Maria Thayer
Department: Acting
Biography
Maria Thayer (born October 30, 1975, in Portland, Oregon) is an American actress and comedian. She studied acting at the Juilliard School in New York and first rose to prominence in 1999 as Tammi Littlenut on the Comedy Central series Strangers With Candy. Thayer garnered supporting roles in the comedy films Hitch, Accepted, and Forgetting Sarah Marshall, as well as numerous television series, including Will & Grace, Nip/Tuck, 30 Rock, House, New Girl, Portlandia, Arrested Development, Brooklyn Nine-Nine and the Adult Swim series Eagleheart and Robot Chicken. She also played the lead role of Abbey Logan on the comedy series Those Who Can't and the title role in the horror comedy film Night of the Living Deb.
Known For
Accepted
2006
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
2008
Strangers with Candy
2006
Storytelling
2001
Annie Claus Is Coming to Town
2011
Eagleheart: Paradise Rising
2013
Let Go
2011
Romancing the Bride
2005
Night of the Living Deb
2015
Table 19
2017
Pauline Alone
2014
Hitch
2005
State of Play
2009
Scratch
2003
I've Got Issues
2020
Half Empty/Half Full
2020
The Ride
2020
Sensitive Man
2012
Never Change!
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House
2004
Miss Match
2003
Strangers with Candy
1999
A.P. Bio
2018
Nip/Tuck
2003
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Superstore
2015
30 Rock
2006
Will & Grace
1998
Lipstick Jungle
2008
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
The Education of Max Bickford
2001
Man Seeking Woman
2015
Eagleheart
2011
Mulligan
2023
New Girl
2011
Men at Work
2012
The Mindy Project
2012
Those Who Can't
2016
You're the Worst
2014
Gotham
2014
The League
2009
Ghosted
2017
Cougar Town
2009
American Dad!
2005
Arrested Development
2003
Mulaney
2014
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2013
@midnight with Chris Hardwick
2013
Difficult People
2015
Harry's Law
2011
Family Tools
2013
St. Denis Medical
2024