Person
Wanda Sykes
Acting · Born 1964-03-07 · Portsmouth, Virginia, USA
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.
Known for
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
The Simpsons
Therapist (voice)
The Daily Show
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self
Conan
Self
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self
Futurama
Bev (voice)
Filmography
- 2027TanglesPaula (voice)
- 2026Wanda Sykes: LegacySelf
- 2026Shut Up EvanSelf - Guest
- 2026UndercardCheryl 'No Mercy' Stewart
- 2025Cristela Alonzo: Upper ClassyExecutive Producer
- 2025Everybody's Live with John MulaneySelf - Comedian
- 2025Lil KevNancy (voice)
- 2024Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks MovieSue Nahmee
- 2024Outstanding: A Comedy RevolutionSelf
- 2024Good TimesMrs. Likeigiveashit (voice)
- 2024Underwater ProjectsNarrator
- 2024Rock, Paper, ScissorsDian (voice)
- 2023Albert Brooks: Defending My LifeSelf
- 2023The Mecca of Comedy
- 2023Wanda Sykes: I'm an EntertainerSelf
- 2023History of the World: Part IIVarious Characters
- 2023VelmaKrista (voice)
- 2022SherriSelf - Guest
- 2022The Jennifer Hudson ShowSelf - Guest
- 2022GutsySelf
- 2022Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration
- 2022ChivalryJean Shrill
- 2022Alabama JacksonHarriet Tubman
- 2022Ms. Pat: Y'all Wanna Hear Something Crazy?Executive Producer
- 2021Q-ForceDeb (voice)
- 2021The One and Only Dick GregorySelf
- 2021The Upshaws - The AfterpartySelf
- 2021The UpshawsLucretia
- 2021Star Wars: The Bad BatchPhee Genoa (voice)
- 2021Roll Up Your SleevesSelf
- 2021Breaking News in Yuba CountyRita
- 2020The Holiday Movies That Made UsSelf (archive footage)
- 2020FriendsgivingFairy Gay Mother #1
- 2020Noah's Arc: The 'Rona Chronicles
- 2020Feeding America Comedy FestivalSelf
- 2020Visible: Out on TelevisionSelf
- 2019Tiffany Haddish: Black MitzvahExecutive Producer
- 2019Harley QuinnQueen of Fables (voice)
- 2019JexiDenice
- 2019The Wedding YearJanet / Grandma
- 2019The Kelly Clarkson ShowSelf
- 2019A Black Lady Sketch ShowHeckler
- 2019Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?Wanda Sykes (voice)
- 2019Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"Louise Jefferson
- 2019Wanda Sykes: Not NormalSelf
- 2019UglyDollsWage (voice)
- 2019The Other TwoShuli Kucerac
- 2018Vampirina: Ghoul Girls Rock!
- 2018EPIX Presents Unprotected SetsExecutive Producer
- 2018The ShopSelf
- 2018Summer Camp IslandEthel (voice)
- 2018Hurricane Bianca: From Russia with HatePrison Matron
- 2017VampirinaGregoria (voice)
- 2017Big MouthGhost of Harriet Tubman (voice)
- 2017SteveSelf
- 2017A Bad Moms ChristmasDr. Elizabeth Karl
- 2017SnatchedRuth
- 2017The Marvelous Mrs. MaiselMoms Mabley
- 2017The Good FightAllegra Durado
- 2016Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party
- 2016Wanda Sykes: What Happened… Ms. Sykes?Herself
- 2016Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)Self (archive footage)
- 2016Ask the Storybots
- 2016Bad MomsDr. Elizabeth Karl
- 2016Ice Age: Collision CourseGranny (voice)
- 2016To Tell the TruthSelf - Panelist
- 2016ChelseaSelf
- 2016WIRED's Autocomplete Interviews
- 2015Jay Leno's GarageSelf
- 2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf - Guest
