Leighann Lord

The Créme de la Comedy.

Classy like Lena. Sexy like Eartha. Funny like Leighann.


Leighann Lord is a seasoned, NYC-based standup comedian who has been seen on Comedy Central, HBO, The View, and in the Netflix Def Comedy Jam 25th Anniversary Special. She’s performed for the troops in the Middle East, was named one of the 35 Most Hilarious Comedians of Diversity, was a national finalist in the American Black Film Festival-HBO Comedy Wings Competition, and received the American Humanist Association’s Humanist Arts Award. Leighann can be seen in Showtime’s Even More Funny Women of a Certain Age and her Dry Bar Comedy special, I Mean Business, has had over one million views.

Leighann is the author of several humor books including Dict Jokes: Alternate Definitions for Words You’ve Probably Never Heard of But Will Definitely Never Forget and Real Women Do It Standing Up: Stories from the Career of a Very Funny Lady available on Amazon.

She is a former co-host of the Emmy-nominated StarTalk with Neil de Grasse Tyson. Leighann is also the creator of the People with Parents podcast where she talks about the role reversal between adult children and aging parents. The Wall Street Journal called it one of the 10 Podcasts for Older Adults That Promise to Entertain—and Enlighten.

Leighann is currently host of the Center For Inquiry’s online lecture series, Skeptical Inquirer Presents and the emcee of the prestigious Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop.