Wanda Sykes

Acting • 1964-03-07 • Portsmouth, Virginia, USA

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.

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2026
Wanda Sykes: LegacyFilm
Self
★ 6.6
2026
UndercardFilm
Cheryl 'No Mercy' Stewart
★ 8.7
2026
Shut Up EvanTV
Self - Guest • 1 episodes
★ 5.5
2025
Lil KevTV
Nancy (voice) • 10 episodes
★ 7.7
2025
Everybody's Live with John MulaneyTV
Self - Comedian • 1 episodes
★ 6.7
2024
Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks MovieFilm
Sue Nahmee
★ 6.1
2024
Rock, Paper, ScissorsTV
Dian (voice) • 1 episodes
★ 6.0
2024
Good TimesTV
Mrs. Likeigiveashit (voice) • 1 episodes
★ 5.5
2024
Outstanding: A Comedy RevolutionFilm
Self
★ 6.2
2024
Underwater ProjectsFilm
Narrator
2023
VelmaTV
Krista (voice) • 1 episodes
★ 3.5
2023
VelmaTV
Linda (voice) • 16 episodes
★ 3.5
2023
History of the World: Part IITV
Various Characters • 8 episodes
★ 5.7
2023
Wanda Sykes: I'm an EntertainerFilm
Self
★ 6.6
2023
Albert Brooks: Defending My LifeFilm
Self
★ 7.2
2023
The Mecca of ComedyFilm
2022
The Jennifer Hudson ShowTV
Self - Guest • 2 episodes
★ 5.6
2022
SherriTV
Self - Guest • 4 episodes
★ 2.6
2022
Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ CelebrationFilm
★ 4.4
2022
ChivalryTV
Jean Shrill • 5 episodes
★ 5.7
2022
GutsyTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 4.6
2021
Star Wars: The Bad BatchTV
Phee Genoa (voice) • 7 episodes
★ 8.1
2021
The UpshawsTV
Lucretia • 60 episodes
★ 7.6
2021
Breaking News in Yuba CountyFilm
Rita
★ 5.9
2021
Q-ForceTV
Deb (voice) • 10 episodes
★ 6.7
2021
The One and Only Dick GregoryFilm
Self
★ 7.9
2021
The Upshaws - The AfterpartyFilm
Self
★ 7.2
2021
Roll Up Your SleevesFilm
Self
★ 7.1
2020
FriendsgivingFilm
Fairy Gay Mother #1
★ 4.7
2020
The Holiday Movies That Made UsTV
Self (archive footage) • 1 episodes
★ 7.2
2020
Visible: Out on TelevisionTV
Self • 5 episodes
★ 6.7
2020
Feeding America Comedy FestivalFilm
Self
★ 5.8
2020
Noah's Arc: The 'Rona ChroniclesFilm
2019
The Kelly Clarkson ShowTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 6.2
2019
The Kelly Clarkson ShowTV
Self - Guest Host • 1 episodes
★ 6.2
2019
Harley QuinnTV
Queen of Fables (voice) • 3 episodes
★ 8.3
2019
JexiFilm
Denice
★ 6.8
2019
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?TV
Wanda Sykes (voice) • 1 episodes
★ 8.0
2019
UglyDollsFilm
Wage (voice)
★ 6.6
2019
The Other TwoTV
Shuli Kucerac • 19 episodes
★ 7.0
2019
The Wedding YearFilm
Janet / Grandma
★ 5.9
2019
A Black Lady Sketch ShowTV
Heckler • 1 episodes
★ 7.0
2019
Wanda Sykes: Not NormalFilm
Self
★ 7.0
2019
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"Film
Louise Jefferson
★ 6.6
2018
Summer Camp IslandTV
Ethel (voice) • 1 episodes
★ 7.7
2018
Hurricane Bianca: From Russia with HateFilm
Prison Matron
★ 5.1
2018
The ShopTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 5.3
2018
Vampirina: Ghoul Girls Rock!TV
★ 4.0
2017
Big MouthTV
Ghost of Harriet Tubman (voice) • 1 episodes
★ 7.6
2017
The Marvelous Mrs. MaiselTV
Moms Mabley • 1 episodes
★ 8.1
2017
The Good FightTV
Allegra Durado • 3 episodes
★ 7.5
2017
A Bad Moms ChristmasFilm
Dr. Karl
★ 6.3
2017
SnatchedFilm
Ruth
★ 5.3
2017
VampirinaTV
Gregoria (voice) • 1 episodes
★ 6.7
2017
SteveTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 6.0
