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Desi Lydic

American comedic actress (born 1981)

Desi Lydic
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American comedic actress (born 1981)

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nameDesi Lydic
imageDESI LYDIC 2024 (4x5 cropped).jpg
captionLydic in 2024
birth_nameLani Desmonet Lydic
birth_date
birth_placeLouisville, Kentucky, US
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years_active2001–present
spouseGannon Brousseau
children1

Desi Lydic ( , born Lani Desmonet Lydic June 30, 1981) is an American comedian and actress who is a senior correspondent and rotating host on the late-night talk and news satire program The Daily Show. She has won three Emmy Awards: one as a host of The Daily Show, and two as the host and producer of the short form YouTube series The Daily Show: Desi Lydic Foxsplains From 2011 to 2016, she starred as guidance counselor Valerie Marks on the MTV comedy-drama series Awkward.

Born in Louisville, Kentucky, Lydic got her start in the 2001 parody film Not Another Teen Movie. She also starred in the Spike miniseries Invasion Iowa alongside William Shatner, and the parody series The Real Wedding Crashers.

She appeared as Shea Seger in the 2011 film We Bought a Zoo alongside Matt Damon and Scarlett Johansson, and in the 2013 film The Babymakers with Olivia Munn. Lydic appeared as one half of a lesbian couple on an episode of the Disney Channel series Good Luck Charlie in 2014. She joined Trevor Noah's lineup of correspondents for The Daily Show on September 29, 2015. Lydic was among a number of guest hosts of The Daily Show after the departure of Trevor Noah.

Early life

Desi Lydic was born in 1981 in Louisville, Kentucky. At the age of three, she became interested in comedic acting by watching Carol Burnett play Miss Agatha Hannigan in Annie. As a child, she enrolled in the Young Actors Institute at the Youth Performing Arts School in Louisville and starred in a Kroger commercial.

After she graduated from Eastern High School in the city, she attended the University of Louisville for two semesters before deciding to make the biggest move of her life to that point. When she told her parents about her plans to move to Los Angeles she was not sure what to expect. “I think they saw this creative side in me growing up,” she said. “I'm so fortunate because a lot of people don't have families that would've supported them in making such a huge decision like that. But not only did they give me their blessing, my mom and dad packed up a U-Haul and drove us out all the way across the country.” She told Kyle Meredith in a 2024 interview that it was during this time that she had an obsession with late '90s Saturday Night Live. She later moved to Los Angeles and became an improvisational actor, performing at The Groundlings and Improv Olympic (iO). At the time iO had a branch in Los Angeles. It opened in 1997 and closed in 2018.

Career

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Lydic at the [[2012 MTV Movie Awards]] held at the [[Gibson Amphitheater]] in [[Universal City, California

While on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, Lydic said she viewed herself as being a comedic actor with "a journalistic responsibility" to the truth, in regard to the serious topics she approaches through a humorous lens, as a correspondent for the show. She created her first one-hour special which aired on May 13, 2019, on Comedy Central, and entitled The Daily Show with Trevor Noah Presents Desi Lydic: Abroad. The special explores how the United States is now further apart in gender equality than many other countries in the world. The special was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Best Comedy/Variety – Specials at the 72nd Writers Guild of America Awards. After the passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Lydic paid tribute to her work and life in a half-hour special entitled The Daily Show with Trevor Noah Presents: Remembering RBG – A Nation Ugly Cries with Desi Lydic aired on Comedy Central on October 30, 2020. Lydic was among a number of guest hosts of The Daily Show after the departure of Trevor Noah. She hosted during the week of April 24, 2023.

Personal life

Lydic has a son, born in late December 2015, with her husband Gannon Brousseau. While filming her Comedy Central special Abroad, Lydic got a "small upside-down triangle tattoo representing female empowerment" as a commemoration of her time spent with Icelandic all-female rap collective Daughters of Reykjavík, marking her as the "23rd member" of the group.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotesNot Another Teen MovieLegally Blonde 2: Red, White & BlondeAdventures in VegasStand UpOut at the WeddingScrew CupidBig Heart CityAs AdvertisedStan HelsingDarnell Dawkins: Mouth Guitar LegendPoolboy: Drowning Out the FuryWe Bought a ZooThe BabymakersSomething Like a ButterflyIrresistible
2001Cutie #2Uncredited
2003Delta Nu Sister
2004Desi/SkylerShort film
2007Veronica
Jeannie
2008Betty
Rita/Jane
2009RonnieTV film
Mia
2010Helena
2011Diana Torres
Shea Seger
2012Julie
Joyce HumphreyShort film
2020Fox News Anchor

