Maria Thayer
Acting
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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.
Filmography
Never Change!
2026
St. Denis Medical
2024
Mulligan
2023
I've Got Issues
2020
Half Empty/Half Full
2020
The Ride
2020
A.P. Bio
2018
Ghosted
2017
Table 19
2017
Those Who Can't
2016
Superstore
2015
Difficult People
2015
Night of the Living Deb
2015
Man Seeking Woman
2015
Mulaney
2014
Gotham
2014
You're the Worst
2014
Pauline Alone
2014
Eagleheart: Paradise Rising
2013
@midnight with Chris Hardwick
2013
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2013
Maron
2013
Family Tools
2013
The Mindy Project
2012
Men at Work
2012
Sensitive Man
2012
Annie Claus Is Coming to Town
2011
Let Go
2011
New Girl
2011
Traffic Light
2011
Eagleheart
2011
Harry's Law
2011
The League
2009
Cougar Town
2009
State of Play
2009
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
2008
Lipstick Jungle
2008
30 Rock
2006
Accepted
2006
Strangers with Candy
2006
Romancing the Bride
2005
Hitch
2005
American Dad!
2005
House
2004
Arrested Development
2003
Miss Match
2003
Nip/Tuck
2003
Scratch
2003
Storytelling
2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
The Education of Max Bickford
2001
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Strangers with Candy
1999
Will & Grace
1998