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Amy Sedaris
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Amy Louise Sedaris (/sɪˈdɛərɪs/; born March 29, 1961) is an American actress, comedian, and writer. Most recently, she has appeared in  The Mandalorian (2019–2023) and The Book of Boba Fett (2022) as Peli Motto. 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-drama series BoJack Horseman (2014–2020), and as Mimi Kanasis in the Netflix sitcom Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2015–2020). She received critical acclaim as the creator and star of the TruTV surreal comedy series At Home with Amy Sedaris (2017–2020), earning her two nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Sketch Series. Sedaris has 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), The Lion King (2019), and The Boss Baby: Family Business (2021). Description above from the Wikipedia article Amy Sedaris, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Amy Louise Sedaris (/sɪˈdɛərɪs/; born March 29, 1961) is an American actress, comedian, and writer. Most recently, she has appeared in  The Mandalorian (2019–2023) and The Book of Boba Fett (2022) as Peli Motto. 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-drama series BoJack Horseman (2014–2020), and as Mimi Kanasis in the Netflix sitcom Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2015–2020). She received critical acclaim as the creator and star of the TruTV surreal comedy series At Home with Amy Sedaris (2017–2020), earning her two nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Sketch Series. Sedaris has 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), The Lion King (2019), and The Boss Baby: Family Business (2021). Description above from the Wikipedia article Amy Sedaris, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
The Simpsons
American Dad!
30 Rock
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Regular Show
Just Shoot Me!
The Daily Show
Late Night with Seth Meyers
DuckTales
Everybody's Live with John Mulaney
Love, Death & Robots
Rescue Me
Divorce
Girls5eva
Hot in Cleveland
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
Broad City
The Colbert Report
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Betty
Robot Chicken
The Mandalorian
Fantasmas
Ed
The New Adventures of Old Christine
The Good Wife
The Book of Boba Fett
Ren & Stimpy
Doctor Odyssey
Steven Universe
Harley Quinn
Sesame Street
The 7D
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
Raising Hope
Grimsburg
Bob's Burgers
Bubble Guppies
Mulligan
My Name Is Earl
Monk
RuPaul's Drag Race
The Closer
Sex and the City
Andy Barker, P.I.
The Middle
School of Rock
Best Wishes, Warmest Regards: A Schitt's Creek Farewell
Shrek the Third
Stay
Bewitched
The Lion King
Old Dogs
Jennifer's Body
Six Days Seven Nights
Super Buddies
Alpha House
Clerks III
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend
Elf
Dance Flick
Chef
Maid in Manhattan
Space Buddies
Smurfs
Somebody I Used to Know
The Mandalorian: Making of Season 2
No Time to Spy: A Loud House Movie
Handsome: A Netflix Mystery Movie
Ghosted
No Activity
Puss in Boots
Chicken Little
BoJack Horseman
The Heart, She Holler
Exit 57
The Boss Baby: Family Business
The Boss Baby 3
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Strangers with Candy
Strangers with Candy
Production Credits
Strangers with Candy
Strangers with Candy
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