Desi Lydic

Desi Lydic is an American comedian and actress who began her screen career in the 2001 parody film Not Another Teen Movie and later became a senior correspondent and rotating host of the late-night news satire The Daily Show. Born in Louisville, Kentucky, she trained at the Groundlings and Improv Olympic before landing the role of guidance counselor Valerie Marks, which she played from 2011 to 2016 on the MTV comedy-drama Awkward. Her film work includes We Bought a Zoo (2011), opposite Matt Damon and Scarlett Johansson, and The Babymakers. She joined The Daily Show as a correspondent in 2015 and was later among its guest hosts after Trevor Noah left. She has won three Emmy Awards, one for hosting The Daily Show and two for the short form series The Daily Show: Desi Lydic Foxsplains, and her one-hour special Desi Lydic: Abroad earned a Writers Guild of America Award nomination.