(1964-03-07) March 7, 1964 (age 60) Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S.
Medium
Stand-up
television
film
Education
Hampton University (BS)
Years active
1987–present
Genres
Observational comedy
surreal humor
insult comedy
black comedy
blue comedy
satire
Subject(s)
American politics
African-American culture
pop culture
racism
race relations
sexism
interpersonal relationships
human sexuality
traditions
Spouse
Dave Hall
(m. 1991; div. 1998)
Alex Niedbalski
(m. 2008)
Children
2
Website
www.wandasykes.com
Wanda Yvette Sykes[1] (born March 7, 1964)[2] 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.[3] She is also known for her recurring roles on CBS' 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 currently stars in the Netflix original series The Upshaws (2021–), the HBO Max comedy series The Other Two (2019–2023), and The Good Fight (2021).
Aside from her television appearances, Sykes has also had a career in film, appearing in Monster-in-Law (2005), My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006), Evan Almighty (2007), and License to Wed (2007), as well as voicing characters in animated films such as Over the Hedge, Barnyard, Brother Bear 2 (all in 2006), Rio (2011), two sequels of the Ice Age franchise (2012–2016), and UglyDolls (2019).
^Louis Gates, Henry (2015). Finding Your Roots: The Official Companion to the PBS Series. The University of North Carolina Press. p. 240. ISBN 978-1-4696-2614-7.
^"Sykes, Wanda 1964-". Encyclopedia.com. Cengage. Retrieved April 24, 2022.
^"The Best of the Rest". Entertainment Weekly. March 19, 2004. Archived from the original on December 11, 2008. Retrieved December 25, 2008.
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