Wanda Sykes

Wanda Sykes

Known for
Acting
Born
March 7, 1964 (age 62)
Birthplace
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

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Filmography

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Deck the Y'alls

Deck the Y'alls

Movie

2026
Undercard poster

Undercard

Movie · as Cheryl 'No Mercy' Stewart

2026
Tangles poster

Tangles

Movie · as Paula (voice)

2026
Wanda Sykes: Legacy poster

Wanda Sykes: Legacy

Movie · as Self

2026
Shut Up Evan poster

Shut Up Evan

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2025
Lil Kev poster

Lil Kev

TV · as Nancy (voice) · 10 eps

2025
Everybody's Live with John Mulaney poster

Everybody's Live with John Mulaney

TV · as Self - Comedian · 1 ep

2024
Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie poster

Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie

Movie · as Sue Nahmee

2024
Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution poster

Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

Movie · as Self

2024
Underwater Projects poster

Underwater Projects

Movie · as Narrator

2024
Good Times poster

Good Times

TV · as Mrs. Likeigiveashit (voice) · 1 ep

2024
Rock, Paper, Scissors poster

Rock, Paper, Scissors

TV · as Dian (voice) · 1 ep

2023
Wanda Sykes: I'm an Entertainer poster

Wanda Sykes: I'm an Entertainer

Movie · as Self

2023
Albert Brooks: Defending My Life poster

Albert Brooks: Defending My Life

Movie · as Self

2023
The Mecca of Comedy poster

The Mecca of Comedy

Movie

2023
Velma poster

Velma

TV · as Krista (voice), Linda (voice) · 1 ep

2023
History of the World: Part II poster

History of the World: Part II

TV · as Various Characters · 8 eps

2022
Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration poster

Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration

Movie

2022
Sherri poster

Sherri

TV · as Self - Guest · 4 eps

2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show poster

The Jennifer Hudson Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2022
Chivalry poster

Chivalry

TV · as Jean Shrill · 5 eps

2022
Gutsy poster

Gutsy

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2021
Breaking News in Yuba County poster

Breaking News in Yuba County

Movie · as Rita

2021
Roll Up Your Sleeves poster

Roll Up Your Sleeves

Movie · as Self

2021
The One and Only Dick Gregory poster

The One and Only Dick Gregory

Movie · as Self

2021
The Upshaws - The Afterparty poster

The Upshaws - The Afterparty

Movie · as Self

2021
The Upshaws poster

The Upshaws

TV · as Lucretia · 60 eps

2021
Q-Force poster

Q-Force

TV · as Deb (voice) · 10 eps

2021
Star Wars: The Bad Batch poster

Star Wars: The Bad Batch

TV · as Phee Genoa (voice) · 7 eps

2020
Noah's Arc: The 'Rona Chronicles poster

Noah's Arc: The 'Rona Chronicles

Movie

2020
Friendsgiving poster

Friendsgiving

Movie · as Fairy Gay Mother #1

2020
Feeding America Comedy Festival poster

Feeding America Comedy Festival

Movie · as Self

2020
The Holiday Movies That Made Us poster

The Holiday Movies That Made Us

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

2020
Visible: Out on Television poster

Visible: Out on Television

TV · as Self · 5 eps

2019
The Wedding Year poster

The Wedding Year

Movie · as Janet / Grandma

2019
UglyDolls poster

UglyDolls

Movie · as Wage (voice)

2019
Wanda Sykes: Not Normal poster

Wanda Sykes: Not Normal

Movie · as Self

2019
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons" poster

Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"

Movie · as Louise Jefferson

2019
Jexi poster

Jexi

Movie · as Denice

2019
A Black Lady Sketch Show poster

A Black Lady Sketch Show

TV · as Heckler · 1 ep

2019
The Other Two poster

The Other Two

TV · as Shuli Kucerac · 19 eps

2019
Harley Quinn poster

Harley Quinn

TV · as Queen of Fables (voice) · 3 eps

2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show

TV · as Self, Self - Guest Host · 1 ep

2019
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? poster

Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?

TV · as Wanda Sykes (voice) · 1 ep

2018
Hurricane Bianca: From Russia with Hate poster

Hurricane Bianca: From Russia with Hate

Movie · as Prison Matron

2018
The Shop poster

The Shop

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2018
Summer Camp Island poster

Summer Camp Island

TV · as Ethel (voice) · 1 ep

2018
Vampirina: Ghoul Girls Rock! poster

Vampirina: Ghoul Girls Rock!

