Amy Sedaris Net Worth 2024

What Is Amy Sedaris’ Net Worth?

Amy Sedaris is an American actress, comedian, author, and producer who has a net worth of $6 million. Sedaris is greatest recognized for taking part in Jerri Blank on Comedy Central’s “Strangers with Candy” (1999–2000), which she co-created with Stephen Colbert, Paul Dinello, and Mitch Rouse. She additionally wrote for the sequence and the 2005 “Strangers with Candy” movie. Amy co-created starred on, and wrote for Comedy Central’s “Exit 57” (1995–1996) and truTV’s “At Home with Amy Sedaris” (2017–2020), and she or he govt produced “At Home with Amy Sedaris” as properly. She has greater than 100 performing credit to her title, together with the movies “School of Rock” (2003), “Elf” (2003), “Bewitched” (2005), “Hits” (2014), and “Handsome” (2017) and the tv sequence “The Heart, She Holler” (2013–2014), “Alpha House” (2013–2014), “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” (2015–2020), and “No Activity” (2017–current).

Sedaris voiced Foxy Loxy in “Chicken Little” (2005), Cinderella in “Shrek the Third” (2007), Jill in “Puss in Boots” (2011), Guineafowl in “The Lion King” (2019), Princess Carolyn on “BoJack Horseman” (2014–2020), and Lydia / Mina Loveberry on “Star vs. the Forces of Evil” (2016–2019), and she or he has additionally lent her voice to the movies “Space Buddies” (2009), “Super Buddies” (2013), and “The Boss Baby: Family Business” (2021) and the TV reveals “F is for Family” (2020) and “DuckTales” (2020). Amy has printed the books “Wigfield: The Can-Do Town That Just May Not” (with Colbert and Dinello, 2004), “I Like You: Hospitality Under The Influence” (2006), and “Simple Times: Crafts for Poor People” (with Dinello, 2010).

Early Life

Amy Sedaris was born Amy Louise Sedaris on March 29, 1961, in Endicott, New York. She grew up Raleigh, North Carolina, with mom Sharon, father Louis, and siblings David, Lisa, Tiffany, Gretchen, and Paul. David Sedaris is an creator and humorist recognized for books reminiscent of “Me Talk Pretty One Day” and “Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim,” and he and Amy have written performs collectively underneath the moniker “The Talent Family.” Sedaris comes from a Greek Orthodox family, and she or he attended Jesse O. Sanderson High School. Amy’s first job was at a Winn-Dixie grocery store, and she or he usually used the shop’s loudspeaker to make faux bulletins. She later moved to Chicago and labored as a server as Zanies Comedy Club and joined the Annoyance Theatre and Second City comedy troupes.

Career

Sedaris made her tv debut within the 1991 TV film “Big Deals,” and in 1995, she co-created the sketch comedy sequence “Exit 57” with Stephen Colbert, Paul Dinello, Jodi Lennon, and Mitch Rouse. Her first function movie was 1997’s “Commandments,” and in 1998, she co-starred with Harrison Ford and Anne Heche in “Six Days, Seven Nights.” From 1999 to 2000, Amy starred as Geraldine Antonia “Jerri” Blank on “Strangers with Candy” alongside Colbert and Dinello. The sequence aired 31 episodes over three seasons, and a prequel movie was launched in 2005. Sedaris appeared within the movies “Jump Tomorrow” (2001), “Maid in Manhattan” (2002), “Neurotica” (2004), “My Baby’s Daddy” (2004), “Romance & Cigarettes” (2005), “I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With” (2006), “Dedication” (2007), “Dance Flick” (2009), “Jennifer’s Body” (2009), and “Old Dogs” (2009), and she or he co-starred with Jack Black and Joan Cusack in 2003’s “School of Rock.” She teamed up with Will Ferrell in 2003’s “Elf” and 2005’s “Bewitched” (which Colbert additionally appeared in), and round this time, she guest-starred on “Just Shoot Me!” (2001), “Sex and the City” (2002–2003), “Monk” (2002–2003), “Ed” (2004), “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” (2004), “Wonder Showzen” (2005), “Sesame Street” (2006), “My Name Is Earl” (2006), “Andy Barker, P.I.” (2007), and “Rescue Me” (2007).

