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href="https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanda_Sykes" title="Wanda Sykes – Amharic" lang="am" hreflang="am" data-title="Wanda Sykes" data-language-autonym="አማርኛ" data-language-local-name="Amharic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>አማርኛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B3" title="واندا سايكس – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="واندا سايكس" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanda_Sykes" title="Wanda Sykes – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Wanda Sykes" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7_%D8%B3%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%B3" title="واندا سایکس – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="واندا سایکس" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B0_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA%D1%81" title="Ванда Сайкс – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Ванда Сайкс" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B0_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA%D1%81" title="Уанда Сайкс – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Уанда Сайкс" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanda_Sykesov%C3%A1" title="Wanda Sykesová – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Wanda Sykesová" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanda_Sykes" title="Wanda Sykes – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Wanda Sykes" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanda_Sykes" title="Wanda Sykes – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Wanda Sykes" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanda_Sykes" title="Wanda Sykes – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Wanda Sykes" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanda_Sykes" title="Wanda Sykes – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Wanda Sykes" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7_%D8%B3%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%B3" title="واندا سایکس – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="واندا سایکس" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanda_Sykes" title="Wanda Sykes – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Wanda Sykes" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%99%84%EB%8B%A4_%EC%82%AC%EC%9D%B4%ED%81%AC%EC%8A%A4" title="완다 사이크스 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="완다 사이크스" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8E%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A4%D5%A1_%D5%8D%D5%A1%D5%B5%D6%84%D5%BD" title="Վանդա Սայքս – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Վանդա Սայքս" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" 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searchaux" style="display:none">American comedian and actress (born 1964)</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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class="infobox-label"><span title="How this comedian performs, e.g. stand-up comedy, film or television actor, etc.">Medium</span></th><td class="infobox-data category"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist 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li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Stand-up</li><li>television</li><li>film</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hampton_University" title="Hampton University">Hampton University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Science" title="Bachelor of Science">BS</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data">1987–present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Comedic_genres" title="Comedic genres">Genres</a></th><td class="infobox-data category"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Observational_comedy" title="Observational comedy">Observational comedy</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Surreal_humor" class="mw-redirect" title="Surreal humor">surreal humor</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Insult_comedy" title="Insult comedy">insult comedy</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Black_comedy" title="Black comedy">black comedy</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Blue_comedy" class="mw-redirect" title="Blue comedy">blue comedy</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Satire" title="Satire">satire</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Subject(s)</th><td class="infobox-data category"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_politics" class="mw-redirect" title="American politics">American politics</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/African-American_culture" title="African-American culture">African-American culture</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Popular_culture" title="Popular culture">pop culture</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Racism" title="Racism">racism</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Race_relations" title="Race relations">race relations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Sexism" title="Sexism">sexism</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Interpersonal_relationship" title="Interpersonal relationship">interpersonal relationships</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Human_sexuality" title="Human sexuality">human sexuality</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Tradition" title="Tradition">traditions</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Dave_Hall_(record_producer)" title="Dave Hall (record producer)">Dave Hall</a></div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1991; <abbr title="divorced">div.</abbr> 1998)<wbr /></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712"></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Alex Niedbalski</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 2008)<wbr /></div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.wandasykes.com">www<wbr />.wandasykes<wbr />.com</a></span> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q237194#P856" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Wanda Yvette Sykes</b><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (born March 7, 1964)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is an American stand-up comedian, actress, and writer. She was first recognized for her work as a writer on <i><a href="/wiki/The_Chris_Rock_Show" title="The Chris Rock Show">The Chris Rock Show</a></i>, for which she won a <a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Primetime Emmy Award">Primetime Emmy Award</a> in 1999. In 2004, <i><a href="/wiki/Entertainment_Weekly" title="Entertainment Weekly">Entertainment Weekly</a></i> named Sykes as one of the 25 funniest people in America.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She is also known for her recurring roles on <a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a>' <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Adventures_of_Old_Christine" title="The New Adventures of Old Christine">The New Adventures of Old Christine</a></i> (2006–10), and <a href="/wiki/HBO" title="HBO">HBO</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Curb_Your_Enthusiasm" title="Curb Your Enthusiasm">Curb Your Enthusiasm</a></i> (2001–2011). She received <a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Guest_Actress_in_a_Comedy_Series" title="Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series">Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series</a> nominations for her roles in <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Black-ish" title="Black-ish">Black-ish</a></i> (2015–2022), and <a href="/wiki/Amazon_Prime_Video" title="Amazon Prime Video">Amazon</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/The_Marvelous_Mrs._Maisel" title="The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel">The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel</a></i> (2020). She currently stars in the <a href="/wiki/Netflix" title="Netflix">Netflix</a> original series <i><a href="/wiki/The_Upshaws" title="The Upshaws">The Upshaws</a></i> (2021–), the <a href="/wiki/Max_(streaming_service)" title="Max (streaming service)">HBO Max</a> comedy series <a