Wanda Sykes
| Wanda Sykes | |
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Sykes at the 2010 GLAAD Media Awards
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| Born |
March 7, 1964 Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Hampton University |
| Occupation | Actress, comedienne, writer |
| Years active | 1987-present |
| Spouse(s) |
Dave Hall (m. 1991; div. 1998) Alex Niedbalski (m. 2008) |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | Official website |
Wanda Sykes (born March 7, 1964) is an American comedian, writer, actress and voice artist. 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 role as Barb Baran on CBS' The New Adventures of Old Christine (2006–10) and for appearances on HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm (2001–11). From 2009 to 2010, Sykes hosted her own late-night talk show, The Wanda Sykes Show, which aired Saturday evenings on Fox.
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 the animated films Over the Hedge (2006), Barnyard (2006), Brother Bear 2 (2006), Rio (2011), Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012) and Ice Age: Collision Course (2016).
Sykes was born in Portsmouth, Virginia, and raised in the Washington, D.C., area. Her mother, Marion Louise (née Peoples), worked as a banker, and her father, Harry Ellsworth Sykes, was a US Army colonel employed at the Pentagon. Sykes attended Arundel High School in Gambrills, Maryland, and went on to graduate from Hampton University where she earned a bachelor’s degree in marketing and is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha. After college, her first job was as a contracting specialist at the National Security Agency (NSA), where she worked for five years.
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