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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.

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. She is known for baking and selling muffins for $1 apiece.

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.

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

Sedaris appears in several episodes of Monk.

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".

Selected Filmography

Chicken Little (2005) (voice)
Romance & Cigarettes (2005)
Bewitched (2005)
My Baby's Daddy (2004)
Elf (2003)
The School of Rock (2003)
Maid in Manhattan (2002)
Strangers with Candy (1999) (TV series)
Six Days Seven Nights (1998)

External links

Amy Sedaris at IMDb
November 2001 interview from Paper magazine
Detailed biography from a fan's website
A biography and video interview at Comedy Central's website
Amy Sedaris Fan Site, a fan site featuring photos, audio downloads, bizarre biographical trivia and interview transcripts from Amy's appearances on Conan O'Brien and Letterman

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 Sedaris also hosts the series ''[[Film Fanatic]]'' on [[Trio channel|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 (magazine)|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.
-Along with her brother, author [[David Sedaris]], Amy has co-authored several plays.  These include: ''Stitches''
+Along with her brother, author [[David Sedaris]], Amy has co-authored several plays.  These include: "Stump the Host" (1993),''Stitches''
-(1994), ''One Woman Shoe'' (1995), ''Santaland'' (1996), ''Incident at Cobblers Knob'' (1997), and ''The Little Frieda Mysteries'' (1997).
+(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]] .
 Sedaris appears in several episodes of ''[[Monk (TV series)|Monk]]''.