2016
Ice Age: Collision CourseFilm
Granny (voice)
★ 6.1
2016
Bad MomsFilm
Dr. Karl
★ 6.5
2016
ChelseaTV
Self • 2 episodes
★ 5.1
2016
Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner PartyTV
★ 8.5
2016
To Tell the TruthTV
Self - Panelist • 1 episodes
★ 5.8
2016
Ask the StorybotsTV
★ 7.0
2016
Wanda Sykes: What Happened… Ms. Sykes?Film
Herself
★ 6.1
2016
Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)Film
Self (archive footage)
2015
The Late Show with Stephen ColbertTV
Self - Guest • 4 episodes
★ 6.1
2015
The Late Late Show with James CordenTV
Self - Guest • 1 episodes
★ 5.1
2015
Hot OnesTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 7.1
2015
Lip Sync BattleTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 6.4
2015
Celebrity Family FeudTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 7.5
2015
Jay Leno's GarageTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 7.1
2015
How to Vajaculate: If You Build It, She Will ComeFilm
Goddess
★ 1.0
2014
Late Night with Seth MeyersTV
Self - Guest • 5 episodes
★ 5.1
2014
Last Week Tonight with John OliverTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 7.7
2014
BoJack HorsemanTV
Mary-Beth (voice) • 1 episodes
★ 8.5
2014
black-ishTV
Daphne Lido • 16 episodes
★ 7.1
2014
Broad CityTV
Dara • 3 episodes
★ 7.2
2014
Penn Zero: Part-Time HeroTV
Shirley B. Awesome (voice) • 2 episodes
★ 7.2
2013
Alpha HouseTV
Senator Rosalyn DuPeche • 14 episodes
★ 7.2
2013
Hollywood Game NightTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 6.5
2013
The Hot FlashesFilm
Florine Clarkston
★ 4.6
2013
The Out ListFilm
Herself
★ 5.9
2012
Ice Age: Continental DriftFilm
Granny (voice)
★ 6.4
2012
House of LiesTV
Rita • 3 episodes
★ 6.6
2012
Finding Your RootsTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 6.2
2012
Inside ComedyTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 6.5
2011
Bob's BurgersTV
Sofa Queen (voice) • 1 episodes
★ 7.8
2011
RioFilm
Chloe / Goose (voice)
★ 6.8
2011
RidiculousnessTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 6.7
2010
ConanTV
Self • 3 episodes
★ 7.2
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenTV
Self - Guest • 3 episodes
★ 4.9
2009
RuPaul's Drag RaceTV
Self - Guest Judge • 1 episodes
★ 7.5
2009
Drop Dead DivaTV
Judge Yvonne Wright • 1 episodes
★ 7.7
2009
The Jay Leno ShowTV
Self • 2 episodes
★ 3.3
2009
Wanda Sykes: I'ma Be MeFilm
Herself
★ 7.6
2009
The Wanda Sykes ShowTV
★ 1.0
2008
The Wendy Williams ShowTV
★ 5.7
2008
Back at the Barnyard - Cowman: The Uddered AvengerFilm
Bessy (voice)
★ 7.0
2007
The Graham Norton ShowTV
Self - Guest • 1 episodes
★ 7.2
2007
Evan AlmightyFilm
Rita
★ 5.6
2007
License to WedFilm
Doctor (uncredited)
★ 5.7
2007
Back at the BarnyardTV
Bessy • 97 episodes
★ 6.9
2006
Over the HedgeFilm
Stella (voice)
★ 6.6
2006
Brother Bear 2Film
Innoko (voice)
★ 6.7
2006
Clerks IIFilm
Wife
★ 6.9
2006
BarnyardFilm
Bessy (voice)
★ 6.0
2006
My Super Ex-GirlfriendFilm
Carla Dunkirk
★ 5.2
2006
The New Adventures of Old ChristineTV
Barb Baran • 67 episodes
★ 7.2
2006
Hammy's Boomerang AdventureFilm
Stella (voice)
★ 6.1
2006
Back to the Well: 'Clerks II'Film
Self / Wife
★ 7.1
2006
The Megan Mullally ShowTV
Self - Guest • 1 episodes
★ 4.7
2006
Wanda Sykes: Sick and TiredFilm
