Wanda Sykes
American comedian, writer, actress and voice artist
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- 1964-03-07
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- Hope in a Hopeless Situation
- Yeah, I said it
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Acting · Portsmouth, Virginia, USA
Wanda Sykes (born March 7, 1964) is an American writer, stand-up comedian and actress. She earned the 1999 Emmy Award for her writing on The Chris Rock Show. In 2004 Entertainment Weekly named her as one of the 25 funniest people in America. She is well known for her role as Barb on The New Adventures of Old Christine and for her appearances on HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm. In November 2009 The…
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- Undercard — Cheryl 'No Mercy' Stewart2026
- Tangles — (voice)2026
- Wanda Sykes: Legacy — Self2026
- Lil Kev — Nancy (voice)2025
- Everybody's Live with John Mulaney — Self - Comedian2025
- Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie — Sue Nahmee2024
- Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution — Self2024
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Wanda Yvette Sykes (born March 7, 1964) is an American stand-up comedian, actress, and writer. She was first recognized for her work as a writer on The Chris Rock Show, for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award in 1999. In 2004, Entertainment Weekly named Sykes as one of the 25 funniest people in America. She is known for her recurring roles on CBS's The New Adventures of Old Christine (2006–10), and HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm (2001–2011). She received Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series nominations for her roles in ABC's Black-ish (2015–2022), and Amazon's The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2020). She stars in The Upshaws (2021–2026) on Netflix, a HBO Max comedy series, The Other Two (2019–2023), and The Good Fight (2021).
Aside from her television appearances, Sykes has had a career in film, appearing in Monster-in-Law (2005), My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006), Evan Almighty (2007), and License to Wed (2007). She has voiced characters in animated films including Over the Hedge, Barnyard, Brother Bear 2 (all in 2006), Rio (2011), Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012), Ice Age: Collision Course (2016), and UglyDolls (2019).
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