href="/wiki/The_Other_Two_(TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Other Two (TV series)"><i>The Other Two</i></a> (2019–2023), and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Good_Fight" title="The Good Fight">The Good Fight</a></i> (2021). </p><p>Aside from her television appearances, Sykes has also had a career in film, appearing in <i><a href="/wiki/Monster-in-Law" title="Monster-in-Law">Monster-in-Law</a></i> (2005), <i><a href="/wiki/My_Super_Ex-Girlfriend" title="My Super Ex-Girlfriend">My Super Ex-Girlfriend</a></i> (2006), <i><a href="/wiki/Evan_Almighty" title="Evan Almighty">Evan Almighty</a></i> (2007), and <i><a href="/wiki/License_to_Wed" title="License to Wed">License to Wed</a></i> (2007), as well as voicing characters in animated films such as <i><a href="/wiki/Over_the_Hedge_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Over the Hedge (film)">Over the Hedge</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Barnyard_(film)" title="Barnyard (film)">Barnyard</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Brother_Bear_2" title="Brother Bear 2">Brother Bear 2</a></i> (all in 2006), <i><a href="/wiki/Rio_(2011_film)" title="Rio (2011 film)">Rio</a></i> (2011), two sequels of the <a href="/wiki/Ice_Age_(franchise)" title="Ice Age (franchise)"><i>Ice Age</i> franchise</a> (2012–2016), and <i><a href="/wiki/UglyDolls" title="UglyDolls">UglyDolls</a></i> (2019). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_family">Early life and family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wanda_Sykes&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Wanda Sykes was born in <a href="/wiki/Portsmouth,_Virginia" title="Portsmouth, Virginia">Portsmouth, Virginia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-rising_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rising-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her family moved to <a href="/wiki/Maryland" title="Maryland">Maryland</a> when she was in the third grade.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her mother, Marion Louise (née Peoples), worked as a banker, and her father, Harry Ellsworth Sykes, was a <a href="/wiki/Colonel_(United_States)" title="Colonel (United States)">U.S. Army colonel</a> employed at <a href="/wiki/The_Pentagon" title="The Pentagon">the Pentagon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sykes' family history was researched for an episode of the 2012 PBS genealogy program <i>Finding Your Roots With <a href="/wiki/Henry_Louis_Gates_Jr." title="Henry Louis Gates Jr.">Henry Louis Gates Jr.</a></i> Her ancestry was traced back to a 1683 court case involving her ancestor, Elizabeth Banks, a free white woman and <a href="/wiki/Indentured_servant" class="mw-redirect" title="Indentured servant">indentured servant</a>, who gave birth to a biracial child, Mary Banks, fathered by a slave, who inherited her mother's free status. According to historian <a href="/wiki/Ira_Berlin" title="Ira Berlin">Ira Berlin</a>, a specialist in the history of American slavery, the Sykes family history is "the only such case that I know of in which it is possible to trace a black family rooted in freedom from the late 17th century to the present."<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sykes attended <a href="/wiki/Arundel_High_School" title="Arundel High School">Arundel High School</a><sup id="cite_ref-washingtonian_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-washingtonian-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in <a href="/wiki/Gambrills,_Maryland" title="Gambrills, Maryland">Gambrills, Maryland</a>, and went on to graduate from <a href="/wiki/Hampton_University" title="Hampton University">Hampton University</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-washingtonian_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-washingtonian-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where she earned a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Science" title="Bachelor of Science">Bachelor of Science</a> degree in marketing<sup id="cite_ref-rising_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rising-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and became a member of <a href="/wiki/Alpha_Kappa_Alpha" title="Alpha Kappa Alpha">Alpha Kappa Alpha</a>. After college, her first job was as a <a href="/wiki/Procurement" title="Procurement">contracting specialist</a> at the <a href="/wiki/National_Security_Agency" title="National Security Agency">National Security Agency</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-washingtonian_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-washingtonian-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-yahoo_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-yahoo-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where she worked for five years.<sup id="cite_ref-advocate_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-advocate-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wanda_Sykes&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1990s">1990s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wanda_Sykes&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1990s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following a role with the <a href="/wiki/National_Security_Agency" title="National Security Agency">National Security Agency</a> (NSA), Sykes began her stand-up career at a Coors Light Super Talent Showcase in <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, where she performed for the first time in front of a live audience in 1987.<sup id="cite_ref-advocate_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-advocate-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She continued to perform at local venues while at the NSA until 1992, when she moved to New York City. One of her early TV appearances was <a href="/wiki/Russell_Simmons" title="Russell Simmons">Russell Simmons</a>' Def Comedy Jam in the early 1990s, where she shared the stage with <a href="/wiki/Adele_Givens" title="Adele Givens">Adele Givens</a>, <a href="/wiki/J._B._Smoove" title="J. B. Smoove">J. B. Smoove</a>, <a href="/wiki/D._L._Hughley" title="D. L. Hughley">D. L. Hughley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bernie_Mac" title="Bernie Mac">Bernie Mac</a>, & <a href="/wiki/Bill_Bellamy" title="Bill Bellamy">Bill Bellamy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-advocate_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-advocate-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Working for the <a href="/wiki/Hal_Leonard_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Hal Leonard Corporation">Hal Leonard</a> publishing house, she edited a book entitled <i>Polyrhythms – The Musician's Guide</i>, by <a href="/wiki/Peter_Magadini" title="Peter Magadini">Peter Magadini</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her first big break came when opening for <a href="/wiki/Chris_Rock" title="Chris Rock">Chris Rock</a> at <a href="/wiki/Caroline%27s_Comedy_Club" class="mw-redirect" title="Caroline's Comedy Club">Caroline's Comedy Club</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-advocate_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-advocate-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1997, she joined the writing team on <i><a href="/wiki/The_Chris_Rock_Show" title="The Chris Rock Show">The Chris Rock Show</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and also made many appearances on the show. The writing team was nominated for four <a href="/wiki/Emmy_Awards" title="Emmy Awards">Emmys</a>, and in 1999, won for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music, or Comedy Special. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ms._magazine_Cover_-_Summer_2004.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Ms._magazine_Cover_-_Summer_2004.jpg/220px-Ms._magazine_Cover_-_Summer_2004.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="295" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Ms._magazine_Cover_-_Summer_2004.jpg/330px-Ms._magazine_Cover_-_Summer_2004.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Ms._magazine_Cover_-_Summer_2004.jpg/440px-Ms._magazine_Cover_-_Summer_2004.