Wanda Sykes

Wanda Yvette Sykes (born March 7, 1964) 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. She is also known for her recurring roles on CBS' The New Adventures of Old Christine (2006–10), and HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm (2001–). She received Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series nominations for her roles in ABC's Black-ish (2015–2022), and Amazon's The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2020). She currently stars in the Netflix original series The Upshaws (2021–), the HBO Max comedy series The Other Two (2019–2023), and The Good Fight (2021).
Aside from her television appearances, Sykes has also had a career in film, appearing in Monster-in-Law (2005), My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006), Evan Almighty (2007), and License to Wed (2007), as well as voicing characters in animated films such as Over the Hedge, Barnyard, Brother Bear 2 (all in 2006), Rio (2011), two sequels of the Ice Age franchise (2012–2016), and UglyDolls (2019).
== Notable voice acting roles ==
* Sister Moon in The Adventures of Brer Rabbit (2006)
* Stella in Over the Hedge (2006)
* Bessy in Barnyard (2006) and Back at the Barnyard (2007-2011)
* Innoko in Brother Bear 2 (2006)
* Chloe the Canada goose in Rio (2011)
* Granny in Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012) and Ice Age: Collision Course (2016)
* Wage in UglyDolls (2019)
* Wanda / Gladys Murphy in Crank Yankers (2002–2005; 2019–present)
* The Witch in Bubble Guppies
* Bev the vending machine in Futurama
* Tsaritsa / Queen of Fables in Harley Quinn (Season 1)
== Roles in Idea Wiki==
*The Christmas Movie - Sugarplum Mary
*The CN Movie - Officer Ethel
*Lego Dimensions (film) - Gozer the Gozarian
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