Chonda Pierce
Stand-up comedian · Nashville, TN

Chonda Pierce

Who Chonda Pierce is

Chonda Pierce is a stand-up comedian, author and television host from Covington, Kentucky, known for her Gold- and Platinum-certified comedy DVDs. She got her start portraying Minnie Pearl at Nashville's Opryland theme park for six years and received five Daytime Emmy nominations for co-hosting Aspiring Women and for her CMT special This Ain't Prettyville! She has also released three documentary films beginning with Laughing in the Dark (2015), starred in the 2023 feature Roll with It and published the memoir Life Is Funny Until It's Not in 2024.

At a glance

Born
1960
Based in
Nashville, TN
Stand-up specials
Girl Talk, I'm Kind of a Big Deal, Did I Say That Out Loud? and 3 more
Podcasts
Life Is Funny Until It's Not, Laughing in the Dark, Roadkill on the Highway to Heaven and 4 more
On screen
Chonda Pierce: Stand-Up for Families, This Ain't Prettyville!, Aspiring Women and 5 more
Official site
chonda.org ↗

On stage

No dated show on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now — their own site has their dates: chonda.org ↗.

Lineups belong to the rooms and the comedians, and can change; each listing has the last word. Their nights on the Comedy Calendar →

Specials, shows and podcasts

Stand-up specials

On screen

Podcasts

Career timeline

  1. 1960Born
  2. 1996Second Row, Piano Side (book, 1996) Book
  3. 1998It's Always Darkest Before the Fun Comes Up (book, 1998) Book
  4. 1999Chonda Pierce on Her Soapbox (book, 1999) Book
  5. 2001I Can See Myself in His Eyeballs (book, 2001) Book
  6. 2006A Piece of My Mind (2006, DVD) Special
  7. 2006Roadkill on the Highway to Heaven (book, 2006) Book
  8. 2007Stayin' Alive... Laughing! (2007, DVD) Special
  9. 2007Laughing in the Dark (book, 2007) Book
  10. 2009This Ain't Prettyville (2009, DVD) Special
  11. 2010Did I Say That Out Loud? (2010, DVD) Special
  12. 2011I'm Kind of a Big Deal (2011, DVD) Special
  13. 2012GMA Dove Awards (co-host, 2012) On screen
  14. 2013Girl Talk (2013, DVD) Special
  15. 2015Chonda Pierce: Laughing in the Dark (documentary film, 2015) On screen
  16. 2016Chonda Pierce: Stand-Up for Families (stand-up series, 2016, Dove Channel) On screen
  17. 2017Chonda Pierce: Enough (documentary film, 2017) On screen
  18. 2019Chonda Pierce: Unashamed (documentary film, 2019) On screen
  19. 2023Roll with It (star, 2023 feature film) On screen
  20. 2024Life Is Funny Until It's Not (book, 2024) Book

Questions about Chonda Pierce

Where is Chonda Pierce performing next?

No date is on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now; their own site has their dates: chonda.org ↗.

What stand-up specials have they released?

Girl Talk, I'm Kind of a Big Deal, Did I Say That Out Loud?, This Ain't Prettyville, Stayin' Alive... Laughing! and A Piece of My Mind.

What podcast do they host?

Life Is Funny Until It's Not, Laughing in the Dark, Roadkill on the Highway to Heaven, I Can See Myself in His Eyeballs, Chonda Pierce on Her Soapbox, It's Always Darkest Before the Fun Comes Up and Second Row, Piano Side.

What TV shows and films are they in?

Chonda Pierce: Stand-Up for Families, This Ain't Prettyville!, Aspiring Women, Roll with It, Chonda Pierce: Unashamed and Chonda Pierce: Enough, among 8 credits.

Where are they based?

Nashville, TN, as their record gives it.

When were they born?

In 1960.

The full SUCDb record

The full record — the career in order, the specials and credits, and the sources for each — is on SUCDb, with a button to add them to your D.O.C., your twelve.

Their SUCDb record →Their own site ↗

Sources

Updated 5 October 2026 · the record checked 27 September 2026