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1662" data-file-height="2228" /></a><figcaption>Sykes on the cover of <i><a href="/wiki/Ms._magazine" class="mw-redirect" title="Ms. magazine">Ms. magazine</a></i> in 2004</figcaption></figure> <p>Since that time, she has appeared in the films <i><a href="/wiki/Pootie_Tang" title="Pootie Tang">Pootie Tang</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and on TV shows such as <i><a href="/wiki/Curb_Your_Enthusiasm" title="Curb Your Enthusiasm">Curb Your Enthusiasm</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2003, she starred in her own short-lived <a href="/wiki/Fox_network" class="mw-redirect" title="Fox network">Fox network</a> sitcom, <i><a href="/wiki/Wanda_at_Large" title="Wanda at Large">Wanda at Large</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The same year, Sykes appeared in an hour-long <a href="/wiki/Comedy_Central" title="Comedy Central">Comedy Central</a> special, <i><a href="/wiki/Tongue_Untied_(2003)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tongue Untied (2003)">Tongue Untied</a></i>. That network also ranked her No. 70 on its list of the 100 greatest all-time stand ups. She served as a correspondent for <a href="/wiki/Home_Box_Office" class="mw-redirect" title="Home Box Office">HBO</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Inside_the_NFL" title="Inside the NFL">Inside the NFL</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> hosted Comedy Central's popular show <i><a href="/wiki/Premium_Blend" title="Premium Blend">Premium Blend</a></i>, and voiced a recurring character named Gladys on Comedy Central's <a href="/wiki/Puppet" title="Puppet">puppet</a> show <i><a href="/wiki/Crank_Yankers" title="Crank Yankers">Crank Yankers</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She also had a short-lived show on <a href="/wiki/Comedy_Central" title="Comedy Central">Comedy Central</a> called <i><a href="/wiki/Wanda_Does_It" title="Wanda Does It">Wanda Does It</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000s">2000s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wanda_Sykes&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 2000s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sykes wrote <i><a href="/wiki/Yeah,_I_Said_It" title="Yeah, I Said It">Yeah, I Said It</a></i>, a book of humorous observations on various topics, published in September 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2006, she landed a recurring role as Barb, opposite <a href="/wiki/Julia_Louis-Dreyfus" title="Julia Louis-Dreyfus">Julia Louis-Dreyfus</a>, on the sitcom <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Adventures_of_Old_Christine" title="The New Adventures of Old Christine">The New Adventures of Old Christine</a></i>;<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> she became a series regular during the series' third season in 2008. She also guest starred in the <i><a href="/wiki/Will_%26_Grace" title="Will & Grace">Will & Grace</a></i> episode "Buy, Buy Baby" in 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She provided voices for the <a href="/wiki/2006_in_film" title="2006 in film">2006 films</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Over_the_Hedge_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Over the Hedge (film)">Over the Hedge</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Barnyard_(film)" title="Barnyard (film)">Barnyard</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Brother_Bear_2" title="Brother Bear 2">Brother Bear 2</a></i>. She had a part in <i><a href="/wiki/My_Super_Ex-Girlfriend" title="My Super Ex-Girlfriend">My Super Ex-Girlfriend</a></i> and after playing in <i><a href="/wiki/Evan_Almighty" title="Evan Almighty">Evan Almighty</a></i>, had a bit part in <i><a href="/wiki/License_to_Wed" title="License to Wed">License to Wed</a></i>. Sykes's first <a href="/wiki/HBO" title="HBO">HBO</a> Comedy Special, entitled <i>Wanda Sykes: <a href="/wiki/Sick_and_Tired_(2006)" title="Sick and Tired (2006)">Sick & Tired</a></i>, premiered on October 14, 2006; it was nominated for a <a href="/wiki/59th_Primetime_Emmy_Awards" title="59th Primetime Emmy Awards">2007 Emmy Award</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2008, she performed as part of <a href="/wiki/Cyndi_Lauper" title="Cyndi Lauper">Cyndi Lauper</a>'s <a href="/wiki/True_Colors_Tour_2008" class="mw-redirect" title="True Colors Tour 2008">True Colors Tour</a> for <a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights">LGBT rights</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2008, Sykes appeared in a television ad for the <a href="/wiki/Think_Before_You_Speak_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Think Before You Speak Campaign">Think Before You Speak Campaign</a>, an advertising campaign by <a href="/wiki/GLSEN" title="GLSEN">GLSEN</a> aimed at curbing <a href="/wiki/Homophobia" title="Homophobia">homophobic</a> slang in youth communities. In the 30-second spot, she uses humor to scold a teenager for saying "that's so gay" when he really means "that is so bad".<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In March 2009, Sykes became the host of a late-night talk show on Saturdays on <i>Fox</i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Wanda_Sykes_Show" title="The Wanda Sykes Show">The Wanda Sykes Show</a></i> which was scheduled to premiere November 7, 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ostrow_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ostrow-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April 2009, she was named in <i><a href="/wiki/Out_(magazine)" title="Out (magazine)">Out</a></i> magazine's "Annual Power 50 List", landing at number 35. </p><p>In May 2009, Sykes was the featured entertainer for the annual <a href="/wiki/White_House_Correspondents%27_Association" title="White House Correspondents' Association">White House Correspondents' Association</a> dinner, becoming both the first African American woman and the first <a href="/wiki/Closeted" title="Closeted">openly</a> LGBT person to get the role. <a href="/wiki/Cedric_the_Entertainer" title="Cedric the Entertainer">Cedric the Entertainer</a> had been the first African American to become the featured entertainer in 2005. At this event, Sykes made controversial headlines as she responded to conservative radio talk show host <a href="/wiki/Rush_Limbaugh" title="Rush Limbaugh">Rush Limbaugh</a>'s comments regarding President <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a>. Limbaugh, in reference to Obama's presidential agenda, had said "I hope he fails". In response, Sykes quipped: "I hope his [Limbaugh's] kidneys fail, how 'bout that? Needs a little waterboarding, that's what he needs."<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her second comedy special, <i>Wanda Sykes: <a href="/wiki/I%27ma_Be_Me_(2009)" title="I'ma Be Me (2009)">I'ma Be Me</a></i> premiered on HBO in October 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-ostrow_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ostrow-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> November 2009 saw the premier of <i>The Wanda Sykes Show</i>, which starts with a monologue and continues with a panel discussion in a similar format to <a href="/wiki/Bill_Maher" title="Bill Maher">Bill Maher</a>'s shows <i><a href="/wiki/Real_Time_with_Bill_Maher" title="Real Time with Bill Maher">Real Time with Bill Maher</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Politically_Incorrect" title="Politically Incorrect">Politically Incorrect</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010s">2010s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wanda_Sykes&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 2010s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>She appeared as <a href="/wiki/Miss_Hannigan" class="mw-redirect" title="Miss Hannigan">Miss Hannigan</a> in a professional theatre production of <i><a href="/wiki/Annie_(musical)" title="Annie (musical)">Annie</a></i> at The Media Theatre in Media, PA, a suburb southwest of Philadelphia. Her first appearance in a musical, she played the role from November 23 to December 12, 2010, and again from January 12 to 23, 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-ostrow_28-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ostrow-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She voices the Witch in the <i><a href="/wiki/Bubble_Guppies" title="Bubble Guppies">Bubble Guppies</a></i> episode "Bubble Puppy's Fin-tastic Fairlytale Adventure". In 2012, Sykes played the role of Granny in Blue Sky Studios' <i><a href="/wiki/Ice_Age:_Continental_Drift" title="Ice Age: Continental Drift">Ice Age: Continental Drift</a></i>. In 2016, she returned to the role in <i><a href="/wiki/Ice_Age:_Collision_Course" title="Ice Age: Collision Course">Ice Age: Collision Course</a></i>. In May 2013, Sykes was a featured entertainer at <a href="/wiki/Olivia_Travel" title="Olivia Travel">Olivia Travel</a>'s 40th anniversary Music & Comedy Festival in <a href="/wiki/Punta_Cana" title="Punta Cana">Punta Cana</a>, Dominican Republic.