Wanda Sykes : Basement | COVID-19 | Coronavirus Quarantine

Wanda Sykes : Basement | COVID-19 | Coronavirus Quarantine

Wanda Yvette Sykes (born March 7, 1964) is an American actress, comedian, 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 roles on CBS' The New Adventures of Old Christine (2006–10), HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm (2001–11), and ABC's Black-ish (2015–present).
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 (2006), Barnyard (2006), Brother Bear 2 (2006), Rio (2011), Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012), Ice Age: Collision Course (2016) and UglyDolls (2019).
Filmography
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 Post-production
TBA Breaking News in Yuba County Post-production
Discography
Year Title Label Formats
2003 Tongue Untied[55] Comedy Central Records DVD/Download/Streaming
2007 Sick & Tired[56] Image Entertainment DVD/Download/Streaming
2010 I'ma Be Me[57] HBO Home Video DVD/Download/Streaming
2018 What Happened... Ms. Sykes?[58] Sykes Entertainment Download/Streaming
2019 Not Normal Netflix Streaming