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