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2013, Sykes appeared in eight episodes of Amazon's <i><a href="/wiki/Alpha_House" title="Alpha House">Alpha House</a></i>, a political comedy series written by <i><a href="/wiki/Doonesbury" title="Doonesbury">Doonesbury</a></i> creator <a href="/wiki/Garry_Trudeau" title="Garry Trudeau">Garry Trudeau</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sykes plays Rosalyn DuPeche, a Democratic Senator from Illinois and the next door neighbor of four Republican senators living together in a house on Capitol Hill. Sykes also appeared in Season Two, which became available in October 2014. The series was canceled after the second season. In 2018, Sykes became the head writer for the revived tenth season of <i><a href="/wiki/Roseanne" title="Roseanne">Roseanne</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This attracted attention due to star <a href="/wiki/Roseanne_Barr" title="Roseanne Barr">Roseanne Barr</a>'s history of controversial political remarks.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On May 29, 2018, Sykes announced on Twitter that she would no longer be working on the series after a since-deleted Twitter rant by <a href="/wiki/Roseanne_Barr" title="Roseanne Barr">Roseanne Barr</a> about <a href="/wiki/Valerie_Jarrett" title="Valerie Jarrett">Valerie Jarrett</a>; <i>Roseanne</i> was subsequently canceled by <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2020s">2020s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wanda_Sykes&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2020s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2021, Sykes began starring on the Netflix sitcom <i><a href="/wiki/The_Upshaws" title="The Upshaws">The Upshaws</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sykes co-hosted the <a href="/wiki/94th_Academy_Awards" title="94th Academy Awards">94th Academy Awards</a> with <a href="/wiki/Regina_Hall" title="Regina Hall">Regina Hall</a> and <a href="/wiki/Amy_Schumer" title="Amy Schumer">Amy Schumer</a> on March 27, 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The telecast is most known for its infamous moment where <a href="/wiki/Will_Smith" title="Will Smith">Will Smith</a> <a href="/wiki/Chris_Rock%E2%80%93Will_Smith_slapping_incident" title="Chris Rock–Will Smith slapping incident">slapped</a> <a href="/wiki/Chris_Rock" title="Chris Rock">Chris Rock</a>. Sykes condemned the actions of Smith stating on <i><a href="/wiki/The_Ellen_DeGeneres_Show" title="The Ellen DeGeneres Show">Ellen</a></i> "For [The Academy] to let him stay in that room and enjoy the rest of the show and accept his award, I was like, 'How gross is this? This is just the wrong message.' You assault somebody, you get escorted out of the building and that's it. For them to let him continue, I thought it was gross".<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 2023, Sykes guest hosted <i><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Show" title="The Daily Show">The Daily Show</a></i> after <a href="/wiki/Trevor_Noah" title="Trevor Noah">Trevor Noah</a>'s departure.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wanda_Sykes&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wanda_Sykes.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Wanda_Sykes.jpg/170px-Wanda_Sykes.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="320" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Wanda_Sykes.jpg/255px-Wanda_Sykes.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c1/Wanda_Sykes.jpg 2x" data-file-width="327" data-file-height="615" /></a><figcaption>Sykes in September 2004</figcaption></figure> <p>Sykes was married to record producer <a href="/wiki/Dave_Hall_(record_producer)" title="Dave Hall (record producer)">Dave Hall</a> from 1991 to 1998.<sup id="cite_ref-advocate_10-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-advocate-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In November 2008, she publicly <a href="/wiki/Coming_out" title="Coming out">came out</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Lesbian" title="Lesbian">lesbian</a> while at a <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage" title="Same-sex marriage">same-sex marriage</a> rally in <a href="/wiki/Las_Vegas" title="Las Vegas">Las Vegas</a> regarding <a href="/wiki/California_Proposition_8_(2008)" class="mw-redirect" title="California Proposition 8 (2008)">Proposition 8</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-advocate_10-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-advocate-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A month earlier, Sykes married her wife Alex Niedbalski, a French woman,<sup id="cite_ref-ws_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ws-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> whom she met in 2006. The couple also became parents in April 2009, when Niedbalski gave birth to a pair of fraternal twins.<sup id="cite_ref-people_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-people-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sykes only came out to her conservative mother Marion and father Harry in 2004 when she was 40, who both initially had difficulty accepting her homosexuality. They declined to attend her wedding with Alex, which led to a brief period of estrangement; they have since reconciled with Sykes.<sup id="cite_ref-express_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-express-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During a September 19, 2011, appearance on <i><a href="/wiki/The_Ellen_DeGeneres_Show" title="The Ellen DeGeneres Show">The Ellen DeGeneres Show</a></i>, Sykes announced that she had been diagnosed earlier in the year with <a href="/wiki/Ductal_carcinoma_in_situ" title="Ductal carcinoma in situ">ductal carcinoma in situ</a> (DCIS). Although DCIS is a non-invasive "stage zero <a href="/wiki/Breast_cancer" title="Breast cancer">breast cancer</a>", Sykes had elected to have a bilateral <a href="/wiki/Mastectomy" title="Mastectomy">mastectomy</a> to lower her chances of getting breast cancer.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sykes splits time between <a href="/wiki/Media,_Pennsylvania" title="Media, Pennsylvania">Media, Pennsylvania</a>, a suburb of Philadelphia,<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Cherry_Grove,_New_York" title="Cherry Grove, New York">Cherry Grove, New York</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Activism">Activism</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wanda_Sykes&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Activism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sykes publicly expressed being devastated when California voters passed state <a href="/wiki/Proposition_8" class="mw-redirect" title="Proposition 8">Proposition 8</a>. She said: "with the legislation that they passed, I can't sit by and just watch. I just can't do it."<sup id="cite_ref-advocate2_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-advocate2-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She has continued to be active in <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage" title="Same-sex marriage">same-sex marriage</a> issues hosting events and emceeing fundraisers. She has also worked with <a href="/wiki/People_for_the_Ethical_Treatment_of_Animals" title="People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals">PETA</a> on promoting dog anti-chaining legislation in her home state.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She has been an outspoken supporter of <a href="/wiki/Detroit" title="Detroit">Detroit</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Ruth_Ellis_Center" title="Ruth Ellis Center">Ruth Ellis Center</a> after the organization's staff sent Sykes a letter asking her to visit during her 2010 tour's stop in Detroit.