Actor profile

Wanda Sykes

7th March 1964 Portsmouth, Virginia, USA Acting

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.

58 Movies 99 TV Shows 1 In Production 161 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Wanda Sykes: Legacy poster

Wanda Sykes: Legacy 19th May 2026 as Self

Undercard poster

Undercard 27th February 2026 as Cheryl 'No Mercy' Stewart

Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie poster

Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie 1st October 2024 as Sue Nahmee

Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution poster

Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 7th June 2024 as Self

Underwater Projects poster

Underwater Projects 24th February 2024 as Narrator

Albert Brooks: Defending My Life poster

Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 12th November 2023 as Self

The Mecca of Comedy poster

The Mecca of Comedy 23rd June 2023

Wanda Sykes: I'm an Entertainer poster

Wanda Sykes: I'm an Entertainer 22nd May 2023 as Self

Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration poster

Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration 9th June 2022

The One and Only Dick Gregory poster

The One and Only Dick Gregory 19th June 2021 as Self

The Upshaws - The Afterparty poster

The Upshaws - The Afterparty 14th May 2021 as Self

Roll Up Your Sleeves poster

Roll Up Your Sleeves 18th April 2021 as Self

Breaking News in Yuba County poster

Breaking News in Yuba County 28th January 2021 as Rita

Friendsgiving poster

Friendsgiving 23rd October 2020 as Fairy Gay Mother #1

Noah's Arc: The 'Rona Chronicles poster

Noah's Arc: The 'Rona Chronicles 29th July 2020

Feeding America Comedy Festival poster

Feeding America Comedy Festival 10th May 2020 as Self

Jexi poster

Jexi 10th October 2019 as Denice

The Wedding Year poster

The Wedding Year 20th September 2019 as Janet / Grandma

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

Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons" 22nd May 2019 as Louise Jefferson

Wanda Sykes: Not Normal poster

Wanda Sykes: Not Normal 21st May 2019 as Self

UglyDolls poster

UglyDolls 1st May 2019 as Wage (voice)

Hurricane Bianca: From Russia with Hate poster

Hurricane Bianca: From Russia with Hate 18th May 2018 as Prison Matron

A Bad Moms Christmas poster

A Bad Moms Christmas 4th August 2017 as Dr. Elizabeth Karl

Snatched poster

Snatched 3rd May 2017 as Ruth

Wanda Sykes: What Happened… Ms. Sykes? poster

Wanda Sykes: What Happened… Ms. Sykes? 21st October 2016 as Herself

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

Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers) 16th October 2016 as Self (archive footage)

Bad Moms poster

Bad Moms 28th July 2016 as Dr. Elizabeth Karl

Ice Age: Collision Course poster

Ice Age: Collision Course 23rd June 2016 as Granny (voice)

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

How to Vajaculate: If You Build It, She Will Come 8th June 2015 as Goddess

The Hot Flashes poster

The Hot Flashes 12th July 2013 as Florine Clarkston

The Out List poster

The Out List 26th June 2013 as Herself

Ice Age: Continental Drift poster

Ice Age: Continental Drift 27th June 2012 as Granny (voice)

Rio poster

Rio 3rd April 2011 as Chloe / Goose (voice)

Wanda Sykes: I'ma Be Me poster

Wanda Sykes: I'ma Be Me 10th October 2009 as Herself

Cowman: The Uddered Avenger poster

Cowman: The Uddered Avenger 28th November 2008 as Bessy (voice)

License to Wed poster

License to Wed 4th July 2007 as Doctor (uncredited)

Evan Almighty poster

Evan Almighty 9th June 2007 as Rita

Back to the Well: 'Clerks II' poster

Back to the Well: 'Clerks II' 28th November 2006 as Self / Wife

Hammy's Boomerang Adventure poster

Hammy's Boomerang Adventure 17th October 2006 as Stella (voice)

Wanda Sykes: Sick and Tired poster

Wanda Sykes: Sick and Tired 14th October 2006 as Herself

Barnyard poster

Barnyard 4th August 2006 as Bessy (voice)

Clerks II poster

Clerks II 21st July 2006 as Wife

My Super Ex-Girlfriend poster

My Super Ex-Girlfriend 20th July 2006 as Carla Dunkirk

Brother Bear 2 poster

Brother Bear 2 19th July 2006 as Innoko (voice)

Over the Hedge poster

Over the Hedge 17th May 2006 as Stella (voice)

World's Greatest Stand Up: Volume One poster

World's Greatest Stand Up: Volume One 8th May 2006 as self

The Adventures of Brer Rabbit poster

The Adventures of Brer Rabbit 21st March 2006 as Sister Moon (voice)

