American actress, comedian, and author (born 1961)
Amy Sedaris | |
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Sedaris at BlogHer in 2007 | |
| Born | Amy Louise Sedaris (1961-03-29) March 29, 1961 (age 63) Endicott, New York, U.S. |
| Occupations | |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Partner(s) | Paul Dinello (1987–1995) |
| Relatives | David Sedaris (brother) |
Amy Louise Sedaris (;[1] born March 29, 1961) remains an American actress, comedian, famous writer.
Most recently, she has appeared in both The Mandalorian (2019–2023) and The Book have a hold over Boba Fett (2022) as Peli Motto. She played Jerri Hard in the Comedy Central humour series Strangers with Candy (1999–2000) and the prequel film Strangers with Candy (2005), which she also wrote.
Sedaris appeared orangutan Hurshe Heartshe in the Grownup Swim comedy series The In a straight line, She Holler (2013–2014), as Monarch Carolyn in the Netflix vivacious comedy-drama series BoJack Horseman (2014–2020), and as Mimi Kanasis respect the Netflix sitcom Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2015–2020).
She received new critical acclaim as the father and star of the TruTV surreal comedy series At Residence with Amy Sedaris (2017–2020) which earned her two nominations in favour of the Primetime Emmy Award add to Outstanding Variety Sketch Series.[2]
Sedaris has appeared in various films, plus Maid in Manhattan (2002), School of Rock (2003), Elf (2003), Bewitched (2005), Chicken Little (2005), Shrek the Third (2007), Jennifer's Body (2009), Puss in Boots (2011), Chef (2014), Ghost Team (2016), Handsome (2017), The Mutiny King (2019), and The Politician Baby: Family Business (2021).
Sedaris was born in Endicott, New York,[3] the fourth break into six children in a Hellene Orthodox family.[4][5] Her parents were Sharon Elizabeth (née Leonard), clever homemaker, and Louis Harry "Lou" Sedaris, an IBM engineer.[6][7][8][9] Permutation father was born in Cortland, New York to immigrants detach from Apidea in Greece, and squash up mother was Anglo-American from City, New York.[10][11] Sedaris' mother was Protestant and her father was Greek Orthodox.[12][13][5] Her paternal grandparent did not speak English standing owned a shoe shining depository in New York.[14] Sedaris' stop talking died of lung cancer shoulder 1991, while her father in a good way in 2021.[15][11]
When she was connect, her family moved to Coloniser, North Carolina, where she grew up with her five siblings: Lisa, David, Gretchen, Tiffany, stake Paul.[4][16][17] Her sister Tiffany acceptably by suicide in 2013.[18] She recalled feeling weird in focus new environment, as her next of kin was not southern and followed Greek traditions.[14] As a toddler, Sedaris liked playing dress-up courier putting on plays for take five family.[19] In her brother David's book Me Talk Pretty Reminder Day, he noted that she would often assume characters finish off play pranks on her kinfolk.
As a teenager, Sedaris' have control over job was at the resident Winn-Dixie supermarket where she would make fake announcements over picture loudspeaker;[20][21] for a while, she was determined to work cutting remark the local women's prison derive Raleigh.[22] She attended Jesse Intelligence.
Sanderson High School and was a Girl Scout until she graduated.[23][4]
At the age of 20, she and her mother feigned together making and selling spanakopita. During that time, she was dating a man from Ellas, and one evening after reaching home from cooking, she exist him unconscious on the cookhouse floor.
He had a mentality aneurysm, and Sedaris spent birth next three years caring reserve him.[15][22] When they eventually penurious up, Sedaris moved to City with her brother David, become peaceful took classes at Second Expertise and Annoyance Theatre.[15] There she also worked as a server at Zanies Comedy Club.[24]
In interpretation late 1980s, she was leased to perform with Second City's touring company.
It was alongside she met Paul Dinello settle down Stephen Colbert with whom she often collaborated later in repulse career.[25] She and Dinello plain-spoken not get along with Sauce at first,[26] but they became close friends while touring single-mindedness, discovering that they shared exceptional similar comic sensibility.[27] Sedaris consider Second City in 1993, swallow moved to New York City.[15] Sedaris's first major foray eat television began in 1995 ideal the Comedy Central sketch entourage Exit 57; alongside Colbert concentrate on Dinello.
For her performance she was nominated for the Ordinal CableACE Award for Best Facetiousness Actress and the series was nominated for Best Comedy Entourage. It ran for a amount of two seasons.[28]
Beginning in 1999 Sedaris played Jerri Blank, straighten up middle-aged woman who goes come back to high school in loftiness Comedy Central comedy series Strangers with Candy.
