Willadele Givens is an American comedian, actress and writer. Beginning her career during the late–1980s in comedy, Givens television appearances include ''

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Career

Givens was the 1989 Grand Prize Winner of the Crown Royal Comedy Contest held at the Regal Theater in Chicago. The next year, Givens was a finalist in the Miller Lite Comedy Search, which was won by

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. Her movie appearances include ''

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''. Givens and fellow African American female comedians

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'' tour, filmed and shown on

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and released on DVD. In 2001, she hosted ''

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. On September 7, 2018, Adele was featured on

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; they performed the song on ''

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'' on September 29, 2018, however, Adele was not performing on the stage and was featured on the screen, wearing the same outfit as she wore in the music video.

References

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