<sup id="cite_ref-btl710_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-btl710-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-hour912_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hour912-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-advocate1012_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-advocate1012-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sykes often uses Twitter to express her political views, including on May 25, 2021, retweeting a photograph by Evan Vucci of Gianna Floyd, daughter of George Floyd, entering the White House.<sup id="cite_ref-Symons_2023_74_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Symons_2023_74-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On July 17, 2021, she also tweeted, "Congress MUST pass the #ForThePeopleAct", and called on her followers to join the "Good Trouble Vigil", commemorating the passing of activist and Congressman <a href="/wiki/John_Lewis" title="John Lewis">John Lewis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Symons_2023_74_55-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Symons_2023_74-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Filmography">Filmography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wanda_Sykes&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Filmography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Film">Film</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wanda_Sykes&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Film"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>List of film credits </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Year </th> <th scope="col">Title </th> <th scope="col">Role </th> <th scope="col" class="unsortable">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>1998 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Tomorrow_Night_(film)" title="Tomorrow Night (film)">Tomorrow Night</a></i> </td> <td>Wanda (Mel's Date) </td> <td>credited as <i>Wanda Sykes-Hall</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Nutty_Professor_II:_The_Klumps" title="Nutty Professor II: The Klumps">Nutty Professor II: The Klumps</a></i> </td> <td>Chantal </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2001 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Down_to_Earth_(2001_film)" title="Down to Earth (2001 film)">Down to Earth</a></i> </td> <td>Wanda </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Pootie_Tang" title="Pootie Tang">Pootie Tang</a></i> </td> <td>Biggie Shorty </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2005 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Monster-in-Law" title="Monster-in-Law">Monster-in-Law</a></i> </td> <td>Ruby </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="7">2006 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Brer_Rabbit" title="The Adventures of Brer Rabbit">The Adventures of Brer Rabbit</a></i> </td> <td>Sister Moon </td> <td>Voice; <a href="/wiki/Direct-to-video" title="Direct-to-video">Direct-to-video</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Over_the_Hedge_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Over the Hedge (film)">Over the Hedge</a></i> </td> <td>Stella </td> <td>Voice </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Clerks_II" title="Clerks II">Clerks II</a></i> </td> <td>Angry Customer </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/My_Super_Ex-Girlfriend" title="My Super Ex-Girlfriend">My Super Ex-Girlfriend</a></i> </td> <td>Carla Dunkirk </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Barnyard_(film)" title="Barnyard (film)">Barnyard</a></i> </td> <td>Bessy </td> <td>Voice </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Brother_Bear_2" title="Brother Bear 2">Brother Bear 2</a></i> </td> <td>Innoko </td> <td>Voice; Direct-to-video </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>CondomNation</i> </td> <td>Linda </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2007 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Evan_Almighty" title="Evan Almighty">Evan Almighty</a></i> </td> <td>Rita Daniels </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/License_to_Wed" title="License to Wed">License to Wed</a></i> </td> <td>Nurse Borman </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2011 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Rio_(2011_film)" title="Rio (2011 film)">Rio</a></i> </td> <td>Chloe the Canada goose </td> <td>Voice </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Muppets_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Muppets (film)">The Muppets</a></i> </td> <td>Officer Ethel </td> <td>Cameo, deleted scene </td></tr> <tr> <td>2012 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Ice_Age:_Continental_Drift" title="Ice Age: Continental Drift">Ice Age: Continental Drift</a></i> </td> <td>Granny </td> <td>Voice </td></tr> <tr> <td>2013 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Hot_Flashes" title="The Hot Flashes">The Hot Flashes</a></i> </td> <td>Florine Clarkston </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2016 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Ice_Age:_Collision_Course" title="Ice Age: Collision Course">Ice Age: Collision Course</a></i> </td> <td>Granny </td> <td>Voice </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Bad_Moms" title="Bad Moms">Bad Moms</a></i> </td> <td>Dr. Karl </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2017 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Snatched_(2017_film)" title="Snatched (2017 film)">Snatched</a></i> </td> <td>Ruth </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/A_Bad_Moms_Christmas" title="A Bad Moms Christmas">A Bad Moms Christmas</a></i> </td> <td>Dr. Karl </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2018 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Bianca_2:_From_Russia_with_Hate" class="mw-redirect" title="Hurricane Bianca 2: From Russia with Hate">Hurricane Bianca 2: From Russia with Hate</a></i> </td> <td>Prison Matron </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">2019 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/UglyDolls" title="UglyDolls">UglyDolls</a></i> </td> <td>Wage </td> <td>Voice </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Wedding_Year" title="The Wedding Year">The Wedding Year</a></i> </td> <td>Janet / Grandma </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Jexi" title="Jexi">Jexi</a></i> </td> <td>Denice </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2020 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Friendsgiving_(2020_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Friendsgiving (2020 film)">Friendsgiving</a></i> </td> <td>Fairy Gay Mother </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2021 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Breaking_News_in_Yuba_County" title="Breaking News in Yuba County">Breaking News in Yuba County</a></i> </td> <td>Rita </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_One_and_Only_Dick_Gregory" title="The One and Only Dick Gregory">The One and Only Dick Gregory</a></i> </td> <td>Herself </td> <td>Documentary </td></tr> <tr> <td>2024 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Saving_Bikini_Bottom:_The_Sandy_Cheeks_Movie" title="Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie">Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie</a></i> </td> <td>Sue Nahmee </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Television">Television</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wanda_Sykes&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Television"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>List of television credits </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Year </th> <th scope="col">Title </th> <th scope="col">Role </th> <th scope="col" class="unsortable">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>1997–2000 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Chris_Rock_Show" title="The Chris Rock Show">The Chris Rock Show</a></i> </td> <td rowspan="2">Various Characters </td> <td>7 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999 </td> <td><i>Best of the Chris Rock Show</i> </td> <td>TV special </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2001 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Downer_Channel" title="The