Wanda Sykes

Wanda Sykes is an American actress, voice actress, comedian, and writer.

In the live-action division, she is particularly noted for her work in “Monster-in-Law (2005)”, “My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006)”, “Evan Almighty (2007)”, and “License to Wed (2007)”.

Among the animation industry, she has been particularly noted for her very sassy and personality-filled voice. She had a particular breakout year in 2006 as Stella the Skunk in Dreamworks’ Over the Hedge (for which she was nominated an Annie Award for Voice Acting in a Feature Production), Innoko the Shaman in Disney’s Brother Bear 2, and Bessy the Cow in Nickelodeon’s Barnyard. In 2011, she went on to earn a minor role as a Canadian Goose in Blue Sky Studios’ Rio, her role being enough for her to earn a major role as Sid’s Granny in Ice Age: Continental Drift. She reprised the role of Granny in 2016 for Ice Age: Collision Course.

As a writer, she earned recognition for her work on The Chris Rock Show, where she wrote 33 episodes, in total, co-produced 14, and even made some screen appearances. She also went on to write her own documentaries and stand-ups, such as “Wanda Sykes: Tongue Untied” and “Wanda Sykes: Sick and Tired”.

Although not credited, she voiced Granny May in the character’s debut in “The Amazing, Colossal Adventures of Wordgirl” shorts, before being replaced by Cree Summer in the full episode series.