Wanda Sykes

Wanda Sykes
Sykes at the 2010 GLAAD Media Awards
Birth name	Wanda Yvette Sykes
Born	(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).