Desi Lydic


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.

Early life

Lydic was born in Louisville, Kentucky. As a child, she enrolled in the Young Actors Institute at the Youth Performing Arts School and starred in a Kroger commercial. She later moved to Los Angeles, California, and became an improvisational actor, performing at The Groundlings and Improv Olympic.

Personal life

Lydic has one son with husband Gannon Brousseau named Brixton, who was born in late December 2015.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2003What I Like About YouBeckyEpisode: "No More Mr. Nice Guy"
2004Complete SavagesWoman #1Episode: "Savage XXX-mas"
2005Elaine CurtisEpisode: "Recycling"
2005Invasion IowaGryffyn Greene5 episodes
2006Pepper DennisMelindaEpisode: "Poker Clubs and Boob Cams - Film at Eleven"
2008Dog Whisperer with Cesar MillanHerself Episode: "Spoiled Rotten"
2010The LeagueWaitressEpisode: "The Marathon"
2010Two and a Half MenVeronicaEpisode: "Chocolate Diddlers or My Puppy's Dead"
2011Traffic LightReneeEpisode: "Where the Heart Is"
2011–2015, 2016AwkwardValerie MarksMain role
2012Raising HopeUmaEpisode: "Sabrina's New Jimmy"
2012The Client ListDee Ann7 episodes
2012How to Be a GentlemanChelseaEpisode: "How to Be Shallow"
2013DadsJoanEpisode: "Dad Abuse"
2014Good Luck CharlieSusanEpisode: "Down a Tree"
2014Friends with Better LivesJessEpisode: "Window Pain"
2015The Odd Couple KimEpisode: "The Blind Leading the Blind Date"
2015–presentThe Daily Show with Trevor NoahHerself
2019Desi Lydic: AbroadHerselfTV special