TV · 15 eps

2017
Snatched poster

Snatched

Movie · as Ruth

2017
A Bad Moms Christmas poster

A Bad Moms Christmas

Movie · as Dr. Karl

2017
The Good Fight poster

The Good Fight

TV · as Allegra Durado · 3 eps

2017
Big Mouth poster

Big Mouth

TV · as Ghost of Harriet Tubman (voice) · 1 ep

2017
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel poster

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

TV · as Moms Mabley · 1 ep

2017
Vampirina poster

Vampirina

TV · as Gregoria (voice) · 1 ep

2017
Steve poster

Steve

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2016
Ice Age: Collision Course poster

Ice Age: Collision Course

Movie · as Granny (voice)

2016
Wanda Sykes: What Happened… Ms. Sykes? poster

Wanda Sykes: What Happened… Ms. Sykes?

Movie · as Herself

2016
Bad Moms poster

Bad Moms

Movie · as Dr. Karl

2016
Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers) poster

Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2016
Chelsea poster

Chelsea

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2016
Ask the Storybots poster

Ask the Storybots

TV · 1 ep

2016
Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party poster

Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party

TV · 1 ep

2016
To Tell the Truth poster

To Tell the Truth

TV · as Self - Panelist · 1 ep

2015
How to Vajaculate: If You Build It, She Will Come poster

How to Vajaculate: If You Build It, She Will Come

Movie · as Goddess

2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

TV · as Self - Guest · 4 eps

2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden poster

The Late Late Show with James Corden

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2015
Hot Ones poster

Hot Ones

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2015
Lip Sync Battle poster

Lip Sync Battle

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2015
Celebrity Family Feud poster

Celebrity Family Feud

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2015
Jay Leno's Garage poster

Jay Leno's Garage

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver poster

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

TV · as Self - Guest · 5 eps

2014
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero poster

Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero

TV · as Shirley B. Awesome (voice) · 2 eps

2014
Broad City poster

Broad City

TV · as Dara · 3 eps

2014
black-ish poster

black-ish

TV · as Daphne Lido · 16 eps

2014
BoJack Horseman poster

BoJack Horseman

TV · as Mary-Beth (voice) · 1 ep

2013
The Hot Flashes poster

The Hot Flashes

Movie · as Florine Clarkston

2013
The Out List poster

The Out List

Movie · as Herself

2013
Alpha House poster

Alpha House

TV · as Senator Rosalyn DuPeche · 14 eps

2013
Hollywood Game Night poster

Hollywood Game Night

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2012
Ice Age: Continental Drift poster

Ice Age: Continental Drift

Movie · as Granny (voice)

2012
Inside Comedy poster

Inside Comedy

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2012
Finding Your Roots poster

Finding Your Roots

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2012
House of Lies poster

House of Lies

TV · as Rita · 3 eps

2011
Rio poster

Rio

Movie · as Chloe / Goose (voice)

2011
Ridiculousness poster

Ridiculousness

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2011
Bob's Burgers poster

Bob's Burgers

TV · as Sofa Queen (voice) · 1 ep

2010
Conan poster

Conan

TV · as Self · 3 eps

2009
Wanda Sykes: I'ma Be Me poster

Wanda Sykes: I'ma Be Me

Movie · as Herself

2009
The Jay Leno Show poster

The Jay Leno Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2009
Drop Dead Diva poster

Drop Dead Diva

TV · as Judge Yvonne Wright · 1 ep

2009
The Wanda Sykes Show

The Wanda Sykes Show

TV · 22 eps

2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps

2009
RuPaul's Drag Race poster

RuPaul's Drag Race

TV · as Self - Guest Judge · 1 ep

2008
Back at the Barnyard - Cowman: The Uddered Avenger poster

Back at the Barnyard - Cowman: The Uddered Avenger

Movie · as Bessy (voice)

2008
The Wendy Williams Show poster

The Wendy Williams Show

TV · 1 ep

2007
Evan Almighty poster

Evan Almighty

Movie · as Rita

2007
License to Wed poster

License to Wed

Movie · as Doctor (uncredited)

2007
Back at the Barnyard poster

Back at the Barnyard

TV · as Bessy · 97 eps

2007
The Graham Norton Show poster

The Graham Norton Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2006
Brother Bear 2 poster

Brother Bear 2

Movie · as Innoko (voice)

