Wanda Sykes
American comedian, writer, actress and voice artist · United States · On the map · Comedians · Born 1964 · age 62
Wanda Yvette Sykes 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.
Wanda Sykes is read about 1,130 times a day, in 35 languages.
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Louis C.K. Directed Pootie Tang and Tomorrow Night
Jon Lucas Directed Bad Moms and A Bad Moms Christmas
Scott Moore Directed Bad Moms and A Bad Moms Christmas
Suzanne Todd Produced Bad Moms and A Bad Moms Christmas
Steve Carell Also in Hammy's Boomerang Adventure (2006)
Conan O'Brien Duets: White House Correspondents' Association dinner
Chris Rock Produced Down to Earth and Pootie Tang
Ray Romano Duets: White House Correspondents' Association dinner
Jennifer Lopez Also in Monster-in-Law (2005)
Mila Kunis Also in A Bad Moms Christmas (2017)
Kristen Bell Also in A Bad Moms Christmas and Pootie Tang
Jon Stewart Duets: White House Correspondents' Association dinner
Sarah Silverman Also in The Muppets and Crank Yankers
J. B. Smoove Also in Pootie Tang (2001)
Chris Weitz Directed Down to Earth (2001)
Steve Oedekerk Wrote Evan Almighty (2008)
Paul Weitz Directed Down to Earth (2001)
Robert Luketic Directed Monster-in-Law (2005)- Ali LeRoi Produced Pootie Tang (2001)
Nicholas Guest Also in Barnyard, Over the Hedge and Rio
Lance Crouther Also in Pootie Tang (2001)
Robert Simonds Produced License to Wed (2007)
Tom Shadyac Produced Evan Almighty (2008)
Aretha Franklin Duets: White House Correspondents' Association dinner
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She is known for her recurring roles on CBS's 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 stars in The Upshaws (2021-2026) on Netflix, a HBO Max comedy series, The Other Two (2019-2023), and The Good Fight (2021).
