- Born
- Birth nameAmy Louise Sedaris
- Height5′ 1½″ (1.56 m)
- Amy Louise Sedaris is an American actress, comedian, and writer. She played Jerri Blank in the Comedy Central comedy series Strangers with Candy (1999-2000) and the prequel film Strangers with Candy (2005), which she also wrote.
Sedaris appeared as Hurshe Heartshe in the Adult Swim comedy series The Heart, She Holler (2013-2014), as Princess Carolyn in the Netflix animated comedy series BoJack Horseman (2014-2020), and as Mimi Kanasis in the Netflix sitcom Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2015-2020). She received further critical acclaim as the creator and star of the TruTV surreal comedy series At Home with Amy Sedaris (2017-2020) which earned her two nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Sketch Series.
Sedaris appeared in various films, including 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), and The Lion King (2019). More recently, she has appeared in both The Mandalorian (2019-2020) and The Book of Boba Fett (2022) as Peli Motto.- IMDb mini biography by: Bonitao
- ChildrenNo Children
- ParentsSharon SedarisLou Sedaris
- RelativesDavid Sedaris(Sibling)
- Runs a cupcake and cheeseball business out of her Greenwich Village apartment when she is not acting.
- Occasionally works as a waitress at Mary's Fish Camp in the West Village.
- Wrote the play, "The Book of Liz", with her older brother, David Sedaris.
- She uses the money she gets for appearing on Late Show with David Letterman (1992) to buy a new pair of shoes for her next appearance.
- Raised Greek Orthodox.
- If I'm creating something for myself, then I want to have fun. I like to play unattractive people who think they're pretty. You can do what you want, but I prefer to look interesting.
- I'm drawn to people who look different. I'm not exploiting. I'm not making fun of them. I'm drawn to them. We're all used to seeing pretty people. I want to see real people.
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