Maria Thayer

ActingBorn: October 30, 1975in Portland, Oregon, USA

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.

Movie

Hulu

Never Change!

2026Comedy

as Ms. Jankey

Maria Thayer

Never Change!

St. Denis Medical

Mulligan

I've Got Issues

Half Empty/Half Full

The Ride

A.P. Bio

Ghosted

Table 19

Those Who Can't

Superstore

Difficult People

Night of the Living Deb

Man Seeking Woman

Mulaney

Gotham

You're the Worst

Pauline Alone

Eagleheart: Paradise Rising

@midnight with Chris Hardwick

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Maron

Family Tools

The Mindy Project

Men at Work

Sensitive Man

Annie Claus Is Coming to Town

Let Go

New Girl

Traffic Light

Eagleheart

Harry's Law

The League

Cougar Town

State of Play

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Lipstick Jungle

30 Rock

Accepted

Strangers with Candy

Romancing the Bride

Hitch

American Dad!

House

Arrested Development

Miss Match

Nip/Tuck

Scratch

Storytelling

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

The Education of Max Bickford

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Strangers with Candy

Will & Grace