Amy Sedaris

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Amy Louise Sedaris (born March 29, 1961) is an American actress, comedian, and writer.

On truTV, she is the creator and star of her show At Home with Amy Sedaris, in which she plays many characters and focuses on her love of crafts.

Jerri Blank appeared in the Comedy Central television series Strangers with Candy, her breakout role. David Sedaris, her older brother, is the author.

Early life

Sedaris was born in Endicott, New York, to Sharon Elizabeth (née Leonard) and Louis Harry "Lou" Sedaris, and she and her five siblings: Lisa, David, Gretchen, Tiffany, and Paul. Her father is of Greek origins, and her mother, Anglo-American, was born in Greece. Her family was a Greek Orthodox Christian.

Sedaris' first job was at a Winn-Dixie supermarket, where she'd make fake announcements over the loudspeaker. She was a waitress at Chicago's Zanies Comedy Club. Amy will often want to perform pranks on her family, according to her sister David's book Me Talk Pretty One Day.

Sedaris graduated from Jesse O. Sanderson High School in Raleigh.

Personal life

Dusty Food Cupcakes, Sedaris' cupcake and cheeseball business, used to be based out of her house kitchen but hasn't resumed doing so. She had a 'Dusty' for her pet rabbit.' She lives in Greenwich Village, New York City.

Sedaris was in an eight-year relationship with actor/writer Paul Dinello. They are close friends now after their breakup, and Sedaris is the godmother to his two children. Sedaris has said in several interviews that she has never intended to marry or have children.

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Career

Sedaris' first major television appearance on Exit 57, a former member of Chicago-based Second City and Annoyance Theatre troupes, began in 1995, and the film also stars Stephen Colbert and Paul Dinello. She was nominated for the 17th CableACE Award for Best Comedy Actress, and the film was nominated for Best Comedy Series for the 17th Century. It lasted for a total of two seasons.

In the Comedy Central comedy series Strangers with Candy, beginning in 1999, Sedaris played Jerri Blank, a middle-aged woman who returns to high school. The book, which she co-wrote with Dinello and Colbert, was based on Sedaris' portrayal of 1970s-era motivational speaker Florrie Fisher, according to Sedaris. The show appeared on three seasons. In 2005, a film adaptation was released, acted as a prequel to the series.

Sedaris went on to make numerous guest appearances on television shows, including Just Shoot Me! (2001), Sex and the City (2002–2003), Monk & Cosworth, 2002, My Name Is Earl (2006), Sesame Street (2006), The Closer (2006), The New Adventures of Old Christine (2006), The Good Wife (2012). On Trio, she appeared on Film Fanatic.

Late Show with David Letterman, Stephen Colbert's Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Craig Ferguson's Late Show with Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show with Jimmy Fallon, and Late Night with Marc Maron are among Sedaris' talk show appearances. During a Chelsea Handler appearance, she gave host Chelsea Handler a talk on vaginal hygiene using a plush vagina created by fashion designer Todd Oldham.

Sedaris appeared in the Nickelodeon television film Gym Teacher: The Movie, directed by her Strangers with Candy co-star and regular collaborator Paul Dinello in 2008.

She appeared in the Canadian comedy series Drunk and On Drugs in early 2010. Happy Fun Time Hour! Paul Dinello appeared on the Discovery/Science Channel documentary film Oddities' episode "Mummified Hand" later in 2010.

Unstoppables, a fabric softener, was featured in a series of commercials for Downy (Lenor UK) in 2011. The commercials were produced by Grey Global Group as "kicking the old'mom' image, with spots starring 'laundry specialist' (and seasoned lifestyle specialist) Amy Sedaris.

In the second season of the Adult Swim comedy series She Holler, She Holler introduced Kristen Schaal as the sex-crazed Hurshe Heartshe. She appeared in third and final seasons. Sedaris appeared in a major recurring role in the Amazon Prime Video political satire series Alpha House, which was written by Doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau. In a town house on Capitol Hill, Sedaris portrayed Louise Laffer, the Mormon wife of Nevada Senator Louis Laffer who lives with three other Republican senators.

Sedaris appeared in the Comedy Central sitcom Broad City (2014–2019), as Rita in the Hulu dark comedy series Difficult People (2015–2017). She appeared in Mimi Kanasis in Netflix's Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, for which she received a Gold Derby Award for Best Comedy Guest Actress from 2015 to 2020.

Mara, a fictional character named Mara, appeared in Horace and Pete's tragicomedy series Horace and Pete as a character looking for a job at Horace and Pete in 2016. She co-starred with Chris Elliott in the Sony Crackle family comedy series Thanksgiving.

