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Amy Sedaris

1961 - Today

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Amy Louise Sedaris (; born March 29, 1961) is an American actress, comedian, and writer. She played Jerri Blank in the Comedy Central comedy series Strangers with Candy (1999–2000) and the prequel film Strangers with Candy (2005), which she also wrote. Sedaris appeared as Hurshe Heartshe in the Adult Swim comedy series The Heart, She Holler (2013–2014), as Princess Carolyn in the Netflix animated comedy-drama series BoJack Horseman (2014–2020), and as Mimi Kanasis in the Netflix sitcom Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2015–2020). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Amy Sedaris has received more than 8,728,247 page views. Her biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Amy Sedaris is the 61st most popular comedian (down from 60th in 2019), the 9,819th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,994th in 2019) and the 50th most popular American Comedian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 8.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMEDIANS

Among comedians, Amy Sedaris ranks 61 out of 98Before her are Tracey Ullman, Cedric the Entertainer, Nick Offerman, Dolphy, B. J. Novak, and Sinbad. After her are Dave Chappelle, Fred Armisen, Jemaine Clement, Bill Hicks, Bill Burr, and Janeane Garofalo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Amy Sedaris ranks 411Before her are Michael Winterbottom, Antonella Mularoni, Bernard Casoni, Nicolas Dupont-Aignan, William Ayache, and Tarsem Singh. After her are Kent Nielsen, Rebecca Solnit, Yahiro Kazama, Christine Kangaloo, Michael O'Leary, and Keiko Matsui.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Amy Sedaris ranks 9,819 out of 20,380Before her are Jacob Abbott (1803), Brad Delp (1951), Vincent Persichetti (1915), John Kasich (1952), Artis Gilmore (1949), and Chris Klein (1979). After her are Jack Casady (1944), Sammy Cahn (1913), Janet Rowley (1925), Janice E. Voss (1956), Carl Kaufmann (1936), and Rebecca Latimer Felton (1835).

Among COMEDIANS In United States

Among comedians born in United States, Amy Sedaris ranks 50Before her are Amy Poehler (1971), David Cross (1964), Cedric the Entertainer (1964), Nick Offerman (1970), B. J. Novak (1979), and Sinbad (1956). After her are Dave Chappelle (1973), Fred Armisen (1966), Bill Hicks (1961), Janeane Garofalo (1964), Amy Schumer (1981), and Kathy Griffin (1960).