PrideFest will kick off this year's
festival with an exclusive Midwest performance by
one of the world's biggest comediennes, Wanda Sykes.
She has been called "one of the funniest stand
up comics" by her peers, she ranks among Entertainment
Weekly's 25 Funniest People in America, and she was
featured in the April issue of Vanity Fair as one
of the "Queens of Comedy."
It's hard to watch any form of media
today and not run into Wanda and her sassy wit. TV
sitcoms, stand-up comedy specials, movies, Jay Leno's
favorite guest, the voice of Crank Yankers AND Applebee's
commercials . . . Wanda Sykes is doing it all and
she's doing it with her unique, no-holds-barred comic
style.
A multiple Emmy winner,
Wanda can currently be seen on the CBS comedy "The
New Adventures of Old Christine." Her latest HBO comedy
special, WANDA SYKES: SICK & TIRED, was nominated
for a 2007 Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Variety,
Music or Comedy Special, featuring a wide range of
topics: politics, gay marriage, karma, health care,
racial profiling, the pressure of being a woman and
the perks of getting older.
Sykes has recently been seen in the
feature films "Evan Almighty," co-starring with Steve
Carell; the New Line feature "Monster-In-Law," starring
opposite Jennifer Lopez and Jane Fonda; and the romantic
comedy "My Super Ex-Girlfriend," with Luke Wilson
and Uma Thurman. She's also been heard in the animated
features "Over The Hedge" and "The Barnyard."
Sykes also recently starred in and
produced the Comedy Central show, "Wanda Does It,"
where she tried various non-showbiz jobs. In the fall
of 2003 she was seen on Fox's "Wanda at Large," which
she wrote, produced and starred in. She also has a
one hour Comedy Central special called "Wanda Sykes:
Tongue Untied". In addition, she can be seen on HBO's
"Curb Your Enthusiasm," heard on Comedy Central's
"Crank Yankers" as the voice of Gladys Murphy, and
heard as the voice of Applebee's commercials. |