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In 2009, Sedaris performed Principal Hoffman in Nickelodeon’s “Gym Teacher: The Movie,” which was directed by Paul Dinello, then she guest-starred on “The Closer” (2009), “The New Adventures of Old Christine” (2009), “The Middle” (2010), “Royal Pains” (2011), “Hot In Cleveland” (2011), and “Raising Hope” (2011; 2014). Amy appeared within the movies “Beware the Gonzo” (2010), “The Best and the Brightest” (2010), “Ping Pong Summer” (2014), “Chef” (2014), “Goodbye to All That” (2014), and “Ghost Team” (2016), and in 2014, she starred in “Hits,” which was written and directed by David Cross. She guest-starred on “The Good Wife” (2012), “30 Rock” (2012), “Broad City” (2014; 2019), “Kevin from Work” (2015), and “Difficult People” (2015–2017), and from 2013 to 2014, she performed Hurshe Heartshe on Adult Swim’s “The Heart, She Holler” and Louise Laffer on the Amazon Studios political satire “Alpha House.” From 2014 to 2020, Sedaris voiced Princess Carolyn on the Netflix animated sequence “BoJack Horseman” alongside Will Arnett, Alison Brie, Paul F. Tompkins, and Aaron Paul, and she or he performed Mimi Kanasis on Netflix’s “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” from 2015 to 2020. In 2017, she started starring as Janice Delongpre on the CBS All Access comedy “No Activity,” and she or he and Dinello co-created “At Home with Amy Sedaris,” which ran for 3 seasons and earned Amy a Writers Guild of America Award and two Primetime Emmy nominations. In current years, she appeared within the movie “Handsome” (2017) and the tv sequence “Divorce” (2018), “The Mandalorian” (2019–2020), “Betty” (2021), and “The Book of Boba Fett” (20220), and she or he voiced Betty Cooper on “The Bleepin’ Robot Chicken Archie Comics Special” (2021).

Personal Life

Amy was in a relationship with Paul Dinello for eight years. After their break-up, Dinello married photographer Danielle St. Laurent, and Sedaris is the godmother of their two sons. Amy has stated in interviews that she is not fascinated with getting married or having kids. Sedaris used to run the enterprise Dusty Food Cupcakes (which additionally offered cheeseballs) out of her house. She adopted a rabbit, Dusty, from a rabbit rescue and recruited famed designer Todd Oldham to construct Dusty a “bunny rental.” Amy has made instructional movies for the House Rabbit Society, and she or he has helped “rabbit-proof” the properties of latest bunny homeowners, together with Stephen Colbert. Sedaris has appeared in PETA advertisements as Jerri Blank, talking out towards fur and the menopause drug Premarin (which is made with urine from pregnant mares).

Awards and Nominations

Sedaris obtained Primetime Emmy nominations for Outstanding Variety Sketch Series for “At Home with Amy Sedaris” in 2018 and 2019, and the sequence additionally earned her Writers Guild of America Award nominations for Comedy/Variety Sketch Series in 2019, 2020, and 2021 (successful in 2021) and Online Film & Television Association Award nominations for Best Female Performance in a Variety Program in 2018 and 2020. For “BoJack Horseman,” Amy obtained an Online Film & Television Association Award nomination for Best Voice-Over Performance in a Animated Program (2018) and a Critics Choice Super Award nomination for Best Voice Actress in an Animated Series (2021). In 1995, she earned CableACE Award nominations for Comedy Series and Actress in a Comedy Series for “Exit 57,” and in 2016, she obtained a Gold Derby Award nomination for Comedy Guest Actress for “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.” In 2012, Sedaris and her “Puss in Boots” co-stars shared a Behind the Voice Actors Award nomination for Best Vocal Ensemble in a Feature Film.

Real Estate

In April 2019, Amy paid $1.7 million for a co-op that’s straight above her Greenwich Village residence, which she bought for $1.3 million in 2008. The co-op consists of one bed room and one toilet.