Wanda Yvette Sykes was born on March 7, 1964, she is a stand-up comedian, writer, and actor from the United States.

She originally gained attention as a writer on The Chris Rock Show, for which she received a Primetime Emmy Award in 1999. Sykes was rated one of the 25 funniest persons in America by Entertainment Weekly in 2004.

She is also recognized for her appearances on CBS’ The New Adventures of Old Christine (2006–10), HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm (2001–present), and ABC’s Black-ish (2015–present).

She is currently starring in the Netflix original series The Upshaws, which will premiere on May 12, 2021, alongside Kim Fields and Mike Epps, and has previously appeared in the HBO Max comedy series The Other Two, as well as playing Allegra Durado, a new, powerful, and “messy”-brained partner in a legal firm on Paramount+’s acclaimed The Good Fight.

Wanda Sykes Wife And Kids

Sykes married her French wife called, Alex Niedbalski, whom she met in 2006. The couple also became parents in April 2009, when Niedbalski gave birth to a set of fraternal twins, Olivia and Lucas.

Wanda Sykes Net Worth

Wanda has an estimated net worth of $10 million.

Wanda Sykes Movie and TV Shows

Film

Year Film Role Notes
1998 Tomorrow Night Wanda (Mel’s Date) credited as Wanda Sykes-Hall
2000 Nutty Professor II: The Klumps Chantal
2001 Down to Earth Wanda
Pootie Tang Biggie Shorty
2005 Monster-in-Law Ruby
2006 The Adventures of Brer Rabbit Sister Moon (voice) Direct-to-video
Over the Hedge Stella (voice) Nominated – Annie Award for Voice Acting in a Feature Production
Clerks II Angry Customer
My Super Ex-Girlfriend Carla Dunkirk
Barnyard Bessy (voice)
Brother Bear 2 Innoko (voice) Direct-to-video
CondomNation Linda
2007 Evan Almighty Rita Daniels
License to Wed Nurse Borman
2011 Rio Chloe the Canada goose (voice)
The Muppets Officer Ethel Cameo, deleted scene
2012 Ice Age: Continental Drift Granny (voice)
2013 The Hot Flashes Florine Clarkston
2016 Ice Age: Collision Course Granny (voice)
Bad Moms Dr. Karl
2017 Snatched Ruth
A Bad Moms Christmas Dr. Karl
2018 Hurricane Bianca 2: From Russia with Hate Prison Matron
2019 UglyDolls Wage (voice)
The Wedding Year Janet/Grandma
Jexi Denice
2020 Friendsgiving Fairy Gay Mother
2021 Breaking News in Yuba County Rita
The One and Only Dick Gregory Herself Documentary

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1997–2000 The Chris Rock Show Various Characters 7 episodes
1999 Best of the Chris Rock Show TV special
2001 The Downer Channel Various 2 episodes
The Drew Carey Show Christine Watson 3 episodes
2001–2011 Curb Your Enthusiasm Herself 9 episodes
2002–2005;
2019–present		 Crank Yankers Wanda/Gladys Murphy (voice) 19 episodes
2003 MTV: Reloaded The Oracle TV film
Wanda at Large Wanda Mildred Hawkins 19 episodes
Chappelle’s Show Herself Episode: “The Best of Chappelle’s Show: Volume 2 Mixtape”
Mad TV Season 9 episode 903
2004 Wanda Does It Herself 6 episodes
2006 Will & Grace Cricket Walker Episode: “Buy, Buy Baby”
2006 Sick and Tired Herself HBO comedy special
2006–2010 The New Adventures of Old Christine Barbara “Barb” Baran 54 episodes
(Recurring Seasons 1–2, Starring Seasons 3–5)
2007–2011 Back at the Barnyard Bessy (voice) 50 episodes
2009 Wanda Sykes: I’ma Be Me Herself HBO comedy special
White House Correspondents’ Dinner Herself (host) TV special
2009–2010 The Wanda Sykes Show Herself 21 episodes; also creator, writer, executive producer
2011 Drop Dead Diva Judge Episode: “Prom”
2012 Bubble Guppies The Witch (voice) Episode: “Bubble Puppy’s Fin-tastic Fairytale Adventure”
Futurama Bev the vending machine (voice) Episode: “The Bots and the Bees”
2013 The Simpsons School Therapist/Counselor (voice) Episode: “What Animated Women Want”
Real Husbands of Hollywood Wanda Sykes 2 episodes
2013–2014 Alpha House Senator Rosalyn DuPeche Recurring role
2014, 2019 Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Herself 2 episodes
2015 Repeat After Me Herself 1 episode
2015, 2017 Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero Shirley B. Awesome (voice) 2 episodes
2015–2020 Black-ish Daphne Lido Recurring role
2016 Bob’s Burgers Sofa Queen (voice) Episode: “Sacred Couch”
Animals. Chance (voice) 2 episodes
What Happened… Ms. Sykes? Herself Epix comedy special
2017 Lip Sync Battle Episode: “Don Cheadle vs. Wanda Sykes
Doc McStuffins Thea (voice) Episode: “The Emergency Plan”
2017–2020 Vampirina Gregoria the Gargoyle (voice) Main role
2017–2019 Broad City Dara Recurring role
2018 Ask the Storybots Doctor Episode: “How Do People Catch a Cold?”
BoJack Horseman Mary-Beth (voice) Episode: “INT. SUB”
2019 The Bravest Knight Mona the Mayor (voice) Episode: “Cedric & the Pixies”
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? Herself (voice) Episode: “Peebles’ Pet Shop of Terrible Terrors!”
Live in Front of a Studio Audience Louise Jefferson Episode: “Norman Lear’s All in the Family and The Jeffersons”
Wanda Sykes: Not Normal Herself Netflix comedy Special
Summer Camp Island Ethel Episode: “The Great Elf Invention Convention”
Big Mouth Ghost of Harriet Tubman (voice) Episode: “Duke”
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Moms Mabley Episode: “A Jewish Girl Walks Into the Apollo…”
RuPaul’s Drag Race Herself Episode: “Bring Back My Queens!”
2019–present The Other Two Shuli Kucerac Recurring role
2019–2020 Harley Quinn Tsaritsa/Queen of Fables (voice) 3 episodes
2020 Mapleworth Murders Leigh Drain Episode: “Killer Voices – Part 2”
Tig n’ Seek Nuritza (voice) 15 episodes
2021 The Upshaws Lucretia 10 episodes
The Good Fight Allegra Durado 3 episodes
Q-Force Deb (voice) Main Role
2022 94th Academy Awards Herself (co-host) TV special