Wanda Yvette Sykes (born March 7, 1964) is an American actress,
comedian, 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. She is also known for her roles on CBS'
The New Adventures of Old Christine (2006â€"10), HBO's Curb Your
Enthusiasm (2001â€"11), and ABC's Black-ish (2015â€"present).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 (2006), Barnyard
(2006), Brother Bear 2 (2006), Rio (2011), Ice Age: Continental Drift
(2012), Ice Age: Collision Course (2016) and UglyDolls (2019).Wanda
Sykes was born in Portsmouth, Virginia. Her family moved to Maryland
when she was in third grade. Her mother, Marion Louise (née Peoples),
worked as a banker, and her father, Harry Ellsworth Sykes, was a U.S.
Army colonel employed at the Pentagon.
comedian, 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. She is also known for her roles on CBS'
The New Adventures of Old Christine (2006â€"10), HBO's Curb Your
Enthusiasm (2001â€"11), and ABC's Black-ish (2015â€"present).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 (2006), Barnyard
(2006), Brother Bear 2 (2006), Rio (2011), Ice Age: Continental Drift
(2012), Ice Age: Collision Course (2016) and UglyDolls (2019).Wanda
Sykes was born in Portsmouth, Virginia. Her family moved to Maryland
when she was in third grade. Her mother, Marion Louise (née Peoples),
worked as a banker, and her father, Harry Ellsworth Sykes, was a U.S.
Army colonel employed at the Pentagon.
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