Name: Wanda Sykes
Date of Birth: 7 March 1964 Received a Bachelor of Sciences degree in marketing from Hampton University. Raised in the Maryland-Washington, DC, area. Her stand-up career began at a Super Talent Showcase in Washington, DC, where she performed for the first time in front of a live audience. Is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated. Ranked #70 in Comedy Central's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time, the only Black woman to make the list. Worked as a procurement officer at the National Security Agency (NSA) at Fort Meade in Laurel, Maryland from college graduation in 1986 until 1992. ... Came out as gay on November 15, 2008, at a pro-gay marriage rally in Las Vegas hosted by the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) Center of Southern Nevada. At that rally, she also publicly announced for the first time that she has a wife, to whom she was married in California on October 25, 2008. Her partner, Alex, gave birth to twins, a boy Lucas Claude and a girl Olivia Lou, on April 27, 2009. Read more Wanda Sykes movies (actor)User Comments |
