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			{{short description\|American actress (born 1975)}}
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			\| name = Maria Thayer
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			\| birth_name = Maria Christina Thayer
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			\| occupation = Actress, comedian
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			'''Maria Christina Thayer''' (born October 30, 1975) is an American actress and comedian.<ref name="PopTower">{{cite web \|url=http://web.poptower.com/maria-thayer.htm \|title=Maria Thayer pictures, bio, movies \|publisher=PopTower \|access-date=June 12, 2013}}</ref> She first earned public recognition for her portrayal of Tammi Littlenut on the ] series '']'' in 1999. Thayer has also had supporting roles in the comedy films '']'' (2005), '']'' (2006), and '']'' (2008).<ref name="PopTower"/>


	'''Maria Thayer''' (born October 30, 1975) is an ] ] from ], known for her roles as Rory in '']'' and Tammi Littlenut in '']''. She can currently be seen in the film '']'' as Wyoma, a ] newlywed. She also played ] and ]'s daughter, Lila (at age 18), in the ] of '']'' (May 2006). She was born in ] and attended ] in ]. She played Tammy Littlenut in the cult TV show '']'', and retook the role in the show's ].
			She has appeared in numerous television series, including a lead role on the ] series '']'' (2011–2014), and a lead role as Abbey Logan on the comedy series '']''. She played the title role in the movie '']''.

			==Early life==
			Thayer was born in ], and spent her early life in the small town of ], east of Portland, where her parents owned a ] farm.<ref name="PopTower"/><ref name="interview">{{cite web \|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/tv/2016/02/maria_thayer_explains_how_to_g.html \|work=The Oregonian \|publisher=Oregon Live \|title=TV's Maria Thayer: From a bee farm in Boring to the new sitcom, 'Those Who Can't' \|author=Turnquist, Kristi \|date=February 11, 2016 \|access-date=December 1, 2016}}</ref><ref>In a 2016 interview with ''The Oregonian'', Thayer states that she was born "in the hospital"—there is no hospital in Boring, and the nearest hospitals are in ], Portland. Additionally, in a 2014 while on the set of ''Night of the Living Deb'', she states "I'm from Portland, Oregon."</ref> During her childhood, the family relocated to ], where she attended ] and was a member of the award-winning forensics program and the ],<ref name = "AVForensics">{{cite web \|url=http://avforensics.org/wordpress/?p=328 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212051843/http://avforensics.org/wordpress/?p=328 \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=December 12, 2013 \|access-date=June 12, 2013 \|title=Alumni Spotlight - Maria Thayer \|publisher=Apple Valley High School Forensics \|quote=Actress Maria Thayer (''Accepted'', ''Forgetting Sarah Marshall'') was honored at a Nationals Award banquet recognizing her success both during and beyond her NFL career.}}</ref> as well as 1993 ].<ref name = "JordanJesseGo203">{{cite podcast \|title=''Jordan, Jesse, Go!'' Episode 203: Bone Manor with Maria Thayer \|url=http://www.maximumfun.org/jordan-jesse-go/jordan-jesse-go-episode-203-bone-manor-maria-thayer \|publisher=] \|access-date=June 12, 2013 \|date=December 12, 2011 \|minutes=45:45 \|host=Jesse Thorn and Jordan Morris}}</ref> She studied acting at ] in New York.<ref name="PopTower"/>

			==Career==
			In 2005, Thayer appeared in '']'' with ] and ].

			In '']'', Thayer plays a woman on holiday with a new husband, played by ].<ref name="Paper2013">{{cite journal \|title=Our Guide To All the Celebrity Cameos on Portlandia's Third Season \|journal=] \|url=http://newsle.com/article/0/54686931/ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211133524/http://newsle.com/article/0/54686931/ \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=December 11, 2013 \|date=January 3, 2013 \|author=Abby Schreiber \|access-date=June 10, 2013 \|quote=Mike O'Brien and actress Maria Thayer (who plays Susie on Adult Swim's ''Walker, Texas Ranger'' spoof ''Eagleheart'' and Jack McBrayer's amorous wife in ''Forgetting Sarah Marshall'') will play a young couple who are prepared to go into debt in order to attend an outlandish birthday party}}</ref> Thayer and McBrayer reunited on an episode of '']'' in which she portrays ]'s blind, shallow love interest.<ref name="PopTower"/> She also played ] and ]'s daughter, Lila, in ] of '']'' (2006).<ref name="PopTower"/> In 2009, she appeared in the film '']'' as Sonia Baker, the researcher and mistress of a congressman.<ref name="PopTower"/>

