Desi Lydic
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| Born | Lani Desmonet Lydic June 30, 1981 Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. |
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| Years active | 2001–present |
| Spouse | Gannon Brousseau |
| Children | 1 |
Lani Desmonet Lydic (/ˈdɛzi ˈlaɪdɪk/ DEZ-ee LY-dik) 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. In 2024, she won an Emmy for this work as host on the show. 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 also 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.