Desi Lydic

Desi Lydic is an American comedian and actress who is a rotating host and senior correspondent on the late-night talk and news satire program The Daily Show. She has won three Emmy Awards: one as a host of The Daily Show, and two as the host and a producer, alongside Jen Flanz, of the short form YouTube series The Daily Show: Desi Lydic Foxsplains. From 2011 to 2016, she starred as guidance counselor Valerie Marks on the MTV comedy-drama series Awkward.