Wanda Sykes' Main TV Roles Show Character(s) The New Adventures of Old Christine Barb Comedy Central Presents Wanda Sykes Back at the Barnyard Bessy the Cow Inside the NFL Herself The Wanda Sykes Show Wanda Wanda at Large Wanda Mildr… Wanda Does It Wanda Sykes

Main Movie Roles 2007 - Evan Almighty 2007 - License To Wed 2006 - Barnyard 2006 - Clerks II 2006 - Over the Hedge 2006 - My Super Ex-Girlfriend 2005 - Monster-in-Law 2001 - Down to Earth 2001 - Pootie Tang 2000 - Nutty Professor II: The Klumps

BIOGRAPHY:

Wanda Sykes has been called one of the funniest stand-up comics by her peers and ranks among Entertainment Weekly's 25 Funniest People in America. Her smart-witted stand-up has sent her career in many different areas.

She was recently seen in Comedy Central's "Wanda Does It" (2004), where she tried various non-showbiz jobs. Her first book, "Yeah I Said It," published by Simon and Schuster, hit bookstores in September 2004, which is a hilarious collection of essays touching on life, family, and current events.

In 2003, she was seen on Fox's "Wanda at Large" (2003), in which she wrote, produced, and starred. She also has a one-hour Comedy Central special called Wanda Sykes: Tongue Untied (2003) (TV). In addition, she can be seen on HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm" (2000) or heard on Comedy Central's "Crank Yankers" (2002) as the voice of Gladys Murphy.

Wanda was born in Portsmouth, Virginia, and raised in Maryland. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from Hampton University. Her stand-up career began at a Coors Light Super talent Showcase in Washington, DC, where she performed for the first time in front of a live audience.

She spent 5 years as part of the HBO's critically acclaimed "The Chris Rock Show" (1997). As a performer and writer on the show, she was nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards and in 1999 won the Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music, or Comedy Special. In 2001, she won the American Comedy Award for Outstanding Female Stand-Up Comic. She won a second Emmy in 2002 for her work on "Inside the NFL" (1977). In 2003, Wanda earned a Comedy Central Commie Award for Funniest TV Actress. Other writing credits include the MTV Video Music Awards 1999 (1999) (TV), The MTV Movie Awards, The 74th Annual Academy Awards (2002) (TV), "The Keenen Ivory Wayans Show" (1997), and "Wanda at Large" (2003).

She also appeared in the feature films Pootie Tang (2001), Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000), Down to Earth (2001), and Monster-in-Law (2005).


TRIVIA:

• Is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated.
• Her partner, Alex, gave birth to twins, a boy Lucas Claude and a girl Olivia Lou, on April 27, 2009.
• Raised in the Maryland-Washington, DC, area.
• Her stand-up career began at a Super Talent Showcase in Washington, DC, where she performed for the first time in front of a live audience.
• Ranked #70 in Comedy Central's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time, the only Black woman to make the list.
• Received a Bachelor of Sciences degree in marketing from Hampton University.
• Worked as a procurement officer at the National Security Agency (NSA) at Fort Meade in Laurel, Maryland from college graduation in 1986 until 1992.
• Came out as gay on November 15, 2008, at a pro-gay marriage rally in Las Vegas hosted by the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) Center of Southern Nevada. At that rally, she also publicly announced for the first time that she has a wife, to whom she was married in California on October 25, 2008.