where was wanda sykes born?
<answer> Wanda Sykes was born in Portsmouth, Virginia. <context> Wanda Sykes was born on March 7, 1964 in Portsmouth, Virginia. However, she grew up in Washington D.C. area, because her father worked at Pentagon as a US Army colonel. Her mother was a banker, but not a housewife, which wasn’t typical for women back in those days.