Amy Sedaris - Biography

Last Editor: sariyan				Amy Sedaris Biography -   Name : Amy Sedaris Date of Birth : 29 March 1961 Place of Birth : New York City, New York, USA Height : 5' 1½'' Nationality : American Profession : Actor

Amy Sedaris Trivia -

Sister of author David Sedaris. An alumnus of the Second City and Annoyance Theatre in Chicago, IL. Runs a cupcake and cheeseball business out of her Greenwich Village apartment when she is not acting. Occasionally works as a waitress at Mary's Fish Camp in the West Village. Wrote the play, "The Book of Liz", with her brother David Sedaris. She uses the money she gets for appearing on "Late Show with David Letterman" (1993) to buy a new pair of shoes for her next appearance. Amy keeps a free-roaming mini-rex rabbit named Dusty, whom she adopted from a rabbit rescue. Dusty's "bunny condo" was designed by her friend, designer Todd Oldham. Amy named her baked goods business after her first rabbit, Tattletail, a Netherlandish dwarf. ("Tattletail Industries" has since become "Amy's Cupcakes".) She is active in a NYC rabbit rescue and shelter, and is an honorary educator of the House Rabbit Society. Failed first grade. Idolized her brother David Sedaris when she was a child. Of all her relatives, she was closest to her father. Enjoys playing characters who "like themselves". Is of Greek descent. Collects decorative cupcake picks. She is best known for her grotesque yet strangely endearing character "Jerri" from 'Strangers with Candy'.

Amy Sedaris Detailed Biography -

Amy Sedaris was born on March 29, 1961, in New York City and was raised in Raleigh, North Carolina. Amy Sedaris finally escaped, with brother David's encouragement, to Chicago. Amy Sedaris took classes at Second City and appeared on the main stage in the early '90s. Steven Colbert and Paul Dinello were castmates there and would become major collaborators. Amy Sedaris then moved to New York, where she collaborated with David as half of The Talent Family. Their plays include Jamboree, Stump the Host, Stitches, One-Woman Shoe (Obie Award), Incident at Cobbler's Knob, Little Frieda Mysteries and The Book of Liz. Amy Sedaris has been a cast member of The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told, The Country Club (Nominated for a Drama Desk Award) and Wonder of the World (Nominated for Lucille Lortel Award). Received, along with David, a Special Citation from Drama Desk Awards for the "unique quality of their work". From April 1999 to October 2000, Amy Sedaris created and starred in the Comedy Central show Strangers with Candy, playing aging high-school student (and former junkie whore) Jerri Blank. (Dinello and Colbert were also creators and stars of the short-lived series.) Amy Sedaris is now a regular on HBO's Sex and the City. Here, Amy Sedaris is playing a staffer at a company publishing a collection of Carrie's columns. Amy Sedaris lives in New York with her imaginary boyfriend Ricky. Amy Sedaris recently lost her longtime companion, a black dwarf rabbit named Tattletail.