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Amy Sedaris Biography (1961-)

Born March 29, 1961, in New York, NY; raised in Raleigh, NC; sister of DavidSedaris (a writer). Addresses: Agent: Jonathan Bluman, Paradigm, 10100Santa Monica Blvd., 25th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90067.; Manager: 3 Arts Entertainment, 9460 Wilshire Blvd., Seventh Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Nationality

American

Gender

Female

Occupation

Actress, writer

Birth Details

March 29, 1961

New York, New York, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Stage Appearances
• Jamboree, c. 1993
• Stump the Host, c. 1993
• One Woman Shoe, c. 1995
• Froggy, The Country Club, Drama Department, Schenck Mainstage, Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, CT, 1998, then Greenwich House Theatre, New YorkCity, 1999
• Stage manager, The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told, New York TheatreWorkshop, New York City, 1998-1999
• Elizabeth "Liz" Donderstock, The Book of Liz, Drama Department, Greenwich House Theatre, 2001
• Multiple roles, including Barbara, Janie, a helicopter pilot, and three waitresses, Wonder of the World, Manhattan Theatre Club Stage I, New York City, 2001-2002
• Appeared in Incident at Cobble Knob, Lincoln Center Theatre, New York City; also appeared in The Little Frieda Mysteries and Stitches.
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Various roles, Exit 57, Comedy Central, 1995-1996
• Geraldine "Jerri" Antonia Blank, Strangers with Candy, Comedy Central, 1999-2000
• Pilots
• Topaz Radulavitch, Big Deals, ABC, 1991
• Receptionist, Fling, Fox, 2001
• Episodic
• Betsy Frayne, "The Two Faces of Finch: Parts 1 & 2," Just Shoot Me!, NBC, 2001
• Courtney Masterson, "Cover Girl," Sex and the City, HBO, 2002
• Courtney Masterson, "Plus One Is the Loneliest Number," Sex and the City, HBO, 2002
• Courtney Masterson, "Unoriginal Sin," Sex and the City, HBO, 2002
• Gail Fleming, "Mr. Monk and the Earthquake," Monk, USA Network, 2002
• Appeared in episodes of other series, including The Conan O'Brien Show, NBC; and multiple episodes of The Late Show with David Letterman, CBS.
• Television Work
• Series
• Cocreator, Strangers with Candy, Comedy Central, 1999-2000
• Film Appearances
• Scholar, Commandments, Universal, 1997
• Trendy boss, Bad Bosses Go to Hell, AtomFilms, 1997
• Robin's secretary, Six Days Seven Nights, Buena Vista, 1998
• Wheels of Fury (short film), 1998
• Other student in class, Jump Tomorrow (also known as Life: A User's Manual), IFC Films, 2001
• Rachel Hoffberg, Maid in Manhattan (also known as Made in New York), Columbia, 2002
• My Baby's Mama, Miramax, 2003
• RECORDINGS
• Audio Books; Narrator
• (With Ann Magnuson) Holidays on Ice, 1997
• (With David Sedaris) Naked, Time Warner, 1997
• Barrel Fever: And Other Stories, 1998
• (With D. Sedaris) David Sedaris Box Set, 2000
• Wigfield: The Can-Do Town That Just May Not, 2003
• WRITINGS
• Stage Plays
• with David Sedaris
• Jamboree, c. 1993
• Stump the Host, c. 1993
• One Woman Shoe, c. 1995
• The Book of Liz, Drama Department, Greenwich House Theatre, New York City, 2001
• Author (with David Sedaris) of Incident at Cobble Knob, Lincoln Center Theatre, New York City; also author (with David Sedaris) of The Little Frieda Mysteries and Stitches.
• Teleplays
• Series
• (With others) Exit 57, Comedy Central, 1995-1996
• Strangers with Candy, Comedy Central, 1999-2000
• Screenplays
• (With others) Wheels of Fury (short film), 1998
• Humor
• (With Paul Dinello and Stephen Colbert) Wigfield: The Can-Do Town ThatJust May Not, photographs by Todd Oldham, 2003

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

• Current Biography, April, 2002, pp. 73-77
• Entertainment Weekly, January 24, 2003, p. 38
• Independent Weekly, August 23, 2000, p. 31
• TV Guide, August 17, 2002, p. 3

Electronic

• Privymagazine, http://www.privymagazine.com, April 11, 2003