Amy Sedaris, a writer and executive producer, co-created the TruTV surreal comedy series At Home with Amy Sedaris in 2017. The comedian's obsession with entertaining, making, and cooking was the subject of this series. She played many characters, including herself, Patty Hogg, Ronnie Vino, and Nutmeg. On its premiere, the series received two consecutive nominations for Outstanding Variety Sketch Series, and it lasted for three seasons.

In the CBS All Access comedy series No Activity, Sedaris appeared as Janice Delongpre, a dispatch officer, from 2017 to 2019. In the HBO comedy-drama series Divorce (2018), she appeared as Cathy.

Peli Motto's most recent appearance in the Disney+ series The Mandalorian (2019) and its spin-off series The Book of Boba Fett (2022) showcase her exceptional character acting skills. Sedaris' Peli is all-at-once abrasive, satirical, and of the sort.

Sedaris has performed in commercials for the discount hair salon chain Supercuts and was Miss Davis, a WordGirl character, for two seasons. In Adventure Time, she also appeared as the Bandit Princess. Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America, a six-hour documentary about comedians and comedies in American history, narrated PBS' Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America.

Sedaris voiced Foxy Loxy in the animated science comedy Shrek the Third (2005), Brisek the Third (2005), Jill in the adventure comedy Puss in Boots (2010), and Aunt Ida in the English dub of Academy Award-nominated comedy drama My Life as a Courgette (2016).

In two seasons of the podcast Homecoming (2016-2017), she appeared as Audrey Temple. Julia Roberts appeared in the series, which was later turned into a series of the same name. In the Hong Chau series, Sedaris' character was portrayed.

In several animated films, Sedaris voiced characters. She played Princess Carolyn in Netflix's adult animated comedy series BoJack Horseman from 2014 to 2020, a role that some commentators regard as her best work.

In addition to that, she appeared in various characters in the Fox adult comedy series American Dad! Ma Angler, 2009–2012, Ma Angler in the Nickelodeon children's comedy series SpongeBob SquarePants (2011–2019), Lydia / Mina Loveberry of the Disney Channel's violent comedy series Star vs. the Forces of Evil (2016–2019), and Samantha in Netflix's adult comedy series F is for Family (2020).

In 2019, Sedaris narrated a Guinea Fowl in The Lion King (2019), a photorealistic computer-animated remake of Disney's 1994 film of the same name.

Sedaris appeared in a number of feature films during her career. She appeared in the romantic comedy Maid in Manhattan (2002), the musical comedy School of Rock (2003), Elf's (2003), and the fantasy comedy Bewitched (2005).

She appeared in the 2005 film adaptation Strangers with Candy, which she also co-wrote, for her first leading film role. She continued to work in Full Grown Men (2006), the drama film Snow Angels (2005), and the ensemble comedy film Old Dogs (2009).

Sedaris appeared in The Best and the Brightest, a comedy film that was released in 2010. She went on to star in Jennifer's Body (2009), the comedy-drama film Chef (2014), the supernatural comedy film Ghost Team (2015), the mystery comedy film Handsome (2017), and the comedy film Save Yourselves! (2020)

Sedaris co-authored the text-and-picture book Wigfield in 2003 with collaborators Paul Dinello and Stephen Colbert.

Since 2005, Sedaris has written numerous articles for The Believer magazine. "TURN-OFFS: The beach, having to pay for things, racial people, and Orientals," she wrote in a 2006 interview with the magazine.

She published I Like You: Hospitality Under Influence, a guide to entertaining that stayed on the New York Times bestseller list for more than a week after its initial release.

In 2010, she published Simple Times: Crafts for Poor People. When promoting her book on Late Night with David Letterman in October 2010, she demonstrated how the back can be turned into a hat.

Amy has co-written several plays with her brother David, who is credited only as "The Talent Family" (1993), One Woman Shoe (1995), Incident at Cobblers Knob (1997) and The Little Frieda Mysteries (1997). She also co-authored The Book of Liz (2002), which had been seen in regional theaters as a play called No Name Players.

She appeared in Paul Rudnick's play The Most Wonderful Story Ever Told (1998) and as Froggy in Douglas Carter Beane's play The Country Club (1998), the latter of which received her a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play. She appeared in David Lindsay-Abaire's play Wonder of the World and the stage adaptation of her book Wigfield (2003) with Paul Dinello and Stephen Colbert.

Sedaris starred in an ad that read: "People laugh at you, not with you" as a result of PETA's anti-fur campaign.

In 2007, Sedaris appeared in Dolly Parton's first mainstream country music video in fourteen years, "Better Get to Livin" means "Better Get to Livin."

On September 28, 2010, she was the emcee for Microsoft's 2010 annual employee meeting in Seattle.

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