Herself
★ 8.0
2006
The Adventures of Brer RabbitFilm
Sister Moon (voice)
★ 6.4
2006
Creative Arts Emmy AwardsTV
Self - Presenter • 1 episodes
2006
World's Greatest Stand Up: Volume OneFilm
self
2005
The Late Late Show with Craig FergusonTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 6.9
2005
Monster-in-LawFilm
Ruby
★ 6.2
2005
Earth to AmericaFilm
Self
★ 7.7
2005
Just for Laughs Stand Up, Vol. 1: Best of the Uptown ComicsFilm
Herself
★ 8.0
2004
Miley's New Year's Eve PartyTV
Self - Guest • 1 episodes
★ 7.2
2004
Wanda Does ItTV
★ 9.0
2003
Real Time with Bill MaherTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 6.0
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!TV
Self • 8 episodes
★ 5.3
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!TV
Self - Guest • 5 episodes
★ 5.3
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!TV
Self - Guest Host • 1 episodes
★ 5.3
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres ShowTV
Self • 13 episodes
★ 5.5
2003
Last Comic StandingTV
Self - Mentor • 4 episodes
★ 7.0
2003
MTV ReloadedFilm
The Oracle
★ 7.3
2003
Wanda Sykes: Tongue UntiedFilm
Herself
★ 6.0
2003
Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!!Film
Self
★ 7.7
2003
Wanda at LargeTV
Wanda Mildred Hawkins • 19 episodes
★ 6.2
2002
Crank YankersTV
Gladys (voice) • 3 episodes
★ 6.4
2002
Crank YankersTV
Gladys Murphy (voice) • 1 episodes
★ 6.4
2002
Dawn French's Girls Who Do ComedyTV
Self • 3 episodes
★ 7.2
2001
Down to EarthFilm
Wanda
★ 5.6
2001
Pootie TangFilm
Biggie Shorty
★ 5.1
2001
Best of the Chris Rock Show: Volume 2Film
★ 10.0
2001
The Downer ChannelTV
★ 9.0
2000
Curb Your EnthusiasmTV
Wanda • 9 episodes
★ 8.1
2000
Nutty Professor II: The KlumpsFilm
Chantal
★ 5.0
1999
FuturamaTV
Bev (voice) • 1 episodes
★ 8.4
1999
The Early ShowTV
Self - Guest • 2 episodes
★ 6.2
1998
Will & GraceTV
Cricket • 1 episodes
★ 6.9
1998
Comedy Central PresentsTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 7.0
1998
Tomorrow NightFilm
Wanda
★ 6.0
1997
The ViewTV
Self • 5 episodes
★ 4.3
1997
The ViewTV
Self - Guest • 2 episodes
★ 4.3
1997
The Chris Rock ShowTV
★ 4.6
1997
Premium BlendTV
Host • 97 episodes
★ 7.0
1996
The Daily ShowTV
Self • 4 episodes
★ 6.4
1996
The Daily ShowTV
Self - Guest Host • 4 episodes
★ 6.4
1995
The Drew Carey ShowTV
Christine Watson • 3 episodes
★ 6.5
1995
Dr. Katz, Professional TherapistTV
Wanda (voice) • 2 episodes
★ 7.8
1995
MADtvTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 7.1
1993
Late Night with Conan O'BrienTV
Self - Guest • 4 episodes
★ 7.3
1993
Late Night with Conan O'BrienTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 7.3
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay LenoTV
Self • 15 episodes
★ 5.3
1989
The SimpsonsTV
Therapist (voice) • 1 episodes
★ 8.0
1988
LIVE with Kelly and MarkTV
Self - Guest • 1 episodes
★ 5.6
1975
People's Choice AwardsTV
Self - Presenter • 1 episodes
★ 8.2
1953
The OscarsTV
Self - Host • 1 episodes
★ 7.1
1952
TodayTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 5.6
1944
Golden Globe AwardsTV
Self - Presenter • 1 episodes
★ 7.0

Known For

Curb Your Enthusiasm

black-ish

Over the Hedge

Star Wars: The Bad Batch

Harley Quinn

Ice Age: Continental Drift

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