Amy Sedaris Movies and Career Information

Amy Sedaris (born March 29, 1961) is an American actress, author and comedian. She is perhaps best known for playing the character Jerri Blank in the Comedy Central television series Strangers with Candy. Sedaris regularly collaborates with her older brother, humorist and author David Sedaris. She is a frequent guest on The Late Show with David Letterman. Sedaris was born in Endicott, New York, the daughter of Sharon and Lou Sedaris, and grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina with her brother, David Sedaris. She is of half Greek descent; her father was Greek Orthodox and her mother was Protestant, and she remains Greek Orthodox. Sedaris resides in Greenwich Village, New York City, with her Mini Rex rabbit Dusty and is very involved with the House Rabbit Society. As part of a running joke during public appearances, she frequently alludes to her imaginary boyfriend, Ricky. During an appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman (October 6, 2006), she claimed Ricky had been murdered and she now lives with Ricky's ghost. In an appearance on May 21, 2009, she spoke of a recent marriage to her husband, Glenn, a merchant marine (who is imaginary; Amy is not married in real life). Sedaris