			Thayer stars in the ] comedy series '']'',<ref name = "Paper2013"/> which began airing on February 3, 2011, on ].<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.adultswim.com/shows/eagleheart/index.html \|title=Eagleheart \|website=Adult Swim}}</ref> She appeared as Tracey Bluth in the fourth season of '']'' in flashback scenes.<ref name="ADviaEW">{{cite magazine \|url=http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/06/05/arrested-development-mitchell-hurwitz-george-clooney-mitt-romney-netflix/ \|author=Snierson, Dan \|title=''Arrested Development'': Mitchell Hurwitz on the movie -- and the Romney joke you never saw \|magazine=] \|access-date=June 10, 2013 \|date=June 5, 2013}}</ref> In 2012, she was featured in the music video "Sensitive Man" by ].<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCeMiP2zgtM \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211217/tCeMiP2zgtM \|archive-date=December 17, 2021 \|url-status=live \|title=Nick Lowe - "Sensitive Man" \|last=Yep Roc Records \|date=March 2, 2012 \|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name = "HuffPost03022012">{{cite news \|work=] \|author=Ross Luippold \|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/02/nick-lowes-sensitive-man-marc-maron-tim-heidecker_n_1316945.html \|date=March 2, 2012 \|title=Nick Lowe's ''Sensitive Man'' Music Video Features Marc Maron, Tim Heidecker, Other Surprise Guests \|access-date=June 10, 2013}}</ref>

			In 2014, Thayer played the sudden wife of Forrest MacNeill (Andy Daly) on the Comedy Central show '']'' for the episode "Marry, Run, Party" of the first season.

			Starting in 2015, she starred in the ] sitcom '']'' as an incompetent teacher at a Denver high school, alongside Ben Roy, Adam Cayton-Holland and Andrew Orvedahl (The Grawlix).

			==Personal life==
			Thayer was previously engaged to actor ].<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.somamagazine.com/late-on-the-scene/ \|title=SOMA Magazine » Archive » Late on the Scene \|first=SOMA \|last=Magazine \|website=somamagazine.com}}</ref>

	==Filmography==		==Filmography==
	===Film===		===Film===
	{\| class="wikitable" ~~border="1~~"		{\| class="wikitable sortable"
	\|-		\|-
	! Year		! Year
	! ~~Film~~		! Title
	! Role		! Role
			! class="unsortable" \| Notes
	\|-		\|-
	\| 1999		\|1999
	\| '']''		\|''Kimberly''
	\| Louise		\|Louise
			\|
	\|-		\|-
	\| 2001		\|2001
	\| '']''		\|'']''
			\|Amy
	\| Segment "Fiction"
			\|Segment: "Fiction"
	\| Amy
	\|-		\|-
			\|2001
	\| 2005
			\|''Scratch''
	\| '']''
			\|
	\| Tamela "Tammi" Littlenut
			\|Short film<ref name="ColumbiaSpectator">{{cite news \|url=http://www.blogs.columbiaspectator.com/2001/04/20/cannes-hudson \|title=Cannes on the Hudson \|author=Patrick Ciccone \|date=April 20, 2001 \|access-date=June 12, 2013 \|quote=By contrast, the 16mm films on the opening Student Reel Awards night were varied and intriguing. Julia Solomonoff's Scratch, whose Maria Thayer won for lead actress, is stylistically somewhat muddled despite the story of a Kosovar immigrant in New York City that gradually emerges. \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217222311/http://www.blogs.columbiaspectator.com/2001/04/20/cannes-hudson \|archive-date=December 17, 2013}}</ref>
	\|-		\|-
	\| 2005		\|2005
	\| '']''		\|'']''
			\|Tamela "Tammi" Littlenut
	\| Lisa
			\|
	\|-		\|-
	\| 2005		\|2005
	\| '']''		\|'']''
			\|Lisa
	\|
			\|
	\|-		\|-
	\| 2006		\|2006
	\| '']''		\|'']''
	\| Rory Thayer		\|Rory Thayer
			\|
	\|-		\|-
			\|2008
	\| 2006
	\| '']''		\|'']''
			\|Wyoma
	\| ]
			\|
	\| Herself
	\|-		\|-
			\|2009
	\| 2006
			\|'']''
	\| '']''
			\|Sonia Baker
	\| ]
			\|
	\| Herself
	\|-		\|-
			\|2011
	\| 2008
	\| '']''		\|'']''
			\|Beth
	\| Wyoma
			\|
	\|-		\|-
			\|2015
	\| 2009
	\| '']''		\|'']''
			\|Deborah Clarington
	\| (completed)
			\|
	\| Sonia Baker
	\|-		\|-
			\|2017
			\|'']''
			\| Infamous Kate Milner
			\|
	\|}		\|}

