A Detroit native, Loni has been working the comedy scene for eight years. She performs regularly at the Comedy Store, Improv and the Ice House comedy clubs as well as performing at clubs all around the country. She was awarded the Jury Prize for best stand up at the 2003 US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen and voted one of Variety's 2003 10 Comics to Watch. She was also a finalist on the first season of CBS' new Star Search. A former engineer by day and comic by night, Loni's movie credits include a starring role in the independent film With or Without Yo and the MGM feature Soul Plane. She has made television appearances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn, Comedy Central's Premium Blend, Comedy Centrals Weekends at the DL, and The Best Damn Sports Show Period. Loni has been on VH1's I Love the 70's/80's/90's, and I Love The Toys, and has had guest starring roles on UPNs Girlfriend and Cuts. Loni played Viola in the NBC Comedy Thick and Thin and she plays Lunch Lady Rose on the Nickelodeon show Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide. She recently did a half hour standup special for Comedy Central that premiered in the spring of 2007.