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Wanda Yvette Sykes (born March 7, 1964) is a 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. Entertainment Weekly named her as one of the 25 funniest people in America. She is known for her roles on The New Adventures of Old Christine (2006–10), Curb Your Enthusiasm (2001–present), and Black-ish (2015–2022). She currently stars in The Upshaws and has appeared in The Other Two, as well as playing Allegra Durado, a new, powerful, and “messy”-brained partner in a legal firm on The Good Fight.
She was born in Portsmouth, Virginia. Her family moved to Maryland when she was in third grade. Her mother, Marion Louise, worked as a banker, and her father, Harry Ellsworth Sykes, was an Army colonel employed at the Pentagon. She attended Arundel High School and went on to graduate from Hampton University, where she earned a BS in marketing and became a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha. After college, her first job was as a contracting specialist at the National Security Agency, where she worked for five years.
Aside from her television appearances, she has had a career in film, appearing in Pootey Tang, Nutty Professor II: The Klumps, Monster-in-Law, My Super Ex-Girlfriend, Evan Almighty, and License to Wed, to name a few as well as voicing characters in animated films such as Over the Hedge, Barnyard, Brother Bear 2, Rio, Ice Age: Continental Drift, Ice Age: Collision Course and UglyDolls.
She attended Arundel High School in Gambrills, Maryland. Her first job was as a contracting specialist at the National Security Agency, where she worked for five years.
She was married to record producer Dave Hall (1991-1998). She married Alex Niedbalski. The couple became parents when Niedbalski gave birth to fraternal twins, a daughter, and a son. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence #alphakappaalpha #womenhistorymonth
Eddie Murphy ages as Rayford Gibson in Life (1999). Ed was born in Brooklyn and has 68 acting credits from 65 episodes of Saturday Night Live (1980-84) to You People (2023). His entries among my best 1001 are Beverly Hills Cop and Dreamgirls.
His other notable credits include his first feature 48 Hours (1982), Trading Places, Delirious, Beverly Hills Cop II, Raw, Coming To America, Another 48 Hours, Boomerang, Beverly Hills Cop III, The Nutty Professor, a voice in Mulan, Dr Dolittle, Bofinger, Nutty Professor II: The Klumps, Shrek, Dr Dolittle 2, 30 episodes as voice on The PJs, I Spy, Shrek 2, Shrek the Third, Meet Dave, Shrek Forever After, Mr Church, Dolemite is my Name, and Coming 2 America.
Eddie Murphy to Receive the Cecil B. deMille Award at the 80th Golden Globe® Awards
Courtesy of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association®.
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association® (HFPA) has announced that Golden Globe Award® winner and six-time nominee Eddie Murphy will be honored with the coveted Cecil B. deMille Award at the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards.
The highly acclaimed star of legendary films such as 48 Hours, Trading Places, Beverly Hills Cop, Coming to America, The Nutty Professor, Dreamgirls, and others will accept the honor at the 2023 Golden Globe Awards Ceremony on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023 airing live coast-to-coast from 5-8 p.m. PT/8-11 p.m. ET on NBC and streaming on Peacock.
“We’re honored to present this year’s Cecil B. deMille Award to the iconic and highly esteemed Mr. Eddie Murphy,” said HFPA President, Helen Hoehne. “We’re thrilled to be celebrating the lasting impact on film and television that his career – in front of and behind the camera - has had through the decades.”
The Cecil B. deMille Award, historically chosen by the HFPA Board of Directors, is presented to a talented individual for their outstanding contributions to the world of entertainment. Past recipients of the Award include Jane Fonda, George Clooney, Morgan Freeman, Oprah Winfrey, Robert De Niro, Audrey Hepburn, Harrison Ford, Jodie Foster, Sophia Loren, Steven Spielberg, Denzel Washington, Robin Williams, Tom Hanks, and more.
In a career that has spanned five decades, Murphy’s multi-faceted and moving performances, such as his role as singer James Thunder in “Dreamgirls,” have earned him a Golden Globe Award, SAG Award, Emmy Award, and Academy Award nomination.
Murphy was most recently seen starring in the Amazon streaming hit “Coming 2 America,” the long-awaited sequel to his 1988 box-office hit, as well as portraying legendary underground comic personality Rudy Ray Moore in the Netflix biopic “Dolemite Is My Name,” a performance that garnered him Golden Globes nominations for Best Picture Comedy/Musical and Lead Actor Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.
In 2020, he received an Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for his return to Saturday Night Live.
Murphy starred in the 1997 hit comedy The Nutty Professor in which he portrayed multiple characters and received Golden Globe and other award nominations. He also was the voice of Donkey in the Oscar-winning animated film Shrek and its sequel, Shrek 2, which is the top-grossing animated film of all time. Murphy won an Annie Award and earned BAFTA and MTV Movie Award nominations for his performance in the first Shrek, and he reprised the role of Donkey in the final installment of the hugely successful franchise, Shrek Goes Fourth.
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Murphy’s additional feature credits include Mulan, Dr. Dolittle, and Dr. Dolittle 2, Life, Bowfinger, Nutty Professor II: The Klumps, Daddy Day Care, Norbit, and the drama Mr. Church. Murphy’s upcoming projects include co-starring in the romantic comedy You People and producing and starring in Beverly Hills Cop 4. In 2015, Murphy received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor Award from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
Produced by Dick Clark Productions and Jesse Collins Entertainment in association with the HFPA, the Golden Globe® Awards are viewed in more than 210 territories worldwide. Helen Hoehne is president of the HFPA. Adam Stotsky, President of dick clark productions, and Barry Adelman, Executive VP of Television at dick clark productions will serve as executive producers.
Wanda Yvette Sykes (born March 7, 1964) is a 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 her as one of the 25 funniest people in America. She is known for her roles on The New Adventures of Old Christine (2006–10), Curb Your Enthusiasm (2001–present), and Black-ish (2015–2022). She currently stars in The Upshaws and has appeared in The Other Two, as well as playing Allegra Durado, a new, powerful, and "messy"-brained partner in a legal firm on The Good Fight. She was born in Portsmouth, Virginia. Her family moved to Maryland when she was in third grade. Her mother, Marion Louise, worked as a banker, and her father, Harry Ellsworth Sykes, was an Army colonel employed at the Pentagon. She attended Arundel High School and went on to graduate from Hampton University, where she earned a BS in marketing and became a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha. After college, her first job was as a contracting specialist at the National Security Agency, where she worked for five years. Aside from her television appearances, she has had a career in film, appearing in Pootey Tang, Nutty Professor II: The Klumps, Monster-in-Law, My Super Ex-Girlfriend, Evan Almighty, and License to Wed, to name a few as well as voicing characters in animated films such as Over the Hedge, Barnyard, Brother Bear 2, Rio, Ice Age: Continental Drift, Ice Age: Collision Course and UglyDolls. She attended Arundel High School in Gambrills, MD, and went on to graduate from Hampton University, where she earned a BS in marketing and became a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha. Her first job was as a contracting specialist at the National Security Agency, where she worked for five years. She was married to record producer Dave Hall (1991-1998). She married Alex Niedbalski. The couple became parents when Niedbalski gave birth to fraternal twins, a daughter, and a son. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence #alphakappaalpha #womenhistorymonth https://www.instagram.com/p/Cpf7ytBvexx/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=