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.

Filmography

• Crutch — Miss Pearl
• 2025Dog Man — Milly (voice)
• 2023Chappelle's Home Team - Luenell: Town Business — Self, Writer
• 2022Block Party — Debra
• 2022God Save the Queens — God
• 2021Coming 2 America — Livia
• Hacks — Miss Loretta
• 2021LCD Soundsystem Holiday Special — Tour Manager
• 2021Miracles Across 125th Street — Sister Crystal
• GAME ON: A Comedy Crossover Event — Peaches
• Power Book II: Ghost — Ms. Richards
• 2020She Ball — Mrs. Mack
• 2019Dolemite Is My Name — Aunt
• 2019I Got the Hook Up 2 — Ms. Pam Dickerson
• 2018A Star Is Born — Cashier
• Apple & Onion — Flat White (voice)
• 2018Don't Get Caught — Mrs. King
• The Last O.G. — Aunt Elaine
• 2016Definitely Divorcing — Eunice
• 2015Hotel Transylvania 2 — Shrunken Heads (voice)
• 2014School Dance — Mamma Tawanna
• 2014Think Like a Man Too — Aunt Winnie
• 2013In Transition — Marla Stevens
• Lucas Bros. Moving Co. — DMV Lady
• 2012C'mon Man — Joyce
• DTLA — Racine
• 2012Hotel Transylvania — Shrunken Head (voice)
• 2012Mac & Devin Go to High School — Principal Cummings
• 2012Taken 2 — Driving Instructor
• 2012That's My Boy — Champale
• 2012Think Like a Man — Aunt Winnie
• 201135 and Ticking — Donya
• Breaking In — Lunch Truck Lady
• 2011Budz House — Mary Jane Howard
• 2011Luenell: Hey Luenell!
• 2009All About Steve — Protestor Lydia
• 2009Spring Breakdown — Hooker
• The Great Debate
• The Middle — Security Woman
• Chocolate News
• Reality Bites Back
• 2008The Hustle — Metermaid
• Californication — Rhonda
• Head Case — Twinkle Finkelstein
• 2006Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan — Luenell
• It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia — Catfish
• 2005So Fresh, So Clean — Mrs. Keyes
• The Boondocks — Nellie Ruckus (voice)
• 2004Never Die Alone — Jasper
• The Tracy Morgan Show — Woman in Hat
• Nash Bridges — Street Car Reporter
• 1996The Rock — Female Tourist
• 1993So I Married an Axe Murderer — Police Records Officer
• All-Star Weekend — Monique
• Schmoolie the Deathwatcher — Rhonda

Appearances as themselves (17)

• Everybody's Live with John Mulaney — Self - Comedian
• Hollywood Squares — Self
• 2025LowKey Comedy Special — Self
• Gastronauts — Self - Judge
• John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A. — Self
• 2024The World According to Allee Willis — Self
• Phat Tuesdays: The Era of Hip Hop Comedy — Self
• Sherri — Self - Guest
• Celebrity Wheel of Fortune — Self - Contestant
• 20202 Minutes of Fame — Self
• 2019Funny Women of a Certain Age — Herself
• The $100,000 Pyramid — Self
• 2016The Comedian's Guide to Survival — Herself
• 2015The Nasty Show hosted by Artie Lange — Herself
• 2012Snoop Dogg Presents The Bad Girls of Comedy — Self
• The Wendy Williams Show — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self, Self - Guest