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Maria Thayer

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Maria Thayer

Born Oct 30, 1975 · 50 years54 titles 19 movies · 35 TV
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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.

Also known as

Μαρία Θάιερ

Born

Oct 30, 1975

Portland, Oregon, USA

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

54

Acting credits

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Directing

1

Writing

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Other crew

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Career timeline

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1998 1 title(s)

1999 2 title(s)

2001 3 title(s)

2003 4 title(s)

2004 1 title(s)

2005 3 title(s)

2006 3 title(s)

2008 2 title(s)

2009 3 title(s)

2011 6 title(s)

2012 3 title(s)

2013 5 title(s)

2014 4 title(s)

2015 4 title(s)

2016 1 title(s)

2017 2 title(s)

2018 1 title(s)

2020 3 title(s)

2023 1 title(s)

2024 1 title(s)

2026 1 title(s)