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Lani Desmonet "Desi" Lydic is an American comedian and actress who is a correspondent on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. From 2011 to 2016, she starred as guidance counselor Valerie Marks on the MTV comedy-drama series Awkward. She 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.
Birth Name
Lani Desmonet Lydic
Born
Tuesday, 30 June 1981
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Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Irresistible | Fox News Anchor | 2020 |
The $100,000 Pyramid | Self - Celebrity Player | 2018 |
The Opposition with Jordan Klepper | Self - The Daily Show Correspondent | 2017 |
The Odd Couple | Kim | 2015 |
The 41st Annual People's Choice Awards | Self | 2015 |
Friends with Better Lives | Jess | 2014 |
Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | 2014 |
Dads | Joan | 2013 |
Celebrity Page | Self | 2013 |
Awkward. Webisodes | Val | 2013 |
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Irresistible | Fox News Anchor | 2020 |
The $100,000 Pyramid | Self - Celebrity Player | 2018 |
The Opposition with Jordan Klepper | Self - The Daily Show Correspondent | 2017 |
The Odd Couple | Kim | 2015 |
The 41st Annual People's Choice Awards | Self | 2015 |
Friends with Better Lives | Jess | 2014 |
Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | 2014 |
Dads | Joan | 2013 |
Celebrity Page | Self | 2013 |
Awkward. Webisodes | Val | 2013 |
The Babymakers | Julie | 2012 |
Darnell Dawkins: Mouth Guitar Legend | Helena | 2012 |
The Client List | Dee Ann | 2012 |
How to Be a Gentleman | Chelsea | 2011 |
Poolboy: Drowning Out the Fury | Diana Torres | 2011 |
Awkward. | Valerie Marks | 2011 |
We Bought a Zoo | Shea Seger (Lasagna Mom) | 2011 |
Traffic Light | Renee | 2011 |
Raising Hope | Uma | 2010 |
Big Heart City | Rita / Jane | 2010 |
Good Luck Charlie | Susan | 2010 |
The League | Waitress | 2009 |
Stan Helsing | Mia | 2009 |
Screw Cupid | Betty | 2008 |
Out at the Wedding | Jeannie | 2007 |
Pepper Dennis | Melinda | 2006 |
Mind of Mencia | Sketch | 2005 |
Invasion Iowa | Gryffyn Greene / Disintegratrix 3000 | 2005 |
Complete Savages | Woman #1 | 2004 |
CSI: NY | Elaine Curtis | 2004 |
Two and a Half Men | Veronica | 2003 |
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde | Delta Nu Sister | 2003 |
What I Like About You | Becky | 2002 |
Not Another Teen Movie | Cutie | 2001 |
The Daily Show | Self - Correspondent / Unity Counselor / Trump Supporter / Tonya Harding / Amy Fisher / David Koresh / Throwdown Air Flight Attendant / Spelling Bee Judge / Self - 'Meet Hillary: The Best You're Going To Get' Narrator / Marion Donovan / Sarah Howe / Sales Clerk 1 / Peleton Ad Wife / Missouri Mom / Merrick Garland / Mary Debt / Inauguration Night Mom / Improve Group Leader / Franka Von Schmidt / Founding Father / Flight Attendant / Fading Dreams Associate / Equifax Spokeswoman / College Professor / America's Lawyer | 1996 |