Lani Desmonet Lydic ( ; born June 30, 1981) is an American

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and actress who is a correspondent on '' The Daily Show'' with

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. From 2011 to 2016, she starred as

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Valerie Marks on the

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series ''

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''. She got her start in the 2001 parody film ''

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''. She also starred in the Spike

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'' alongside William Shatner, and the parody series ''

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''. 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 also appeared as one half of a

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couple on an episode of the

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series '' Good Luck Charlie'' in 2014. She joined Trevor Noah's lineup of correspondents for ''The Daily Show'' on September 29, 2015.

Early life

Lydic was born in Louisville, Kentucky. At age of 3, Lydic became enamored of comedic acting from watching Carol Burnett play Miss Agatha Hannigan in Annie. As a child, she enrolled in the Young Actors Institute at the

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and starred in a Kroger commercial. She later moved to Los Angeles and became an

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al actor, performing at The Groundlings and Improv Olympic.

Career

On The Daily Show with Trevor Noah Desi Lydic sees herself as a comedic actor with "a journalistic responsibility" to the truth, in regards to the serious topics she approaches through a humorous lens, as a correspondent for the show. Lydic created her first one-hour special which aired on May 13, 2019 on Comedy Central, and was 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 Award. After the passing of US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Desi 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.

Personal life

Lydic has one son with her husband Gannon Brousseau named Brixton, who was born in late December 2015. While filming her Comedy Central special "Abroad" Lydic was "gifted" a "small upside-down triangle tattoo representing female empowerment" as a commemoration of her time spent with Icelandic all-female rap collective

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. The tattoo marked her as the 23rd member of the group.

Filmography

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