- 2015Celebrity Family FeudSelf
- 2015How to Vajaculate: If You Build It, She Will ComeGoddess
- 2015Lip Sync BattleSelf
- 2015The Late Late Show with James CordenSelf - Guest
- 2015Hot OnesSelf
- 2014Penn Zero: Part-Time HeroShirley B. Awesome (voice)
- 2014black-ishDaphne Lido
- 2014BoJack HorsemanMary-Beth (voice)
- 2014Last Week Tonight with John OliverSelf
- 2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf - Guest
- 2014Broad CityDara
- 2013The Hot FlashesFlorine Clarkston
- 2013Hollywood Game NightSelf
- 2013The Out ListHerself
- 2013Alpha HouseSenator Rosalyn DuPeche
- 2012Ice Age: Continental DriftGranny (voice)
- 2012Finding Your RootsSelf
- 2012Inside ComedySelf
- 2011RidiculousnessSelf
- 2011RioChloe / Goose (voice)
- 2011Bob's BurgersSofa Queen (voice)
- 2010ConanSelf
- 2009The Wanda Sykes Show
- 2009Wanda Sykes: I'ma Be MeHerself
- 2009The Jay Leno ShowSelf
- 2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenSelf - Guest
- 2009Drop Dead DivaJudge Yvonne Wright
- 2009RuPaul's Drag RaceSelf - Guest Judge
- 2008Cowman: The Uddered AvengerBessy (voice)
- 2008The Wendy Williams Show
- 2007Back at the BarnyardBessy
- 2007License to WedDoctor (uncredited)
- 2007Evan AlmightyRita
- 2007The Graham Norton ShowSelf - Guest
- 2006Back to the Well: 'Clerks II'Self / Wife
- 2006Hammy's Boomerang AdventureStella (voice)
- 2006Wanda Sykes: Sick and TiredHerself
- 2006The Megan Mullally ShowSelf - Guest
- 2006BarnyardBessy (voice)
- 2006Clerks IIWife
- 2006My Super Ex-GirlfriendCarla Dunkirk
- 2006Brother Bear 2Innoko (voice)
- 2006Over the HedgeStella (voice)
- 2006World's Greatest Stand Up: Volume Oneself
- 2006The Adventures of Brer RabbitSister Moon (voice)
- 2006The New Adventures of Old ChristineBarb Baran
- 2005Earth to AmericaSelf
- 2005Just for Laughs Stand Up, Vol. 1: Best of the Uptown ComicsHerself
- 2005Monster-in-LawRuby
- 2005The Late Late Show with Craig FergusonSelf
- 2004Miley's New Year's Eve PartySelf - Guest
- 2004Wanda Does It
- 2003Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!!Self
- 2003The Ellen DeGeneres ShowSelf
- 2003MTV ReloadedThe Oracle
- 2003Wanda at LargeWanda Mildred Hawkins
- 2003Real Time with Bill MaherSelf
- 2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self
- 2003Wanda Sykes: Tongue UntiedHerself
- 2002Crank YankersGladys (voice)
- 2001Best of the Chris Rock Show: Volume 2
- 2001The Downer Channel
- 2001Pootie TangBiggie Shorty
- 2001Down to EarthWanda
- 2000Curb Your EnthusiasmWanda
- 2000Nutty Professor II: The KlumpsChantal
- 1999The Early ShowSelf - Guest
- 1999FuturamaBev (voice)
- 1998Comedy Central PresentsSelf
- 1998Will & GraceCricket
- 1998Tomorrow NightWanda
- 1997Premium BlendHost
- 1997The ViewSelf
- 1997The Chris Rock Show
- 1996The Daily ShowSelf
- 1995MADtvSelf
- 1995The Drew Carey ShowChristine Watson
- 1995Dr. Katz, Professional TherapistWanda (voice)
- 1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest
- 1992The Tonight Show with Jay LenoSelf
- 1989The SimpsonsTherapist (voice)
- 1988LIVE with Kelly and MarkSelf - Guest
- 1975People's Choice AwardsSelf - Presenter
- 1953The OscarsSelf - Host
- 1952TodaySelf
- 1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Presenter
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