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Wanda Sykes

Acting

Born March 7, 1964 · Portsmouth, Virginia, USA

Also known as Wanda Yvette Sykes

Biography

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 Wanda Sykes Show, her own late-night talkshow, premiered on Fox, airing Saturday nights. Description above from the Wikipedia article Wanda Sykes, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • GLAAD Stephen F. Kolzak Award · 2010
  • Primetime Emmy Award

Filmography50+ titles

BoJack Horseman

2014as Mary-Beth (voice)

Futurama

1999as Bev (voice)

Harley Quinn

2019as Queen of Fables (voice)

Star Wars: The Bad Batch

2021as Phee Genoa (voice)

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

2017as Moms Mabley

Undercard

2025as Cheryl 'No Mercy' Stewart

Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?

2019as Wanda Sykes (voice)

Curb Your Enthusiasm

2000as Wanda

The Simpsons

1989as Therapist (voice)

Celebrity Family Feud

2015as Self

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

2014as Self

Bob's Burgers

2011as Sofa Queen (voice)

Lil Kev

2025as Nancy (voice)

Summer Camp Island

2018as Ethel (voice)

Drop Dead Diva

2009as Judge Yvonne Wright

The One and Only Dick Gregory

2021as Self

The Upshaws

2021as Lucretia

Big Mouth

2017as Ghost of Harriet Tubman (voice)

The Good Fight

2017as Allegra Durado

RuPaul's Drag Race

2009as Self - Guest Judge

The Upshaws - The Afterparty

2021as Self

Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero

2014as Shirley B. Awesome (voice)

Alpha House

2013as Senator Rosalyn DuPeche

Conan

2010as Self

The Graham Norton Show

2007as Self - Guest

Albert Brooks: Defending My Life

2023as Self

Hot Ones

2015as Self

black-ish

2014as Daphne Lido

Broad City

2014as Dara

The New Adventures of Old Christine

2006as Barb Baran

Mad TV

1995as Self

Wanda Sykes: Not Normal

2019as Self

A Black Lady Sketch Show

2019as Heckler

The Other Two

2019as Shuli Kucerac

Ask the StoryBots

2016

Clerks II

2006as Wife

Comedy Central Presents

1998as Self

Will & Grace

1998as Cricket

Jexi

2019as Denice

Rio

2011as Chloe / Goose (voice)

Ridiculousness

2011as Self

Back at the Barnyard

2007as Bessy

Q-Force

2021as Deb (voice)

Brother Bear 2

2006as Innoko (voice)

Vampirina

as Gregoria (voice)

UglyDolls

2019as Wage (voice)

Over the Hedge

2006as Stella (voice)

Bad Moms

2016as Dr. Elizabeth Karl

Inside Comedy

2012as Self

The Drew Carey Show

1995as Christine Watson