{{short description|American actress}} {{Infobox person | name = Sarah Thyre | image = <!-- filename only, no "File:" or "Image:" prefix, and no enclosing brackets --> | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_date = <!-- Valid citation required for date of birth for BLP. (WP:BLPPRIVACY) --> | birth_place = | occupation = {{flatlist| *Actress *writer }} | years_active = 1998–present | spouse = {{marriage|Andy Richter|1994|2019|end=divorce}} | children = 2 }} '''Sarah Thyre''' is an American actress and writer. She played the role of Coach Cherri Wolf on the television show ''Strangers with Candy''.
==Early life== Thyre is the second of five children in a Roman Catholic family. She was raised in Kansas City and Louisiana. After her parents' divorce, she and her four siblings lived with their mother and struggled with poverty.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://observer.com/1999/04/sarah-thyre-actress-and-bride-of-richter/ |title=Sarah Thyre, Actress and Bride of Richter |newspaper=New York Observer |date=April 12, 1999 |accessdate=April 19, 2015 }}</ref>
==Personal life== Thyre wrote a memoir about her childhood entitled ''Dark at the Roots'' published by Counterpoint. Thyre married comedian and television sidekick Andy Richter in 1994.<ref name=LarryKing-Interview-2014>{{cite news| last1=King| first1=Larry| title=Andy Richter| url=http://www.ora.tv/larrykingnow/andy-richter-0_64eans85wbrl| access-date=6 December 2014| work=Larry King Now| date=19 November 2014| format=Video interview| archive-date=12 July 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712132929/http://www.ora.tv/larrykingnow/andy-richter-0_64eans85wbrl| url-status=dead}}</ref> The couple had two children, a son born in 2000 and a daughter born in 2005, before divorcing in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Conan Comedian Andy Richter and Wife Sarah Thyre Finalize Their Divorce: Report|url=https://people.com/tv/andy-richter-wife-sarah-thyre-finalize-divorce/|access-date=2021-07-25|website=PEOPLE.com|language=en}}</ref>
==Filmography==
=== Film === {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ !Year !Title !Role !Notes |- |1998 |''The Thin Pink Line'' |Diane Edbetter-Irpine | |- |2005 |''Strangers with Candy'' |Coach Wolf | |- |2012 |''Hotel Transylvania'' |Additional voices | |- |2014 |''Jason Nash Is Married'' |Sarah | |- |2021 |''Marcel the Shell with Shoes On'' |Catherine (voice) | |}
=== Television === {| class="wikitable sortable" !Year !Title !Role !Notes |- |1998 |''Upright Citizens Brigade'' |Angry Protester / Gretel |2 episodes |- |1999–2000 |''Strangers with Candy'' |Coach Cherri Wolf / Jerri's Step-Mom |14 episodes |- |2008–11 |''The Mighty B!'' |Mrs. Gibbons |24 episodes |- |2011 |''Childrens Hospital'' |Mother |Episode: "Father's Day" |- |2014–17 |''All Hail King Julien'' |Various roles |30 episodes |- |2017 |''All Hail King Julien: Exiled'' |Becca / Dorothy |2 episodes |}
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==External links== * {{IMDb name|0862332}} * {{twitter}} * [http://www.maximumfun.org/blog/2007/05/podcast-sarah-thyre-author-of-dark-at.html Interview on The Sound of Young America podcast]
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