Leilani Jones
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Leilani Jones | |
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| Born | May 14, 1957 Oahu, Hawaii, United States |
| Occupation | actress |
| Years active | 1982–present |
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Leilani Jones Wilmore (born May 14, 1957) is an American actress.
Life and career
[edit]Jones was born in Oahu, Hawaii. She originated the role of Chiffon at the WPA Theater in the original cast of Little Shop of Horrors. Marlene Danielle replaced her for a few weeks when the show opened Off Broadway at the Orpheum Theater. Jones resumed her role at that time and played the part for three more years. Jones also recorded the role on the original cast recording. Jones next went on to play the role of Satin, a stripper at a Chicago burlesque house, in the original Broadway production of Grind. Jones won a Tony as Best Featured Actress in a Musical and a Drama Desk Award for her performance.
After leaving Grind, Jones married writer, actor and television producer Larry Wilmore and her career slowed down considerably, as she appeared only in small roles in a few movies and television shows and did voice over work for video games, most notably portraying the voice performance of the Voodoo Lady in the popular video games series of Monkey Island, the voice of the computer in Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?, as well as serving as the narrator for the descriptive video service sections for various television shows and films. In 2005, Jones reprised her role of Chiffon in New York at a Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS fundraiser. Jones currently lives in San Marino, California with her two children.[1] She and Wilmore divorced during his move to New York to become a host on Comedy Central.[2]
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Dead On: Relentless II | Belinda Belos | |
| Universal Soldier | Reporter at Hoover Dam |
Television
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Cheers | Jessica | Episode: "The Magnificent Six" |
| Hangin' with Mr. Cooper | Olivia Lee | Episode: "Miracle in Oaktown" | |
| 1994 | Good Advice | Kelly | Episode: "Making Out Is Hard to Do" |
| Sister, Sister | Danielle | Episode: "Wedding Bells & Box Boys" | |
| 1995 | Dave's World | Leilani Jones-Wilmore | Episode: "Dis Who's Coming to Dinner?" |
| Married... with Children | Reporter #1 | Episode: "Ship Happens" | |
| Beverly Hills, 90210 | District Attorney | Episodes: "Courting", "Breast Side Up" | |
| 1996 | Almost Perfect | Officer Sanchez | Episode: "Mind Games" |
| 2022 | Pacific Rim: The Black | High Priestess | 4 episodes |
Video games
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers | Malia Gedde | |
| 1994 | Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego? | Additional Voices | |
| 1995 | Carmen Sandiego: Junior Detective Edition | Dee Jaye | |
| 1995 | The Dig | Cora Miles/Newsperson | |
| 1997 | The Curse of Monkey Island | The Voodoo Lady | |
| 2000 | Escape from Monkey Island | The Voodoo Lady | |
| 2009 | The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition | The Voodoo Lady / Carla the Swordmaster | |
| 2010 | Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge - Special Edition | The Voodoo Lady | |
| 2022 | Return to Monkey Island | Corina the Voodoo Lady / Carla | |
| 2023 | Sea of Thieves | Corina / Carla | |
| 2023 | Starfield | Orora Sabine | |
| 2024 | Rosewater | Loretta "Lola" Johnson, Sue Ellen Hawkins[3] |
Discography
[edit]- Little Shop of Horrors: Original Cast Album, 1982 Decca U.S. Label
- Grind: Original Broadway Cast, 1985 on the LP Record Label
References
[edit]- ^ "Hawai'i Tony winner back in N.Y. spotlight | The Honolulu Advertiser | Hawaii's Newspaper". The Honolulu Advertiser. October 25, 2005. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
- ^ Larry Wilmore (February 19, 2015). "For Host Larry Wilmore, A Year Of 'Extraordinary' Highs And 'Humbling' Lows". NPR. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
- ^ "Rosewater Behind the Scenes - VO Recording with Leilani Jones-Wilmore". YouTube. September 30, 2022.
External links
[edit]- 1957 births
- Actresses from Hawaii
- American stage actresses
- American television actresses
- American video game actresses
- Drama Desk Award winners
- Living people
- Native Hawaiian actresses
- People from Oahu
- Tony Award winners
- People from San Marino, California
- 21st-century American actresses
- 20th-century American actresses