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesWhat I Like About YouComplete SavagesCSI: NYInvasion IowaPepper DennisDog Whisperer with Cesar MillanThe LeagueTwo and a Half MenTraffic LightAwkwardRaising HopeThe Client ListHow to Be a GentlemanDadsGood Luck CharlieFriends with Better LivesThe Odd CoupleThe Daily ShowDesi Lydic: Abroad
2003BeckyEpisode: "No More Mr. Nice Guy"
2004Woman #1Episode: "Savage XXX-mas"
2005Elaine CurtisEpisode: "Recycling"
Gryffyn Greene5 episodes
2006MelindaEpisode: "Poker Clubs and Boob Cams - Film at Eleven"
2008HerselfEpisode: "Spoiled Rotten"
2010WaitressEpisode: "The Marathon"
VeronicaEpisode: "Chocolate Diddlers or My Puppy's Dead"
2011ReneeEpisode: "Where the Heart Is"
2011–2016Valerie MarksMain role; guest (season 5)
2012UmaEpisode: "Sabrina's New Jimmy"
Dee Ann7 episodes
ChelseaEpisode: "How to Be Shallow"
2013JoanEpisode: "Dad Abuse"
2014SusanEpisode: "Down a Tree"
JessEpisode: "Window Pain"
2015KimEpisode: "The Blind Leading the Blind Date"
2015–presentCorrespondent, Host
2019Herselftitle=Desi Lydic Soars As A DeSantis-Dissing Flight Attendant Aboard A Migrant Planeurl=https://news.yahoo.com/desi-lydic-soars-desantis-dissing-124452889.htmlaccess-date=October 19, 2022website=news.yahoo.comlanguage=en-US}}

References

References

  1. Haring, Bruce. (March 8, 2019). "'The Daily Show' Offers First Trailer From Desi Lydic Exploring Gender Equality". [[Deadline Hollywood]].
  2. "Six Moments To Make You Love Desi Lydic (Even More)".
  3. "We Need a Lot More Women to Run for Congress - Desi Lydic Womansplains on The Daily Show".
  4. Rosenzweig, Jed. (May 13, 2024). "Desi Lydic Returns to Daily Show Anchor Desk This Week".
  5. "Desi Lydic".
  6. (July 13, 2011). "Desi Lydic | Awkward.". MTV.
  7. "Desi Lydic Biography". Buddytv.com.
  8. (November 28, 2012). "Desi Lydic Credits". TV Guide.
  9. (April 26, 2023). "'Daily Show,' Desi Lydic visit Louisville to talk politics with 'real Kentuckians'". [[The Courier-Journal]].
  10. (May 13, 2019). "The Experience Questionnaire: Desi Lydic". expmag.com.
  11. (2024-01-13). "Desi Lydic Offers a New Political Discourse in Kentucky".
  12. (2024-03-25). "The Daily Show's Desi Lydic on Indecision 2024: Podcast".
  13. "Official Web Site". Out At The Wedding.
  14. (May 10, 2019). "'The Daily Show's' Desi Lydic Talks Gender Gap Special: 'The Joke Is on America'". [[Variety (magazine).
  15. (May 13, 2019). "The Daily Show with Trevor Noah Presents Desi Lydic: Abroad". Comedy Central.
  16. (2020). "The Daily Show with Trevor Noah Correspondent Desi Lydic Bio". Comedy Central.
  17. (October 30, 2020). "The Daily Show with Trevor Noah Presents: Remembering RBG – A Nation Ugly Cries with Desi Lydic". Comedy Central.
  18. (January 26, 2023). "Here's Everyone Who's Guest Hosting 'The Daily Show' This Season". The Wrap News Inc..
  19. "'Awkward' Arrival: Meet Desi Lydic's Baby Boy".
  20. "Desi Lydic on Instagram: "Thank you @lansinohusa for all the incredible goodies for Brixton and me. Also for these awesome pacifiers! #Lansinoh #40weeks"".
  21. (May 12, 2019). "The Daily Show's Desi Lydic goes 'Abroad' exploring gender equality".
  22. (May 13, 2019). "The Experience Questionnaire: Desi Lydic". expmag.com.
  23. (May 28, 2013). "5 Questions With 'Awkward' Star Desi Lydic".
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