Earth to America poster

Earth to America 20th November 2005 as Self

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

Just for Laughs Stand Up, Vol. 1: Best of the Uptown Comics 1st November 2005 as Herself

Monster-in-Law poster

Monster-in-Law 13th May 2005 as Ruby

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

Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!! 30th November 2003 as Self

MTV Reloaded poster

MTV Reloaded 13th May 2003 as The Oracle

Wanda Sykes: Tongue Untied poster

Wanda Sykes: Tongue Untied 10th January 2003 as Herself

Best of the Chris Rock Show: Volume 2 poster

Best of the Chris Rock Show: Volume 2 1st August 2001

Pootie Tang poster

Pootie Tang 29th June 2001 as Biggie Shorty

Down to Earth poster

Down to Earth 16th February 2001 as Wanda

Nutty Professor II: The Klumps poster

Nutty Professor II: The Klumps 27th July 2000 as Chantal

Tomorrow Night poster

Tomorrow Night 23rd January 1998 as Wanda

Shut Up Evan poster

Shut Up Evan 1st May 2026 as Self - Guest

Everybody's Live with John Mulaney poster

Everybody's Live with John Mulaney 12th March 2025 as Self - Comedian

Lil Kev poster

Lil Kev 6th March 2025 as Nancy (voice)

Good Times poster

Good Times 12th April 2024 as Mrs. Likeigiveashit (voice)

Rock, Paper, Scissors poster

Rock, Paper, Scissors 12th February 2024 as Dian (voice)

History of the World: Part II poster

History of the World: Part II 6th March 2023 as Various Characters

Velma poster

Velma 12th January 2023 as Krista (voice)

Velma poster

Velma 12th January 2023 as Linda (voice)

Sherri poster

Sherri 12th September 2022 as Self - Guest

The Jennifer Hudson Show poster

The Jennifer Hudson Show 12th September 2022 as Self - Guest

Gutsy poster

Gutsy 8th September 2022 as Self

Chivalry poster

Chivalry 21st April 2022 as Jean Shrill

Alabama Jackson poster

Alabama Jackson 15th February 2022 as Harriet Tubman

Q-Force poster

Q-Force 2nd September 2021 as Deb (voice)

The Upshaws poster

The Upshaws 12th May 2021 as Lucretia

Star Wars: The Bad Batch poster

Star Wars: The Bad Batch 4th May 2021 as Phee Genoa (voice)

The Holiday Movies That Made Us poster

The Holiday Movies That Made Us 1st December 2020 as Self (archive footage)

Visible: Out on Television poster

Visible: Out on Television 14th February 2020 as Self

Harley Quinn poster

Harley Quinn 29th November 2019 as Queen of Fables (voice)

The Kelly Clarkson Show poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show 9th September 2019 as Self

The Kelly Clarkson Show poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show 9th September 2019 as Self - Guest Host

A Black Lady Sketch Show poster

A Black Lady Sketch Show 2nd August 2019 as Heckler

Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? poster

Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? 27th June 2019 as Wanda Sykes (voice)

The Other Two poster

The Other Two 24th January 2019 as Shuli Kucerac

Vampirina: Ghoul Girls Rock! poster

Vampirina: Ghoul Girls Rock! 26th November 2018

The Shop poster

The Shop 28th August 2018 as Self

Summer Camp Island poster

Summer Camp Island 7th July 2018 as Ethel (voice)

Vampirina poster

Vampirina 1st October 2017 as Gregoria (voice)

Big Mouth poster

Big Mouth 29th September 2017 as Ghost of Harriet Tubman (voice)

Steve poster

Steve 5th September 2017 as Self

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel poster

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel 16th March 2017 as Moms Mabley

The Good Fight poster

The Good Fight 19th February 2017 as Allegra Durado

Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party poster

Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party 7th November 2016

Ask the Storybots poster

Ask the Storybots 12th August 2016

To Tell the Truth poster

To Tell the Truth 14th June 2016 as Self - Panelist

Chelsea poster

Chelsea 11th May 2016 as Self

WIRED's Autocomplete Interviews poster

WIRED's Autocomplete Interviews 1st March 2016 as Self - Guest

Jay Leno's Garage poster

Jay Leno's Garage 7th October 2015 as Self

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 8th September 2015 as Self - Guest