Downer Channel">The Downer Channel</a></i> </td> <td>Various </td> <td>2 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Drew_Carey_Show" title="The Drew Carey Show">The Drew Carey Show</a></i> </td> <td>Christine Watson </td> <td>3 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>2001–2011 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Curb_Your_Enthusiasm" title="Curb Your Enthusiasm">Curb Your Enthusiasm</a></i> </td> <td>Herself </td> <td>9 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>2002–2005;<br />2019–2022 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Crank_Yankers" title="Crank Yankers">Crank Yankers</a></i> </td> <td>Wanda / Gladys Murphy </td> <td>Voice, 19 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4">2003 </td> <td><i>MTV: Reloaded</i> </td> <td>The Oracle </td> <td>TV film </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Wanda_at_Large" title="Wanda at Large">Wanda at Large</a></i> </td> <td>Wanda Mildred Hawkins </td> <td>19 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Chappelle%27s_Show" title="Chappelle's Show">Chappelle's Show</a></i> </td> <td rowspan="2">Herself </td> <td>Episode: "The Best of Chappelle's Show: Volume 2 Mixtape" </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Mad_TV" title="Mad TV">Mad TV</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mad_TV_(season_9)#Ep3" class="mw-redirect" title="Mad TV (season 9)">Season 9 episode 903</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2004 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Wanda_Does_It" title="Wanda Does It">Wanda Does It</a></i> </td> <td>Herself </td> <td>6 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>2006 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Will_%26_Grace" title="Will & Grace">Will & Grace</a></i> </td> <td>Cricket Walker </td> <td>Episode: "<a href="/wiki/Buy,_Buy_Baby" title="Buy, Buy Baby">Buy, Buy Baby</a>" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2006 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Sick_and_Tired_(2006)" title="Sick and Tired (2006)">Sick and Tired</a></i> </td> <td>Herself </td> <td>HBO comedy special </td></tr> <tr> <td>2006–2010 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Adventures_of_Old_Christine" title="The New Adventures of Old Christine">The New Adventures of Old Christine</a></i> </td> <td>Barbara "Barb" Baran </td> <td>54 episodes<br />(Recurring Seasons 1–2, Starring Seasons 3–5) </td></tr> <tr> <td>2007–2011 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Back_at_the_Barnyard" title="Back at the Barnyard">Back at the Barnyard</a></i> </td> <td>Bessy </td> <td>Voice, 50 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2009 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/I%27ma_Be_Me_(2009)" title="I'ma Be Me (2009)">Wanda Sykes: I'ma Be Me</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-ostrow_28-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ostrow-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Herself </td> <td>HBO comedy special </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/White_House_Correspondents%27_Dinner" class="mw-redirect" title="White House Correspondents' Dinner">White House Correspondents' Dinner</a></i> </td> <td>Herself (host) </td> <td>TV special </td></tr> <tr> <td>2009–2010 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Wanda_Sykes_Show" title="The Wanda Sykes Show">The Wanda Sykes Show</a></i> </td> <td>Herself </td> <td>21 episodes; also creator, writer, executive producer </td></tr> <tr> <td>2011 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Drop_Dead_Diva" title="Drop Dead Diva">Drop Dead Diva</a></i> </td> <td>Judge </td> <td>Episode: "<a href="/wiki/Drop_Dead_Diva_(season_3)#ep31" class="mw-redirect" title="Drop Dead Diva (season 3)">Prom</a>" </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2012 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Bubble_Guppies" title="Bubble Guppies">Bubble Guppies</a></i> </td> <td>The Witch </td> <td>Voice, episode: "Bubble Puppy's Fin-tastic Fairytale Adventure!" </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Futurama" title="Futurama">Futurama</a></i> </td> <td>Bev the vending machine </td> <td>Voice, episode: "<a href="/wiki/The_Bots_and_the_Bees" title="The Bots and the Bees">The Bots and the Bees</a>"<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2013 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons" title="The Simpsons">The Simpsons</a></i> </td> <td>School Therapist / Counselor </td> <td>Voice, episode: "<a href="/wiki/What_Animated_Women_Want" title="What Animated Women Want">What Animated Women Want</a>"<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Real_Husbands_of_Hollywood" title="Real Husbands of Hollywood">Real Husbands of Hollywood</a></i> </td> <td>Wanda Sykes </td> <td>2 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>2013–2014 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Alpha_House" title="Alpha House">Alpha House</a></i> </td> <td>Senator Rosalyn DuPeche </td> <td>Recurring role </td></tr> <tr> <td>2014, 2019 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Last_Week_Tonight_with_John_Oliver" title="Last Week Tonight with John Oliver">Last Week Tonight with John Oliver</a></i> </td> <td>Herself </td> <td>2 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>2015 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Repeat_After_Me_(TV_series)" title="Repeat After Me (TV series)">Repeat After Me</a></i> </td> <td>Herself </td> <td>1 episode </td></tr> <tr> <td>2015, 2017 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Penn_Zero:_Part-Time_Hero" title="Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero">Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero</a></i> </td> <td>Shirley B. Awesome </td> <td>Voice, 2 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>2015–2020 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Black-ish" title="Black-ish">Black-ish</a></i> </td> <td>Daphne Lido </td> <td>16 episodes<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">2016 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Bob%27s_Burgers" title="Bob's Burgers">Bob's Burgers</a></i> </td> <td>Sofa Queen </td> <td>Voice, episode: "<a href="/wiki/Sacred_Couch" title="Sacred Couch">Sacred Couch</a>" </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Animals_(American_TV_series)" title="Animals (American TV series)">Animals</a></i> </td> <td>Chance </td> <td>Voice, 2 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/List_of_programs_broadcast_by_Epix#Stand-up_comedy_specials" class="mw-redirect" title="List of programs broadcast by Epix">What Happened... Ms. Sykes?</a></i> </td> <td rowspan="2">Herself </td> <td><a href="/wiki/MGM%2B" title="MGM+">Epix</a> comedy special </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2017 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Lip_Sync_Battle" title="Lip Sync Battle">Lip Sync Battle</a></i> </td> <td>Episode: "<a href="/wiki/Don_Cheadle" title="Don Cheadle">Don Cheadle</a> vs. Wanda Sykes" </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Doc_McStuffins" title="Doc McStuffins">Doc McStuffins</a></i> </td> <td>Thea </td> <td>Voice, episode: "The Emergency Plan" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2017–2021 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Vampirina" title="Vampirina">Vampirina</a></i> </td> <td>Gregoria the Gargoyle </td> <td>Voice, main role </td></tr> <tr> <td>2017–2019 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Broad_City" title="Broad City">Broad City</a></i> </td> <td>Dara </td> <td>Recurring role </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2018 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Ask_the_StoryBots" title="Ask the StoryBots">Ask the StoryBots</a></i> </td> <td>Doctor </td> <td>Episode: "How Do People Catch a Cold?" </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/BoJack_Horseman" title="BoJack Horseman">BoJack Horseman</a></i> </td> <td>Mary-Beth </td> <td>Voice, episode: "INT. SUB" </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="8">2019 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Bravest_Knight" title="The Bravest Knight">The Bravest Knight</a></i> </td> <td>Mona the Mayor </td> <td>Voice, episode: "Cedric & the Pixies"<sup id="cite_ref-pinknews_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pinknews-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Scooby-Doo_and_Guess_Who%3F" title="Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?">Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?