Acting

Wanda Sykes

Born: 1964-03-07
Birthplace: Portsmouth, Virginia, USA

Biography

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.

Known For

Filmography

157 titles · Newest first · Cast and crew credits

Shut Up Evan

2026 · TV Show

Self - Guest

Tangles

2026 · Movie

Paula (voice)

Undercard

2026 · Movie

Cheryl 'No Mercy' Stewart · Executive Producer

Wanda Sykes: Legacy

2026 · Movie

Self · Writer · Executive Producer

Cristela Alonzo: Upper Classy

2025 · Movie

Executive Producer

Everybody's Live with John Mulaney

2025 · TV Show

Self - Comedian

Lil Kev

2025 · TV Show

Nancy (voice)

Good Times

2024 · TV Show

Mrs. Likeigiveashit (voice)

Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

2024 · Movie

Self · Executive Producer

Rock, Paper, Scissors

2024 · TV Show

Dian (voice)

Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie

2024 · Movie

Sue Nahmee

Underwater Projects

2024 · Movie

Narrator

Albert Brooks: Defending My Life

2023 · Movie

Self

History of the World: Part II

2023 · TV Show

Various Characters · Executive Producer · Writer

The Mecca of Comedy

2023 · Movie

Cast

Velma

2023 · TV Show

Krista (voice) · Linda (voice)

Wanda Sykes: I'm an Entertainer

2023 · Movie

Self · Writer · Executive Producer

Chivalry

2022 · TV Show

Jean Shrill

Gutsy

2022 · TV Show

Self

Ms. Pat: Y'all Wanna Hear Something Crazy?

2022 · Movie

Executive Producer

Sherri

2022 · TV Show

Self - Guest

Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration

2022 · Movie

Cast

The Jennifer Hudson Show

2022 · TV Show

Self - Guest

Breaking News in Yuba County

2021 · Movie

Rita

Q-Force

2021 · TV Show

Deb (voice)

Roll Up Your Sleeves

2021 · Movie

Self

Star Wars: The Bad Batch

2021 · TV Show

Phee Genoa (voice)

The One and Only Dick Gregory

2021 · Movie

Self

The Upshaws

2021 · TV Show

Lucretia · Executive Producer · Creator

The Upshaws - The Afterparty

2021 · Movie

Self

Feeding America Comedy Festival

2020 · Movie

Self

Friendsgiving

2020 · Movie

Fairy Gay Mother #1

Noah's Arc: The 'Rona Chronicles

2020 · Movie

Cast

The Holiday Movies That Made Us

2020 · TV Show

Self (archive footage)

Visible: Out on Television

2020 · TV Show

Self · Executive Producer

A Black Lady Sketch Show

2019 · TV Show

Heckler

Harley Quinn

2019 · TV Show

Queen of Fables (voice)

Jexi

2019 · Movie

Denice

Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"

2019 · Movie

Louise Jefferson

Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?

2019 · TV Show

Wanda Sykes (voice)

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019 · TV Show

Self · Self - Guest Host

The Other Two

2019 · TV Show

Shuli Kucerac

The Wedding Year

2019 · Movie

Janet / Grandma

Tiffany Haddish: Black Mitzvah

2019 · Movie

Executive Producer

UglyDolls

2019 · Movie

Wage (voice)

Wanda Sykes: Not Normal

2019 · Movie

Self · Writer · Executive Producer

EPIX Presents Unprotected Sets

2018 · TV Show

Executive Producer

Hurricane Bianca: From Russia with Hate

2018 · Movie

Prison Matron

Summer Camp Island

2018 · TV Show

Ethel (voice)

The Shop

2018 · TV Show

Self

Vampirina: Ghoul Girls Rock!

2018 · TV Show

Cast

A Bad Moms Christmas

2017 · Movie

Dr. Karl

Big Mouth

2017 · TV Show

Ghost of Harriet Tubman (voice)

Snatched

2017 · Movie

Ruth

Steve

2017 · TV Show

Self

The Good Fight

2017 · TV Show

Allegra Durado

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

2017 · TV Show

Moms Mabley

Vampirina

2017 · TV Show

Gregoria (voice)

Ask the Storybots

2016 · TV Show

Cast

Bad Moms

2016 · Movie

Dr. Karl

Chelsea

2016 · TV Show

Self

Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)

2016 · Movie

Self (archive footage)

Ice Age: Collision Course

2016 · Movie

Granny (voice)

Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party

2016 · TV Show

Cast

To Tell the Truth

2016 · TV Show

Self - Panelist

Wanda Sykes: What Happened… Ms. Sykes?