2006
My Super Ex-Girlfriend poster

My Super Ex-Girlfriend

Movie · as Carla Dunkirk

2006
Over the Hedge poster

Over the Hedge

Movie · as Stella (voice)

2006
Wanda Sykes: Sick and Tired poster

Wanda Sykes: Sick and Tired

Movie · as Herself

2006
Barnyard poster

Barnyard

Movie · as Bessy (voice)

2006
The Adventures of Brer Rabbit poster

The Adventures of Brer Rabbit

Movie · as Sister Moon (voice)

2006
Hammy's Boomerang Adventure poster

Hammy's Boomerang Adventure

Movie · as Stella (voice)

2006
Clerks II poster

Clerks II

Movie · as Wife

2006
Back to the Well: 'Clerks II' poster

Back to the Well: 'Clerks II'

Movie · as Self / Wife

2006
World's Greatest Stand Up: Volume One poster

World's Greatest Stand Up: Volume One

Movie · as self

2006
The New Adventures of Old Christine poster

The New Adventures of Old Christine

TV · as Barb Baran · 67 eps

2006
The Megan Mullally Show poster

The Megan Mullally Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2006
Creative Arts Emmy Awards poster

Creative Arts Emmy Awards

TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep

2005
Monster-in-Law poster

Monster-in-Law

Movie · as Ruby

2005
Just for Laughs Stand Up, Vol. 1: Best of the Uptown Comics poster

Just for Laughs Stand Up, Vol. 1: Best of the Uptown Comics

Movie · as Herself

2005
Earth to America poster

Earth to America

Movie · as Self

2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson poster

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2004
Wanda Does It

Wanda Does It

TV · 6 eps

2004
Miley's New Year's Eve Party poster

Miley's New Year's Eve Party

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2003
Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!! poster

Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!!

Movie · as Self

2003
Wanda Sykes: Tongue Untied poster

Wanda Sykes: Tongue Untied

Movie · as Herself

2003
MTV Reloaded poster

MTV Reloaded

Movie · as The Oracle

2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show poster

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

TV · as Self · 13 eps

2003
Wanda at Large poster

Wanda at Large

TV · as Wanda Mildred Hawkins · 19 eps

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self, Self - Guest, Self - Guest Host · 8 eps

2003
Real Time with Bill Maher poster

Real Time with Bill Maher

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2003
Last Comic Standing poster

Last Comic Standing

TV · as Self - Mentor · 4 eps

2002
Crank Yankers poster

Crank Yankers

TV · as Gladys (voice), Gladys Murphy (voice) · 3 eps

2002
Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy poster

Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy

TV · as Self · 3 eps

2001
Pootie Tang poster

Pootie Tang

Movie · as Biggie Shorty

2001
Down to Earth poster

Down to Earth

Movie · as Wanda

2001
Best of the Chris Rock Show: Volume 2 poster

Best of the Chris Rock Show: Volume 2

Movie

2001
The Downer Channel poster

The Downer Channel

TV · 6 eps

2000
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps poster

Nutty Professor II: The Klumps

Movie · as Chantal

2000
Curb Your Enthusiasm poster

Curb Your Enthusiasm

TV · as Wanda · 9 eps

1999
The Early Show poster

The Early Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

1999
Futurama poster

Futurama

TV · as Bev (voice) · 1 ep

1998
Tomorrow Night poster

Tomorrow Night

Movie · as Wanda

1998
Comedy Central Presents poster

Comedy Central Presents

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1998
Will & Grace poster

Will & Grace

TV · as Cricket · 1 ep

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 5 eps

1997
The Chris Rock Show poster

The Chris Rock Show

TV · 17 eps

1997
Premium Blend poster

Premium Blend

TV · as Host · 97 eps

1996
The Daily Show poster

The Daily Show

TV · as Self, Self - Guest Host · 4 eps

1995
MADtv poster

MADtv

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1995
The Drew Carey Show poster

The Drew Carey Show

TV · as Christine Watson · 3 eps

1995
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist poster

Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist

TV · as Wanda (voice) · 2 eps

1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

TV · as Self - Guest · 4 eps

1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno poster

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

TV · as Self · 15 eps

1989
The Simpsons poster

The Simpsons

TV · as Therapist (voice) · 1 ep

1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark poster

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1975
People's Choice Awards poster

People's Choice Awards

TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep

1953
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep

1952
Today poster

Today

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1944
Golden Globe Awards poster

Golden Globe Awards

TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep