.

She became known for her hilarious weekend update reports,

as well as her outrageous sketches playing everyone from Whoopi Goldberg to Donald Trump.

In her new memoir, simply titled Leslie F. and Jones, I can't say the actual word on the radio.

Jones makes clear that she's no overnight success.

For years, she worked odd jobs to get by while doing comedy shows everywhere.

In the book, Jones also shares details of her life that she's never spoken about before.

Her life growing up as a military brat, working comedy clubs in a male-dominated field,

and the mistakes in lessons she learned along the way.

Leslie Jones was nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards for her work on Saturday Night Live.

In 2016, she starred in Ghostbusters, and in 2021, she starred opposite Eddie Murphy in Coming to America,

for which she won an MTV Movie and TV Award.

Leslie Jones, welcome to Fresh Air.

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