Amy Sedaris

Amy Sedaris is an American actress, comedian and writer. She is known for her role as Jerri Blank in the TV series Strangers with Candy, which she co-created, as the voice of Princess Carolyn in BoJack Horseman, and as Peli Motto in The Mandalorian. He is also known for his humorous books on home economics and hospitality.

Life and early years

Amy Louise Sedaris was born on March 29, 1961, in Endicott, New York state. He moved to Raleigh, North Carolina with his family when he was four years old and grew up in a household with six siblings. His father is of Greek origin. Writer David Sedaris is his older brother; The brothers wrote theater plays together under the name The Talent Family, including 2002's The Book of Liz.

He received his comedy training at Second City and Annoyance Theater in Chicago. He met Paul Dinello and Stephen Colbert in the touring troupe of Second City in the late 1980s. He settled in New York in 1993.

Career

He co-created and wrote Strangers with Candy, with Dinello and Colbert, which aired on Comedy Central from 1999 to 2000. In the series, she played Jerri Blank, a middle-aged ex-con who returns to high school; The character was born from an imitation of a 1970s motivational speaker. The movie, which tells the prequel to the story, was shot in 2005.

In the cinema, he appeared in films such as Elf (2003), Bewitched (2005), Jennifer's Body (2009) and Chef (2014), and voiced in Shrek the Third (2007).

Between 2014 and 2020, she voiced manager Princess Carolyn in BoJack Horseman and played Mimi Kanasis in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. She created, wrote and hosted At Home with Amy Sedaris, which aired on truTV from 2017-2020; the program received two Emmy nominations. Starting in 2019, she played Peli Motto, a mechanic on Tatooine, in The Mandalorian and in 2022's The Book of Boba Fett.

As a writer, he wrote the novel Wigfield (2003) with Colbert and Dinello. His solo novels, I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence (2006) and Simple Times: Crafts for Poor People (2010), became bestsellers.