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'' on

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Early life and education

Sloan was born in

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, and spent most of her childhood in

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, and Miami. She graduated from Meadowcreek High School in Georgia in 2001. Sloan attended

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and earned a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Performance. She minored in Spanish. She is a member of

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Career

Sloan started performing stand-up comedy in May 2009 after being encouraged by friends who worked at the Funny Farm Comedy Club. In 2015, she was named a "New Face of Comedy" at the Just For Laughs comedy festival and won the 12th annual StandUp NBC comedy showcase. Her late-night comedy debut followed on '' Conan'' in February 2016. A few months later, she won the 2016 Big Sky Comedy Festival in

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. Additional TV appearances followed on '' Comedy Knockout'', ''

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'', '' @midnight with Chris Hardwick'', and as a correspondent for E! News Daily. Sloan joined ''

'' as a correspondent in September 2017. Her ''

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'' episode aired in October 2019. She co-hosted the

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hour of

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along with Don Lemon in 2021. In voice work, Sloan is the voice of Honeybee in the Fox animated sitcom ''

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'' and has been a panelist on the radio show '' Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!''

Personal life

Sloan is the niece of Freestyle singer

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Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and honors

*2015: Just for Laughs New Faces of Comedy *2015: Stand-Up NBC comedy showcase winner *2016: Big Sky Comedy Festival winner *2017: ''

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'' 10 Comedians You Need to Know *2017: Brenau Alumni Hall of Fame inductee *2018: ''

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'' 10 Comics to Watch

References

External links

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