Amy Sedaris

Amy Sedaris is one of those rare performers I trust to be fearless. Creating Jerri Blank in Strangers with Candy took a willingness to be ugly, absurd, and totally committed, and she never blinked. What I respect most is how she refuses to stay in one lane: comedian, novelist, stage and television actor, even a cookbook author. To me that range is not scattered energy but genuine curiosity. She makes oddballs lovable rather than mocked, and that warmth underneath the chaos is exactly why her comedy lasts. I would watch her do almost anything, because she always finds the strange human truth in it.

Name (English)

Amy Sedaris

Name (Japanese)

エイミー・セダリス

Reading

えいみー・せだりす

Born

March 29, 1961 (age 65)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Ox

Origin

Endicott, New York, United States

Occupation

comedian / novelist / stage actor / television actor / screenwriter

High school

Jesse O. Sanderson High School

• Official sitehttp://www.amysedaris.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/amysedaris/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy%20Sedaris
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%82%A4%E3%83%9F%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BB%E3%83%80%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q262170

Tags

• New York
• comedian
• novelist
• stage actor

Last updated

2026-06-11

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