</a></i> </td> <td>Herself </td> <td>Voice, episode: "Peebles' Pet Shop of Terrible Terrors!" </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Live_in_Front_of_a_Studio_Audience" title="Live in Front of a Studio Audience">Live in Front of a Studio Audience</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Louise_Jefferson" title="Louise Jefferson">Louise Jefferson</a> </td> <td>Episode: "Norman Lear's <i><a href="/wiki/All_in_the_Family" title="All in the Family">All in the Family</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Jeffersons" title="The Jeffersons">The Jeffersons</a></i>" </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/List_of_original_stand-up_comedy_specials_distributed_by_Netflix" class="mw-redirect" title="List of original stand-up comedy specials distributed by Netflix">Wanda Sykes: Not Normal</a></i> </td> <td>Herself </td> <td>Netflix comedy special </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Summer_Camp_Island" title="Summer Camp Island">Summer Camp Island</a></i> </td> <td>Ethel </td> <td>Episode: "The Great Elf Invention Convention" </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Big_Mouth_(American_TV_series)" title="Big Mouth (American TV series)">Big Mouth</a></i> </td> <td>Ghost of <a href="/wiki/Harriet_Tubman" title="Harriet Tubman">Harriet Tubman</a> </td> <td>Voice, episode: "Duke" </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Marvelous_Mrs._Maisel" title="The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel">The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Moms_Mabley" title="Moms Mabley">Moms Mabley</a> </td> <td>Episode: "A Jewish Girl Walks Into the Apollo..." </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/RuPaul%27s_Drag_Race_(season_11)" class="mw-redirect" title="RuPaul's Drag Race (season 11)">RuPaul's Drag Race</a></i> </td> <td>Herself </td> <td>Episode: "<a href="/wiki/Bring_Back_My_Queens!" title="Bring Back My Queens!">Bring Back My Queens!</a>" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2019–2023 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Other_Two_(TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Other Two (TV series)">The Other Two</a></i> </td> <td>Shuli Kucerac </td> <td>Recurring role </td></tr> <tr> <td>2019–2020 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Harley_Quinn_(TV_series)" title="Harley Quinn (TV series)">Harley Quinn</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Queen_of_Fables" title="Queen of Fables">Tsaritsa / Queen of Fables</a> </td> <td>Voice, 3 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>2020 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Mapleworth_Murders" title="Mapleworth Murders">Mapleworth Murders</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Leigh Drain </td> <td>Episode: "Killer Voices – Part 2" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2020–2021 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Tig_n%27_Seek" title="Tig n' Seek">Tig n' Seek</a></i> </td> <td>Nuritza </td> <td>Voice, 15 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2021 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Good_Fight" title="The Good Fight">The Good Fight</a></i> </td> <td>Allegra Durado </td> <td>3 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Q-Force" title="Q-Force">Q-Force</a></i> </td> <td>Deb </td> <td>Voice, main role </td></tr> <tr> <td>2021–present </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Upshaws" title="The Upshaws">The Upshaws</a></i> </td> <td>Lucretia </td> <td>32 episodes; also co-creator, writer, executive producer </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">2022 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/94th_Academy_Awards" title="94th Academy Awards">94th Academy Awards</a></i> </td> <td>Herself (co-host) </td> <td>TV special </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Chivalry_(TV_series)" title="Chivalry (TV series)">Chivalry</a></i> </td> <td>Jean Shrill </td> <td>Main role </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Gutsy</i><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </td> <td>Herself </td> <td>Episode: "Gutsy Women Have the Last Laugh" </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4">2023 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Bad_Batch" title="Star Wars: The Bad Batch">Star Wars: The Bad Batch</a></i> </td> <td>Phee Genoa </td> <td>Voice, 5 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_World,_Part_II" title="History of the World, Part II">History of the World, Part II</a></i> </td> <td>Various </td> <td>8 episodes; also writer and executive producer </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Show" title="The Daily Show">The Daily Show</a></i> </td> <td>Herself (guest host) </td> <td>4 Episodes (Week of Jan. 23)<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Kimmel_Live!" title="Jimmy Kimmel Live!">Jimmy Kimmel Live!</a></i> </td> <td>Herself (guest) </td> <td>Episode: October 4<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2023-2024 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Velma_(TV_series)" title="Velma (TV series)">Velma</a></i> </td> <td>Linda Blake </td> <td>Voice, 9 episodes </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Video_game">Video game</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wanda_Sykes&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Video game"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>List of video game credits </caption> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center;"> <th scope="col">Year </th> <th scope="col">Title </th> <th scope="col">Role </th> <th scope="col" class="unsortable">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>2022 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Tiny_Tina%27s_Wonderlands" title="Tiny Tina's Wonderlands">Tiny Tina's Wonderlands</a></i> </td> <td>Frette </td> <td>Voice </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Writer">Writer</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wanda_Sykes&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Writer"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>List of writing credits </caption> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center;"> <th scope="col">Year </th> <th scope="col">Title </th> <th scope="col">Role </th> <th scope="col" class="unsortable">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>1997–1998 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Keenen_Ivory_Wayans_Show" title="The Keenen Ivory Wayans Show">The Keenen Ivory Wayans Show</a></i> </td> <td>Writer </td> <td>11 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997–2000 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Chris_Rock_Show" title="The Chris Rock Show">The Chris Rock Show</a></i> </td> <td>Writer </td> <td>Wrote 33 episodes <br />Co-produced 14 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>1998 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Comedy_Central_Presents" title="Comedy Central Presents">Comedy Central Presents</a></i> </td> <td>Herself and writer (as Wanda Sykes-Hall) </td> <td>Episode: "Wanda Sykes-Hall" </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2001 </td> <td><i>Best of the Chris Rock Show: Volume 2</i> </td> <td>Writer </td> <td>TV special </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Downer_Channel" title="The Downer Channel">The Downer Channel</a></i> </td> <td>Writer </td> <td>Wrote the first 2 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>2002 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/74th_Academy_Awards" title="74th Academy Awards">The 74th Annual Academy Awards</a></i> </td> <td>Special material written by </td> <td>Award show </td></tr> <tr> <td>2002–2003 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Premium_Blend" title="Premium Blend">Premium Blend</a></i> </td> <td>Writer </td> <td>4 episodes/Stand-up </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2003 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Tongue_Untied_(2003)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tongue Untied (2003)">Wanda