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Wanda Sykes

Also known as: Wanda Yvette Sykes

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Wanda Sykes Biography

Personal

Age: 61 years young

Born: Saturday 7th of March 1964

Years active: 1987-present (started around 23 years old; 38 years active)

Birthplace: Portsmouth, Virginia, United States

Nationality: (American)

Ethnicity: Black

Professions: Actress, Comedian, Writer

Body

Hair color: Black

Eye color: Brown

Body type: Average

Boobs: Real/Natural

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Instagram follower count: 1.1m (as of June 2025)

About Wanda Sykes

Wanda Yvette Sykes is an American stand-up comedian, actress, and writer.

Sykes 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. 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).