2016 · Movie

Herself · Writer

Celebrity Family Feud

2015 · TV Show

Self

Hot Ones

2015 · TV Show

Self

How to Vajaculate: If You Build It, She Will Come

2015 · Movie

Goddess

Jay Leno's Garage

2015 · TV Show

Self

Lip Sync Battle

2015 · TV Show

Self

The Late Late Show with James Corden

2015 · TV Show

Self - Guest

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015 · TV Show

Self - Guest

black-ish

2014 · TV Show

Daphne Lido

BoJack Horseman

2014 · TV Show

Mary-Beth (voice)

Broad City

2014 · TV Show

Dara

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

2014 · TV Show

Self

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014 · TV Show

Self - Guest

Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero

2014 · TV Show

Shirley B. Awesome (voice)

Alpha House

2013 · TV Show

Senator Rosalyn DuPeche

Hollywood Game Night

2013 · TV Show

Self

The Hot Flashes

2013 · Movie

Florine Clarkston

The Out List

2013 · Movie

Herself

Finding Your Roots

2012 · TV Show

Self

House of Lies

2012 · TV Show

Rita

Ice Age: Continental Drift

2012 · Movie

Granny (voice)

Inside Comedy

2012 · TV Show

Self

Bob's Burgers

2011 · TV Show

Sofa Queen (voice)

Ridiculousness

2011 · TV Show

Self

Rio

2011 · Movie

Chloe / Goose (voice)

Conan

2010 · TV Show

Self

Drop Dead Diva

2009 · TV Show

Judge Yvonne Wright

RuPaul's Drag Race

2009 · TV Show

Self - Guest Judge

The Jay Leno Show

2009 · TV Show

Self

The Wanda Sykes Show

2009 · TV Show

Cast · Creator

Wanda Sykes: I'ma Be Me

2009 · Movie

Herself · Writer

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

2009 · TV Show

Self - Guest

Cowman: The Uddered Avenger

2008 · Movie

Bessy (voice)

The Wendy Williams Show

2008 · TV Show

Cast

Back at the Barnyard

2007 · TV Show

Bessy

Evan Almighty

2007 · Movie

Rita

License to Wed

2007 · Movie

Doctor (uncredited)

The Graham Norton Show

2007 · TV Show

Self - Guest

Back to the Well: 'Clerks II'

2006 · Movie

Self / Wife

Barnyard

2006 · Movie

Bessy (voice)

Brother Bear 2

2006 · Movie

Innoko (voice)

Clerks II

2006 · Movie

Wife

Creative Arts Emmy Awards

2006 · TV Show

Self

Hammy's Boomerang Adventure

2006 · Movie

Stella (voice)

My Super Ex-Girlfriend

2006 · Movie

Carla Dunkirk

Over the Hedge

2006 · Movie

Stella (voice)

The Adventures of Brer Rabbit

2006 · Movie

Sister Moon (voice)

The Megan Mullally Show

2006 · TV Show

Self - Guest

The New Adventures of Old Christine

2006 · TV Show

Barb Baran

Wanda Sykes: Sick and Tired

2006 · Movie

Herself · Writer

World's Greatest Stand Up: Volume One

2006 · Movie

self

Earth to America

2005 · Movie

Self

Just for Laughs Stand Up, Vol. 1: Best of the Uptown Comics

2005 · Movie

Herself

Monster-in-Law

2005 · Movie

Ruby

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

2005 · TV Show

Self

Miley's New Year's Eve Party

2004 · TV Show

Self - Guest

Wanda Does It

2004 · TV Show

Cast

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2003 · TV Show

Self · Self - Guest · Self - Guest Host

MTV Reloaded

2003 · Movie

The Oracle

Real Time with Bill Maher

2003 · TV Show

Self

Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!!

2003 · Movie

Self

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

2003 · TV Show

Self

Wanda at Large

2003 · TV Show

Wanda Mildred Hawkins · Writer · Creator

Wanda Sykes: Tongue Untied

2003 · Movie

Herself · Writer

Crank Yankers

2002 · TV Show

Gladys (voice) · Gladys Murphy (voice)

Best of the Chris Rock Show: Volume 2

2001 · Movie

Cast

Down to Earth

2001 · Movie

Wanda

Pootie Tang

2001 · Movie

Biggie Shorty

The Downer Channel

2001 · TV Show

Cast

Curb Your Enthusiasm

2000 · TV Show

Wanda

Nutty Professor II: The Klumps

2000 · Movie

Chantal

Futurama

1999 · TV Show

Bev (voice)

The Early Show

1999 · TV Show

Self - Guest

Comedy Central Presents

1998 · TV Show

Self

Tomorrow Night

1998 · Movie

Wanda

Will & Grace

1998 · TV Show

Cricket

Premium Blend

1997 · TV Show

Host

The Chris Rock Show

1997 · TV Show

Cast · Writer

The View

1997 · TV Show

Self · Self - Guest

The Daily Show

1996 · TV Show

Self · Self - Guest Host

Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist

1995 · TV Show

Wanda (voice) · Additional Writing

MADtv

1995 · TV Show

Self

The Drew Carey Show

1995 · TV Show

Christine Watson

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993 · TV Show

Self - Guest · Self

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

1992 · TV Show

Self

The Simpsons

1989 · TV Show

Therapist (voice)

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

1988 · TV Show

Self - Guest

People's Choice Awards

1975 · TV Show

Self - Presenter

The Oscars

1953 · TV Show

Self - Host

Today

1952 · TV Show

Self

Golden Globe Awards

1944 · TV Show

Self - Presenter

Deck the Y'alls

Date unknown · Movie

Cast