Amy Sedaris

Amy Sedaris (born March 29, 1961 in New York City, New York, USA) is an American actress and comedian. A former member of Chicago-based Second City and Annoyance Theatre comedy troupes, she is best known for her role as "Jerri Blank" in the television series Strangers with Candy, which she co-wrote with Paul Dinello and Stephen Colbert.

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March 29 - 1961 - New York City - New York - USA - American - Actress - Comedian - Chicago - Second City - Annoyance Theatre - Strangers with Candy - Paul Dinello - Stephen Colbert

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Sedaris has appeared in the movies Elf, The School of Rock, and Maid in Manhattan and most recently in the film version of Bewitched also starring Will Ferrell and Nicole Kidman. Sedaris is soon to star in the film adaptation of Strangers with Candy as Jerri Blank. In addition to acting, she runs a cupcake and cheese ball business ("Amy's Cupcakes") out of her kitchen.

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Elf - The School of Rock - Maid in Manhattan - Bewitched - Will Ferrell - Nicole Kidman - Cupcake

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Sedaris also hosts the series Film Fanatic on Trio. She coauthored the text-and-picture novel Wigfield with Paul Dinello and Stephen Colbert, published in 2003. As of 2005, Sedaris writes a monthly advice column in The Believer. She also is currently writing a guide to entertaining entitled I Like You, to be published in the fall of 2006 by Warner Books.

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Film Fanatic - Trio - Wigfield - Paul Dinello - Stephen Colbert - 2003 - As of 2005 - The Believer

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Along with her brother, author David Sedaris, Amy has co-authored several plays. These include: Stump the Host (1993),Stitches

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(1994), One Woman Shoe (1995), Santaland (1996), Incident at Cobblers Knob (1997), and The Little Frieda Mysteries (1997) which where all produced and presented by Meryl Vladimer, when she was the artistic director of "the CLUB" at La MaMa E.T.C. She also co-authored Incident at Kobblers Knob which was presented and produced by David Rockwell at the Lincoln Center Festival .

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Meryl Vladimer - La MaMa E.T.C. - Lincoln Center Festival

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Sedaris appears in several episodes of Monk.

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Amy Sedaris lives with her pet rabbit Dusty along with her imaginary boyfriend, Ricky, in Greenwich Village, though on a recent episode of The Late Show with David Letterman, she claimed Ricky had "died".

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Greenwich Village - The Late Show with David Letterman

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