Sarah Thyre (born July 9, 1968) is an American actress and writer. She played the role of Coach Cherri Wolf on the television show ''

Strangers with Candy ''Strangers with Candy'' is an American comedy television series produced by Comedy Central. It first aired on April 7, 1999, and concluded its third and final season on October 2, 2000. Its timeslot was Sundays at 10:00 p.m. ( ET). A pre ...

''.

Early life

Thyre is the second of five children in a

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family. She was raised in

Kansas City The Kansas City metropolitan area is a bi-state metropolitan area anchored by Kansas City, Missouri. Its 14 counties straddle the border between the U.S. states of Missouri (9 counties) and Kansas (5 counties). With and a population of more ...

and

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. After her parents' divorce, she and her four siblings lived with their mother and struggled with poverty. Thyre earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism from

Montclair State University Montclair State University (MSU) is a Public university, public research university in Montclair, New Jersey, with parts of the campus extending into Little Falls, New Jersey, Little Falls. As of fall 2018, Montclair State was, by enrollment, ...

Personal life

Thyre wrote a memoir about her childhood entitled ''Dark at the Roots'' published by

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. Thyre married comedian and television sidekick

Andy Richter Paul Andrew Richter (born October 28, 1966) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and talk show announcer. He is best known as the sidekick for Conan O'Brien on each of O'Brien's talk shows: '' Late Night'' and ''The Tonight Show'' on NBC an ...

in 1994. The couple had two children before divorcing in 2019.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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Interview on The Sound of Young America podcast
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