Sykes: Tongue Untied</a></i> </td> <td>Writer </td> <td>Documentary </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Wanda_at_Large" title="Wanda at Large">Wanda at Large</a></i> </td> <td>Creator, writer and producer </td> <td>19 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>2004 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Wanda_Does_It" title="Wanda Does It">Wanda Does It</a></i> </td> <td>Creator, writer and executive producer </td> <td>6 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>2006 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Sick_and_Tired_(2006)" title="Sick and Tired (2006)">Wanda Sykes: Sick and Tired</a></i> </td> <td>Writer </td> <td>Stand-up </td></tr> <tr> <td>2009 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/I%27ma_Be_Me_(2009)" title="I'ma Be Me (2009)">Wanda Sykes: I'ma Be Me</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-ostrow_28-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ostrow-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Writer </td> <td>Stand-up </td></tr> <tr> <td>2009–2010 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Wanda_Sykes_Show" title="The Wanda Sykes Show">The Wanda Sykes Show</a></i> </td> <td>Creator, writer and executive producer </td> <td>21 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>2016 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/List_of_programs_broadcast_by_Epix#Stand-up_comedy_specials" class="mw-redirect" title="List of programs broadcast by Epix">What Happened... Ms. Sykes?</a></i> </td> <td>Writer </td> <td>Stand-up </td></tr> <tr> <td>2018 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Roseanne" title="Roseanne">Roseanne</a></i> </td> <td>Writer </td> <td>Sitcom </td></tr> <tr> <td>2019 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/List_of_original_stand-up_comedy_specials_distributed_by_Netflix" class="mw-redirect" title="List of original stand-up comedy specials distributed by Netflix">Wanda Sykes: Not Normal</a></i> </td> <td>Writer </td> <td>Stand-up </td></tr> <tr> <td>2023 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/List_of_original_stand-up_comedy_specials_distributed_by_Netflix" class="mw-redirect" title="List of original stand-up comedy specials distributed by Netflix">Wanda Sykes: I'm an Entertainer</a></i> </td> <td>Writer </td> <td>Stand-up </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_nominations">Awards and nominations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wanda_Sykes&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Awards and nominations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sykes has been nominated for seventeen Primetime Emmys, with one win (in 1999) for "Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music or Program." In 2001, she won the American Comedy Award for "Funniest Female Stand-Up Comic". She won a Comedy Central Commie Award for "Funniest TV Actress" in 2003.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2010 she won the <a href="/wiki/GLAAD_Stephen_F._Kolzak_Award" title="GLAAD Stephen F. Kolzak Award">GLAAD Stephen F. Kolzak Award</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2015 she won the Activism in the Arts honor at the Triumph Awards.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>List of awards and nominations received by Wanda Sykes </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Year </th> <th scope="col">Award </th> <th scope="col">Category </th> <th scope="col">Work </th> <th scope="col">Result </th> <th scope="col" class="unsortable"><abbr title="Reference(s)">Ref.</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/50th_Primetime_Emmy_Awards" title="50th Primetime Emmy Awards">1998</a></td> <td rowspan="17"><a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Awards" title="Primetime Emmy Awards">Primetime Emmy Awards</a></td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Writing_for_a_Variety_Series" title="Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series">Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series</a></td> <td rowspan="4"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Chris_Rock_Show" title="The Chris Rock Show">The Chris Rock Show</a></i></td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/51st_Primetime_Emmy_Awards" title="51st Primetime Emmy Awards">1999</a></td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/52nd_Primetime_Emmy_Awards" title="52nd Primetime Emmy Awards">2000</a></td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/53rd_Primetime_Emmy_Awards" title="53rd Primetime Emmy Awards">2001</a></td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/59th_Primetime_Emmy_Awards" title="59th Primetime Emmy Awards">2007</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Variety_Special_(Pre-Recorded)" title="Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded)">Outstanding Variety Special</a></td> <td><i>Wanda Sykes: Sick and Tired</i></td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/62nd_Primetime_Emmy_Awards" title="62nd Primetime Emmy Awards">2010</a></td> <td>Outstanding Variety Special</td> <td rowspan="2"><i>Wanda Sykes: I'ma Be Me</i></td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Writing_for_a_Variety_Special" title="Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special">Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special</a></td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/69th_Primetime_Emmy_Awards" title="69th Primetime Emmy Awards">2017</a></td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Guest_Actress_in_a_Comedy_Series" title="Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series">Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series</a></td> <td rowspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Black-ish" title="Black-ish">Black-ish</a></i></td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/70th_Primetime_Emmy_Awards" title="70th Primetime Emmy Awards">2018</a></td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/71st_Primetime_Emmy_Awards" title="71st Primetime Emmy Awards">2019</a></td> <td>Outstanding Variety Special</td> <td rowspan="2"><i>Wanda Sykes: Not Normal</i></td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special</td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/72nd_Primetime_Emmy_Awards" title="72nd Primetime Emmy Awards">2020</a></td> <td>Outstanding Variety Special</td> <td><i>Tiffany Haddish: Black Mitzvah</i></td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Marvelous_Mrs._Maisel" title="The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel">The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel</a>: A Jewish Girl Walks Into the Apollo...</i></td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Character_Voice-Over_Performance" title="Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance">Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Crank_Yankers" title="Crank Yankers">Crank Yankers</a>: Bobby Brown, Wanda Sykes & Kathy Griffin</i></td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/75th_Primetime_Emmy_Awards" title="75th Primetime Emmy Awards">2023</a></td> <td>Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Taped)</td> <td rowspan="2"><i>Wanda Sykes: I'm an Entertainer</i></td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special</td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Crank_Yankers" title="Crank Yankers">Crank Yankers</a>: Wanda Sykes, JB Smoove & Adam Carolla</i></td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2021</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Daytime_Emmy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Daytime Emmy Award">Daytime Emmy Award</a></td> <td>Outstanding Guest Performer in a Daytime Fiction Program</td> <td><i>Noah's Arc: The 'Rona Chronicles</i></td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2024</td> <td><a href="/wiki/81st_Golden_Globe_Awards" title="81st Golden Globe Awards">Golden Globe Awards</a></td> <td>Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy on Television</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/List_of_Netflix_original_stand-up_comedy_specials" title="List of Netflix original stand-up comedy specials">Wanda Sykes: I'm an Entertainer</a></i></td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; 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