Maria Thayer
Acting • Born 1975-10-30
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.
Filmography
52 credits
Accepted
Movie • 2006
Rory
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Movie • 2008
Wyoma
Strangers with Candy
Movie • 2006
Tammi Littlenut
Storytelling
Movie • 2001
Ami
Annie Claus Is Coming to Town
Movie • 2011
Annie
Eagleheart: Paradise Rising
Movie • 2013
Susan "Susie" Wagner
Let Go
Movie • 2011
Beth
Romancing the Bride
Movie • 2005
Kimmy
Night of the Living Deb
Movie • 2015
Deb Clarington
Table 19
Movie • 2017
Kate Millner
Pauline Alone
Movie • 2014
Cat
Hitch
Movie • 2005
Lisa
State of Play
Movie • 2009
Sonia Baker
Scratch
Movie • 2003
I've Got Issues
Movie • 2020
Half Empty/Half Full
Movie • 2020
Laura
The Ride
Movie • 2020
Dana
Sensitive Man
Movie • 2012
Friend
Never Change!
Movie
House
TV • 2004
Annie
Miss Match
TV • 2003
Chelsea Greer
Strangers with Candy
TV • 1999
Tammi Littlenut
A.P. Bio
TV • 2018
Molly
Nip/Tuck
TV • 2003
Transplant Consultant
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Hope
Superstore
TV • 2015
Hannah
30 Rock
TV • 2006
Jennifer Rogers
Will & Grace
TV • 1998
Lila
Lipstick Jungle
TV • 2008
Cassidy
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV • 2001
Claire Brody
The Education of Max Bickford
TV • 2001
Man Seeking Woman
TV • 2015
Maude Metzger
Eagleheart
TV • 2011
Susie Wagner
Mulligan
TV • 2023
(voice)
New Girl
TV • 2011
Amelia
Men at Work
TV • 2012
Bridget
The Mindy Project
TV • 2012
Courtney
Those Who Can't
TV • 2016
Abbey Logan
You're the Worst
TV • 2014
Sheila
Gotham
TV • 2014
Scottie Mullens
The League
TV • 2009
Cheryl
Ghosted
TV • 2017
FBI Agent Shaker
Cougar Town
TV • 2009
Riggs
American Dad!
TV • 2005
Nun (voice)
Arrested Development
TV • 2003
Tracey B.
Mulaney
TV • 2014
Amanda
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
TV • 2013
Jean Munhroe
@midnight with Chris Hardwick
TV • 2013
Self
Difficult People
TV • 2015
Nicole
Harry's Law
TV • 2011
Julie Cassidy
Family Tools
TV • 2013
Wendy Doyle
St. Denis Medical
TV • 2024
Carolyn