Stand-up comedian · New York, NY

Leighann Lord

Who Leighann Lord is

Leighann Lord is a New York City-based stand-up comedian, writer and actor whose television credits include HBO's Def Comedy Jam, Comedy Central's Premium Blend and The World Stands Up, Lifetime's Girls Night Out, Comics Unleashed, Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn and The View, as well as Netflix's Def Comedy Jam 25th Anniversary Special and Showtime's Even More Funny Women of a Certain Age.

Lord's Dry Bar Comedy special I Mean Business, released in 2021, has passed a million views, and Lord has performed for troops in the Middle East and in all fifty states, twenty countries and six continents. Lord received the NYC Comedy Award for the Most Thought-Provoking Black Female Comic, was a national finalist in the American Black Film Festival-HBO Comedy Wings Competition, is a former co-host of StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson, and is the author of books including Dict Jokes and Real Women Do It Standing Up.

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At a glance

Based in
New York, NY
Stand-up specials
I Mean Business
Podcasts
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson, The Urban Erma Blog & Podcast and People with Parents Podcast
Books
Dict Jokes: Alternate Definitions for Words You've Probably Never Heard of, Real Women Do It Standing Up, Leighann Lord's Big Book of Book Titles and 3 more
On screen
Def Comedy Jam, Premium Blend, The World Stands Up and 6 more
Official site
veryfunnylady.com ↗

Is Leighann Lord on tour?

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Last checked 11 October 2026.

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Questions and answers

Where is Leighann Lord performing next?

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

What stand-up specials have they released?

I Mean Business.

What podcasts have they been on?

StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson, The Urban Erma Blog & Podcast and People with Parents Podcast.

Where can I watch their stand-up specials?

As each special's credit gives it: Dry Bar Comedy (I Mean Business, 2021).

Have they written a book?

Yes: Dict Jokes: Alternate Definitions for Words You've Probably Never Heard of, Real Women Do It Standing Up, Leighann Lord's Big Book of Book Titles, The Great Spanx Experiment, I Wish Facebook Had a Hate Button and Happy Black Men.

What TV shows and films are they in?

Def Comedy Jam (HBO), Premium Blend (Comedy Central), The World Stands Up (Comedy Central), Girls Night Out (Lifetime), Comics Unleashed and Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn (Comedy Central), among 9 credits.

Where is Leighann Lord from?

Leighann Lord is based in New York, NY, as their record gives it.

What is their official website?

veryfunnylady.com ↗.

Who are some comedians like them?

Pat Dixon (also in The World Stands Up), Rodney Laney (also in The World Stands Up), Stephen Lynch (also in The World Stands Up), Sue Costello (also in Premium Blend) and Dean Obeidallah (also in The View).

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Updated 11 October 2026 · the record checked 11 October 2026