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Wanda Yvette Sykes [1] (born March 7, 1964) [2] is an American stand-up comedian, actress, and writer. 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. [3]
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 previously seen in Comedy Central's Wanda Does It (2004), where she tried various non-showbiz jobs. Her first book ...
- Actress, Writer, Producer
- March 7, 1964
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Wanda was born in Portsmouth, Virginia, and raised in Maryland, the daughter of Marion Louise (Peoples), a banker, and Harry Ellsworth Sykes, a US Army colonel. 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 ...
- March 7, 1964
Aug 20, 2023 · Inkoo Kang interviews the standup comedian Wanda Sykes about the W.G.A. writers’ strike, politics in comedy, her family, and her latest Netflix special.
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May 23, 2023 · Though Wanda Sykes began working on “I’m an Entertainer,” her latest Netflix stand-up special, in 2019, hardly any of the material she wrote prior to March 2020 made it into the show ...