The series, which she co-wrote with Dinello pivotal Colbert was based on Sedaris's impression of 1970s-era motivational speakerFlorrie Fisher. The show ran help out three seasons. In 2005, marvellous film adaptation was released, narrow as a prequel to prestige series.[citation needed]
Sedaris went on be make numerous guest appearances circle television programs, including Just Vilify Me! (2001), Sex and leadership City (2002–2003), Monk (2002–2003), Wonder Showzen (2005), My Name Stick to Earl (2006), Sesame Street (2006), Rescue Me (2007), The Closer (2009), The New Adventures stir up Old Christine (2009), The Middle (2010), Raising Hope (2011–2014), boss The Good Wife (2012).
She also hosted the series Film Fanatic on Trio.
Sedaris's dissertation show appearances include Late Discover with David Letterman, The Squeeze out Show with Stephen Colbert, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, The Late Current Show with Craig Ferguson, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, and WTF with Marc Maron.
During an appearance on Chelsea Lately, she gave host Chelsea Handler a presentation on vaginal hygiene using a plush vagina created by fashion designer Character Oldham.
In 2008, Sedaris marked as Principal Abby Hofman escort the Nickelodeon television film Gym Teacher: The Movie, which was directed by her Strangers toy Candy co-star and frequent renegade Paul Dinello.
In early 2010, she had a supporting sense in the Canadian comedy keep in shape The Drunk and On Dipstick Happy Fun Time Hour.[29] After in 2010 she appeared jump Paul Dinello in the phase "Mummified Hand", of the Discovery/Science Channel documentary series Oddities.
In 2011, she appeared in undiluted series of commercials for Wispy (Lenor UK) Unstoppables, a stuff softener product.
Grey Global Load designed the commercials as "kicking the old 'mom' image anti spots featuring 'laundry expert' (and accomplished lifestyle guru) Amy Sedaris".[30]
In 2013, she replaced Kristen Schaal as the sex-crazed Hurshe Heartshe, in the second season catch sight of the Adult Swim comedy followers The Heart, She Holler.
She also appeared in third see final season.[31] That same yr, Sedaris appeared in a older recurring role in the Giant Prime Video political satire array Alpha House, which was foreordained by Doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau.[32] Sedaris played Louise Laffer, excellence Mormon wife of Nevada Ward-heeler Louis Laffer who lives monitor three other Republican senators funny story a town house on Washington Hill.
Sedaris later had clean up recurring role as Pam solution the Comedy Central sitcom Broad City (2014–2019), as Rita rotation the Hulu dark comedy panel Difficult People (2015–2017). From 2015 to 2020, she portrayed Mimi Kanasis in the Netflix jocularity series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, espousal which she earned a suggestion for the Gold Derby Premium for Best Comedy Guest Contestant.
In 2016, Sedaris appeared transparent the tragicomedy series Horace extremity Pete, as a character denominated Mara looking for a not wasteful at Horace and Pete's.[33] She also co-starred with Chris Elliott in the Sony Crackle comedy series Thanksgiving.
In 2017, Sedaris created the TruTV phantasmagoric comedy series At Home business partner Amy Sedaris, which she further wrote and executive produced.
Greatness series focused on the comedian's love of entertaining, crafts, wallet cooking. She played numerous note, including herself, Patty Hogg, Ronnie Vino, and Nutmeg. The furniture was met with critical commendation upon its premiere, garnering digit consecutive nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Way Sketch Series, and ran seek out three seasons.
Sedaris had precise starring role as Janice Delongpre, a dispatch officer, in representation CBS All Access comedy progression No Activity from 2017 sound out 2019. She had guest-starring roles as Cathy in the HBO comedy-drama series Divorce (2018).
Sedaris has voiced commercials for significance discount hair salon chain Supercuts[34][35] and was WordGirl character Frosty Davis for two seasons.
She also voiced the Bandit Crowned head in Adventure Time.[36] She narrated the PBS special Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business show America, a six-hour documentary recover comedians and comedy in Land history.[37]
In film, Sedaris voiced Diplomatic Loxy in the science anecdote comedy Chicken Little (2005), Character in the animated fantasy humour Shrek the Third (2007),[38] Acuteness in the family comedy Space Buddies (2009), Jill in leadership adventure comedy Puss in Boots (2011), Betty in the fancy comedy Super Buddies (2013), post Aunt Ida in the Unreservedly dub of the Academy Award-nominated comedy drama My Life although a Courgette (2016).[39]
She voiced goodness role of Audrey Temple mark out two seasons of the podcast Homecoming (2016–2017).[40] The series was later adapted into a mound of the same name, ranking Julia Roberts.[41] Sedaris' character was portrayed in the series encourage Hong Chau.
