Loni Love (born July 14, 1971) is an American comedian, television
host, actress, author, and former electrical engineer. While working
as an electrical engineer in the early 2000s, she switched to music
engineering, until later launching a career in stand-up comedy. She
was the runner-up on Star Search 2003 and was named among the "Top 10
Comics to Watch" in both Variety and Comedy Central in 2009. She is
one of the co-hosts of the syndicated daytime talk show The Real
alongside Adrienne Bailon, Jeannie Mai, and Tamera Mowry, which
premiered on July 15, 2013.Love was born in Detroit, Michigan, and
grew up in the Brewster-Douglass Housing Projects. Prior to her career
as a comedian, she was an electrical engineer, an experience she talks
about in many of her acts. After graduating from Cass Technical High
School in 1989, she worked for a time on the General Motors assembly
line putting doors on 1993 Oldsmobile Cutlasses, work which ignited
her interest in electrical engineering. Love then received her
bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Prairie View A&M
University in Texas. While at Prairie View, she minored in music and
was also a member of the Eta Beta chapter of Delta Sigma Theta. It was
there that she discovered stand-up comedy after winning a $50
competition and then performed frequently during her college
life.After finding work as an engineer at Xerox in California, she
continued to do stand-up after work in clubs and became a regular at
the Laugh Factory. After eight years of working at Xerox, Love
resigned to pursue comedy during a layoff to prevent someone else from
losing their job. Love did a series on VH1 called I Love the 2000s in
which she gives her view on pop culture highlights. She was also a
panelist in the late-night talk show Chelsea Lately.
host, actress, author, and former electrical engineer. While working
as an electrical engineer in the early 2000s, she switched to music
engineering, until later launching a career in stand-up comedy. She
was the runner-up on Star Search 2003 and was named among the "Top 10
Comics to Watch" in both Variety and Comedy Central in 2009. She is
one of the co-hosts of the syndicated daytime talk show The Real
alongside Adrienne Bailon, Jeannie Mai, and Tamera Mowry, which
premiered on July 15, 2013.Love was born in Detroit, Michigan, and
grew up in the Brewster-Douglass Housing Projects. Prior to her career
as a comedian, she was an electrical engineer, an experience she talks
about in many of her acts. After graduating from Cass Technical High
School in 1989, she worked for a time on the General Motors assembly
line putting doors on 1993 Oldsmobile Cutlasses, work which ignited
her interest in electrical engineering. Love then received her
bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Prairie View A&M
University in Texas. While at Prairie View, she minored in music and
was also a member of the Eta Beta chapter of Delta Sigma Theta. It was
there that she discovered stand-up comedy after winning a $50
competition and then performed frequently during her college
life.After finding work as an engineer at Xerox in California, she
continued to do stand-up after work in clubs and became a regular at
the Laugh Factory. After eight years of working at Xerox, Love
resigned to pursue comedy during a layoff to prevent someone else from
losing their job. Love did a series on VH1 called I Love the 2000s in
which she gives her view on pop culture highlights. She was also a
panelist in the late-night talk show Chelsea Lately.
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