Adele Givens

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 Bernie Mac.^{[citation needed]} Her movie appearances include The Players Club and Beauty Shop. Givens and fellow African American female comedians Mo'Nique, Laura Hayes and Sommore were the stars of The Queens of Comedy tour, filmed and shown on Showtime and released on DVD.^[2] In 2001, she hosted The Source's Hip Hip Awards Preshow which was shown on UPN. On September 7, 2018, Givens was featured on Lil Pump's and Kanye West's hit single, "I Love It"; they performed the song on Saturday Night Live on September 29, 2018,^[3] however, Givens was not performing on the stage and was featured on the screen, wearing the same outfit as she wore in the music video.^[4]

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	The Players Club	Tricks
2005	Beauty Shop	Helen "Hollerin' Helen"
2014	Sex Ain't Love	Valerie
2016	Boo! A Madea Halloween	Female Prisoner
2019	I Left My Girlfriend for Regina Jones	Alice
2024	Too Many Christmases	Darlene
2026	Tube-E Movie	Angie

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Pearl's Place of Play	Jocelyn	Television film
1996	Martin	Nurse Johnson	Episode: "Why Can't We Be Friends: Part 2"
1996	Moesha	Police Officer, Usher #1	3 episodes
1997	The Steve Harvey Show	Odetta	Episode: "Big Daddy Meets the Man of Steele"
1998–1999	Tracey Takes On...	Hellura	5 episodes
2001–2002	The Hughleys	Shari	13 episodes
2011	Are We There Yet?	Bailiff	Episode: "The Whose Card Is It Anyway Episode"
2022	South Side	Yvonne	Episode: "South Suburbs"

• Anonymous. "'Queen of Comedy' Adele Givens to perform at Funny Bone" Call & Post. Call and Post Newspapers P-W Publishing. 2006.
• "Miller Comedy Search celebrates 16 years of hilarious comedy" Chicago Defender, Real Times Inc. 2003.
• "Adele Givens: `Queen' for a while" Philadelphia Daily News (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune NewsService). 2003.