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[[JustForFun/DescribeTopicHere Describing Amy Sedaris]] (born March 29, 1961 in Endicott, New York), tonight on [[VerySpecialEpisode a very special]] ''Series/AtHomeWithAmySedaris'':

Amy Louise Sedaris is an American actor and comedian, best known as Jerri Blank on the cult TV series ''Series/StrangersWithCandy''. She also voiced regular character Princess Carolyn on ''WesternAnimation/BoJackHorseman''. From 2017-2020, she hosted her own show, ''At Home with Amy Sedaris'', which is an AffectionateParody of cooking, DIY, and home-crafts programs. She also plays mechanic Peli Motto in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' franchise, beginning with ''Series/TheMandalorian'' Chapter 5.

She has written two books focused on crafting and hospitality, with a humorous twist, entitled ''I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence'' (2006) and ''Simple Times: Crafts for Poor People'' (2010) (with her ex-boyfriend and frequent collaborator Paul Dinello).

She is the younger sister of the humorist and ''Radio/ThisAmericanLife'' contributor Creator/DavidSedaris. Despite being either the ButtMonkey or a {{Troll}} in several of his tales of the Sedaris family, they are said to be very close friends as adults; they're certainly close enough to write plays together as "The Talent Family".

!!Film Roles
* ''Film/{{Elf}}'' (2003): Deb
* ''WesternAnimation/ChickenLittle'' (2005): Foxy Loxy
* ''Series/StrangersWithCandy'' (2006): Jerri Blank
* ''WesternAnimation/ShrekTheThird'' (2007): Cinderella
* ''Film/SpaceBuddies'' (2009): Gravity
* ''WesternAnimation/PussInBoots2011'': Jill
* ''Film/SuperBuddies'' (2013): Betty
* ''Film/Chef2014'': Jen
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLifeAsAZucchini'' (2016): Aunt Ida (English dub)
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing2019'': Guineafowl
* ''Film/SaveYourselves'' (2020): Jack's mom
* ''WesternAnimation/TheBossBabyFamilyBusiness'' (2021): Tina Templeton
* ''Film/ClerksIII'' (2022): Dr. Ladenheim
* ''Film/{{Ghosted|2023}}'' (2023)
* ''Film/TheaterCamp'' (2023): Joan Rubinsky

!!TV Roles
* ''Series/StrangersWithCandy'' (1999-2000): Jeri Blank
* ''Series/SesameStreet'' (2006): Snow White
* ''WesternAnimation/BoJackHorseman'' (2014-2020): Princess Carolyn
* ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'' (2015-2019): Mina Loveberry
* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' (2017): Blue Zircon and Yellow Zircon
* ''Series/AtHomeWithAmySedaris'' (2017-2020): Amy Sedaris, Patty Hogg, Ronnie Vino, Nutmeg, Hobo, and others
* ''Franchise/StarWars'': Peli Motto
** ''Series/TheMandalorian'' (2019-present)
** ''Series/TheBookOfBobaFett'' (2022)
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Harley Quinn|2019}}'' (2022): Debbie
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!!Sedaris's work provides examples of:

* BeautyInversion: In most of her projects she makes an extra effort to look far less attractive than she is. ''Strangers with Candy'' turned her into TheGrotesque. This actually makes it sometimes difficult to recognize her.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: She could give Creator/RobinWilliams tips in high-speed free association.
* FriendshipOnTheSet: Formed one with the Mandalorian himself, Creator/PedroPascal. He reported in interviews that after she permitted him to follow her, he rarely left her side, and that her jokes would make him laugh so hard, he'd SpitTake inside his helmet.
* TheGadfly: To her own family. According to her brother, she had a knack for acting and impersonating people even as a little kid, and frequently used it to mess with her father, at one point posing as a friend of his to the point of propositioning him over the phone. Later in life, she went and bought a fat suit and wore it during an entire week only to reveal the deception at the very end, driving their image-conscious father absolutely nuts.
* {{Irony}}: She appeared in a TV advert for a washing machine additive, and is dressed as the perfect Stepford Wife in fifties clothes and hairdo. It is obvious she's exaggerating the stereotype for laughs; and the pose becomes hilarious when you discover she is ''also'' Jeri Blank...[[note]]British viewers do not have this piece of information. The advert is funny enough -- this woman is obviously sending up StepfordSuburbia to hell and back in an up to eleven performance -- but Jeri Blank is not a character known to British domestic TV. discovering who the woman in the advert is and what she's famous for in the USA is a GeniusBonus.[[/note]]
* RefugeInAudacity: A lot of her work and her humor relies on this. She once posed for a New York photoshoot and asked the makeup artists to make it look like she'd been beaten half to death, then walked around town as if nothing had happened. When asked about it, she'd make a wild statement about "being so in love".
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