Maria Thayer
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.
As actor 54
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
House
2004
American Dad!
2005
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
New Girl
2011
Gotham
2014
Nip/Tuck
2003
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2013
Arrested Development
2003
@midnight with Chris Hardwick
2013
30 Rock
2006
Will & Grace
1998
Superstore
2015
The Mindy Project
2012
Cougar Town
2009
The League
2009
St. Denis Medical
2024
A.P. Bio
2018
Traffic Light
2011
Harry's Law
2011
Maron
2013
Hitch
2005
Mulligan
2023
You're the Worst
2014
Men at Work
2012
State of Play
2009
Difficult People
2015
Strangers with Candy
1999
Man Seeking Woman
2015
Miss Match
2003
Lipstick Jungle
2008
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
2008
Accepted
2006
Eagleheart
2011
Ghosted
2017
Family Tools
2013
The Education of Max Bickford
2001
Table 19
2017
Mulaney
2014
Those Who Can't
2016
Storytelling
2001
Never Change!
2026
Strangers with Candy
2006
Pauline Alone
2014
Let Go
2011
Night of the Living Deb
2015
Annie Claus Is Coming to Town
2011
Eagleheart: Paradise Rising
2013
Sensitive Man
2012
Romancing the Bride
2005
I've Got Issues
2020
The Ride
2020
Half Empty/Half Full
2020
Scratch
2003