Wanda Sykes Is Now A Mom

Wanda Sykes Is Now A Mom Actress and stand-up comic Wanda Sykes is now a proud mom to twins. Although the story just hit the web, the babies, a boy and a girl were born last month. According to published reports, her wife Alex gave birth to the babies on April 27. The girl was named Olivia Lou and the boy’s name is Lucas Claude.

A rep for the couple was quoted by Us magazine as saying, “All are happy and healthy and at home.” The girl weighed in at 6 lbs., 7 oz., while Lucas Claude’s weight at birth was 7 lbs., 9 oz.

Sykes and her partner met in 2006, and they married in 2008. Sykes officially came out at a gay marriage rally held in Las Vegas on November 15, 2008. At that time she also revealed that she had been married since October of that year. She had been previously married to David Hall but the union ended in 1998 after seven years.

Currently Sykes stars alongside Julia Louis-Dreyfus in The New Adventures of Old Christine. She has however been toiling in the industry for quite a while. She got her start on HBO’s The Chris Rock Show and for a time had her own show on Fox called Wanda at Large, which she wrote, starred in and produced.

Sykes has also appeared in supporting roles on the big screen in films such as Nutty Professor II: The Klumps, Monster-in-Law and Evan Almighty. She has also racked up quite a string of credits on TV in shows such as The Drew Carey Show, Will & Grace and Curb Your Enthusiasm.

Sykes is of course not the first celeb in a same sex relationship raising children. Former talk show host Rosie O’Donnell and her partner Kelli Carpenter have three adopted children Parker Jaren, Chelsea Belle and Blake Christopher. Carpenter gave birth to their fourth child Vivienne Rose in 2002. Singer Melissa Etheridge and her ex-partner Julie Cypher share two children Bailey Jean and Beckett. Her current partner Tammy Lynn Michaels gave birth to twins Miller Steven, a boy, and Johnnie Rose, a girl, in October 2006.

Congratulations to Wanda Sykes and her partner Alex on the first additions to their family. I wouldn’t be surprised if this new adventure supplies the witty comic with more material for her act.