Celebrity Family Feud poster

Celebrity Family Feud 21st June 2015 as Self

Lip Sync Battle poster

Lip Sync Battle 2nd April 2015 as Self

The Late Late Show with James Corden poster

The Late Late Show with James Corden 23rd March 2015 as Self - Guest

Hot Ones poster

Hot Ones 12th March 2015 as Self

Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero poster

Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero 5th December 2014 as Shirley B. Awesome (voice)

black-ish poster

black-ish 24th September 2014 as Daphne Lido

BoJack Horseman poster

BoJack Horseman 22nd August 2014 as Mary-Beth (voice)

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver poster

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver 27th April 2014 as Self

Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers 25th February 2014 as Self - Guest

Broad City poster

Broad City 22nd January 2014 as Dara

Hollywood Game Night poster

Hollywood Game Night 11th July 2013 as Self

Alpha House poster

Alpha House 19th April 2013 as Senator Rosalyn DuPeche

Finding Your Roots poster

Finding Your Roots 24th March 2012 as Self

Inside Comedy poster

Inside Comedy 26th January 2012 as Self

Ridiculousness poster

Ridiculousness 29th August 2011 as Self

Bob's Burgers poster

Bob's Burgers 9th January 2011 as Sofa Queen (voice)

Conan poster

Conan 8th November 2010 as Self

The Jay Leno Show poster

The Jay Leno Show 14th September 2009 as Self

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen 16th July 2009 as Self - Guest

Drop Dead Diva poster

Drop Dead Diva 12th July 2009 as Judge Yvonne Wright

RuPaul's Drag Race poster

RuPaul's Drag Race 2nd February 2009 as Self - Guest Judge

The Wendy Williams Show poster

The Wendy Williams Show 14th July 2008

Back at the Barnyard poster

Back at the Barnyard 29th September 2007 as Bessy

The Graham Norton Show poster

The Graham Norton Show 22nd February 2007 as Self - Guest

The Megan Mullally Show poster

The Megan Mullally Show 18th September 2006 as Self - Guest

The New Adventures of Old Christine poster

The New Adventures of Old Christine 13th March 2006 as Barb Baran

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson poster

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson 3rd January 2005 as Self

Miley's New Year's Eve Party poster

Miley's New Year's Eve Party 31st December 2004 as Self - Guest

The Ellen DeGeneres Show poster

The Ellen DeGeneres Show 8th September 2003 as Self

Wanda at Large poster

Wanda at Large 26th March 2003 as Wanda Mildred Hawkins

Real Time with Bill Maher poster

Real Time with Bill Maher 21st February 2003 as Self

Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live! 26th January 2003 as Self

Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live! 26th January 2003 as Self - Guest

Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live! 26th January 2003 as Self - Guest Host

Crank Yankers poster

Crank Yankers 2nd June 2002 as Gladys (voice)

Crank Yankers poster

Crank Yankers 2nd June 2002 as Gladys Murphy (voice)

The Downer Channel poster

The Downer Channel 24th July 2001

Curb Your Enthusiasm poster

Curb Your Enthusiasm 15th October 2000 as Wanda

The Early Show poster

The Early Show 1st November 1999 as Self - Guest

Futurama poster

Futurama 28th March 1999 as Bev (voice)

Comedy Central Presents poster

Comedy Central Presents 1st December 1998 as Self

Will & Grace poster

Will & Grace 21st September 1998 as Cricket

Premium Blend poster

Premium Blend 29th November 1997 as Host

The View poster

The View 11th August 1997 as Self

The View poster

The View 11th August 1997 as Self - Guest

The Chris Rock Show poster

The Chris Rock Show 7th February 1997

The Daily Show poster

The Daily Show 22nd July 1996 as Self

The Daily Show poster

The Daily Show 22nd July 1996 as Self - Guest Host

MADtv poster

MADtv 14th October 1995 as Self

The Drew Carey Show poster

The Drew Carey Show 13th September 1995 as Christine Watson

Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist poster

Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist 28th May 1995 as Wanda (voice)

Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien 13th September 1993 as Self - Guest

Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien 13th September 1993 as Self

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno poster

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 25th May 1992 as Self

The Simpsons poster

The Simpsons 17th December 1989 as Therapist (voice)

LIVE with Kelly and Mark poster

LIVE with Kelly and Mark 5th September 1988 as Self - Guest

People's Choice Awards poster

People's Choice Awards 4th March 1975 as Self - Presenter

The Oscars poster

The Oscars 19th March 1953 as Self - Host

Today poster

Today 14th January 1952 as Self

Golden Globe Awards poster

Golden Globe Awards 20th January 1944 as Self - Presenter

Tangles poster

Coming soon

Tangles 20th January 2027 as Paula (voice)