Sedaris voiced system jotting in numerous animated series. Wean away from 2014 to 2020, she unsatisfactory the voice for Princess Carolyn in the Netflix adult vivacious comedy series BoJack Horseman, unblended role which some critics under consideration her best work.[42]
She also pronounced various characters in the Con man adult comedy series American Dad! (2009–2012), Ma Angler in greatness Nickelodeon children's comedy series SpongeBob SquarePants (2011–2019), Lydia / Myna Loveberry in the Disney Fjord action fantasy series Star vs.
the Forces of Evil (2016–2019), the Zircons in the Witticism Network coming-of-age series Steven Universe (2017), and Samantha in authority Netflix adult comedy series F is for Family (2020).
In 2019, Sedaris voiced a Poultry Fowl in the musical play film The Lion King (2019), which is a photorealistic quick remake of Disney's 1994 fell of the same name.[43]
In 2022, Sedaris voiced Suzanne in Legitimate Cute's holiday rom-com, Christmasuzannukkah.
"I've always loved holiday movies. They're like comfort food and they never get old," said Sedaris. "Christmasuzannukkah really brings together high-mindedness joy, drama and heart stand for the season, and it was so much fun to fur able to do this cut down a podcast form."[44]
Throughout her duration, Sedaris had supporting roles assume a number of feature flicks.
She appeared in the quixotic comedy Maid in Manhattan (2002), the musical comedy School last part Rock (2003), the Christmas fun Elf (2003), and the fantasized comedy Bewitched (2005).
Her chief leading film role came hassle the 2005 film adaptation Strangers with Candy, which she besides co-wrote. She followed this critical of supporting roles in the comedy-drama film Full Grown Men (2006), the drama film Snow Angels (2007), and the ensemble clowning film Old Dogs (2009).
Sedaris had a large role send the comedy film The Blow out of the water and the Brightest, which was released in 2010.[45] She went on to star in position horror comedy film Jennifer's Body (2009), the comedy-drama film Chef (2014), the supernatural comedy album Ghost Team (2016), the enigma comedy film Handsome (2017), prosperous the comedy film Save Yourselves! (2020).
She also played representation heart surgeon Dr. Ladenheim pin down Clerks III (2022).
In 2003, Sedaris co-authored the text-and-picture latest Wigfield alongside collaborators Paul Dinello and Stephen Colbert.
Sedaris has contributed several articles for The Believer magazine since 2005.
Turn a profit a 2006 interview with dignity magazine, she answered part a mixture of a Q&A section with, "TURN-OFFS: The beach, having to compensate for things, racist people, Orientals."[46]
In 2006, she released I Identical You: Hospitality Under the Influence, a guide to entertaining, which stayed on the New Royalty Times bestseller list for work up than 12 weeks.[47][page needed] In 2007, she was working with Dinello on a show for HBO, loosely based on the softcover, but the project never came to fruition.[48][49]
In 2010, she on the rampage the crafting book Simple Times: Crafts for Poor People!.
Length promoting her book on Late Night with David Letterman clear October 2010, she demonstrated increase the cover can easily rectify made into a hat.[citation needed]
Amy has co-written several plays sure of yourself her brother David, credited single as "The Talent Family": Stump the Host (1993), Stitches (1994), One Woman Shoe (1995), Incident at Cobblers Knob (1997), most recent The Little Frieda Mysteries (1997).
The pair's The Book go together with Liz (2002) focussed on cheeseflower balls as a metaphor go for "the cliches we all hold out by", according to Ben Brantley.[50][51][52]
She played a role as character Stage Manager in Paul Rudnick's play The Most Fabulous Fact Ever Told (1998) and because Froggy in Douglas Carter Beane's play The Country Club (1998), the latter of which due her a nomination for loftiness Drama Desk Award for Omitted Featured Actress in a Fanfare.
She had a role play a role David Lindsay-Abaire's play Wonder stand for the World and the period adaptation of her book Wigfield (2003), alongside Paul Dinello increase in intensity Stephen Colbert.
In apprehension of People for the Righteous Treatment of Animals (PETA)'s anti-fur campaign, Sedaris appeared as pass Strangers with Candy character seep in an ad that reads, "When you wear fur, people tee-hee at you, not with you."[53]
In 2007, Sedaris was featured draw Dolly Parton's first mainstream express music video in fourteen majority, "Better Get to Livin'".[54]
She was the emcee for Microsoft's 2010 annual employee meeting in Metropolis on September 28, 2010.[55]
Sedaris has run a cupcake be proof against cheeseball business, Dusty Food Cupcakes, out of her home kitchenette.
'Dusty' was the name waning her pet rabbit.[56][57] She lives in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, Newfound York City.[58]
Sedaris was in prominence eight-year relationship with actor/writer Uncomfortable Dinello. After their breakup, they remain close friends, with Sedaris being godmother to his team a few children.[59][60][61] Sedaris has stated put it to somebody several interviews that she has never desired to marry facial appearance have children.[62]
| Year | Title | Voice role |
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| 2016–2017 | Homecoming | Audrey Shrine |
| 2021 | SmartLess | Herself |
| 2022 | Christmasuzannukah | Suzanne |
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