	===Television===		===Television===
	{\| class="wikitable" ~~border="1~~"		{\| class="wikitable sortable"
	\|-		\|-
	! Year		! Year
	! ~~Show~~		! Title
	! Role		! Role
			! class="unsortable" \| Notes
	\|-		\|-
			\|1999–2000
	\| 1999-2000
	\| '']''		\|'']''
			\|Tamela "Tammi" Littlenut
	\| 14 episodes
			\|14 episodes
	\| Tamela "Tammi" Littlenut
	\|-		\|-
	\| 2001		\|2001
	\| '']''		\|'']''
			\|Rosemary
	\| 3 episodes, "No Good Deed", "A Passport to the Universe" and "A Ministering Angel"
			\|3 episodes
	\| Rosemary
	\|-		\|-
	\| 2001		\|2001
	\| '']''		\|''{{sortname\|The\|Education of Max Bickford}}''
			\|Tina
	\| 1 episode, "Herding Cats"
			\|Episode: "Herding Cats"
	\| Tina
	\|-		\|-
	\| 2003		\|2003
	\| '']''		\|'']''
			\|Chelsea Greer
	\| 1 episode, "Pilot"
			\|Episode: "Pilot"
	\| Chelsea
	\|-		\|-
	\| 2003		\|2003
	\| '']''		\|'']''
			\|Claire Brody
	\| 1 episode, "]"
			\|Episode: "]"
	\| Claire Brody
	\|-		\|-
	\| 2004		\|2004
	\| '']''		\|'']''
			\|Jill
	\| 1 episode, "12:21"
			\|Episode: "12:21"
	\| Jill
	\|-		\|-
	\| 2005		\|2005
	\| '']''		\|'']''
			\|Kimmy
	\| ]
			\|Television film
	\| Kimmy
	\|-		\|-
	\| 2006		\|2006
	\| '']''		\|'']''
			\|Laila
	\| 1 episode, "The Finale"
			\|Episode: "]"
	\| Lila
	\|-		\|-
	\| 2006		\|2006
	\| '']''		\|''{{sortname\|The\|Colbert Report}}''
			\|Jenny (voice)
	\| 1 episode, "18 September 2006"
			\|Episode: "Will Power"
	\| Jenny
	\|-		\|-
	\| 2006		\|2006
	\| '']''		\|'']''
			\|Transplant Consultant
	\| 1 episode, "Burt Landau"
			\|Episode: "Burt Landau"
	\| Transplant Consultant
	\|-		\|-
	\| 2006		\|2006
	\| '']''		\|'']''
			\|Hope
	\| 1 episode, "]"
			\|Episode: "Infiltrated"
	\| Hope
	\|-		\|-
	\| 2008		\|2008
	\| '']''		\|'']''
			\|Cassidy
	\| 2 episodes, "Chapter Thirteen: The Lyin', the Bitch and the Wardrobe" and "Chapter Seventeen: Bye, Bye Baby"
			\|3 episodes
	\| Cassidy
			\|-
			\|2009
			\|'']''
			\|Jennifer Rogers
			\|Episode: "]"
			\|-
			\|2009
			\|'']''
			\|Annie
			\|Episode: "]"
			\|-
			\|2010
			\|'']''
			\|Edith
			\|Episode: "Strategy"
			\|-
			\|2010
			\|''Our Show''
			\|
			\|Television film
			\|-
			\|2011
			\|'']''
			\|Esme
			\|Episode: "Credit Balance"
			\|-
			\|2011
			\|'']''
			\|Julie Cassidy
			\|Episode: "Purple Hearts"
			\|-
			\|2011
			\|''Annie Claus is Coming to Town''
			\|Annie
			\|<ref name="Andersonvision">{{cite web \|title=Annie Claus is Coming to Town \|url=http://newsle.com/article/0/45610491/ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211133258/http://newsle.com/article/0/45610491/ \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=December 11, 2013 \|date=November 7, 2012 \|access-date=June 10, 2013 \|author=Troy Anderson}}</ref>
			\|-
			\|2011–2014
			\|'']''
			\|Susie Wagner
			\|24 episodes
			\|-
			\|2012
			\|'']''
			\|Rental Car Lady
			\|Episode: "Dad"
			\|-
			\|2012
			\|'']''
			\|Amelia
			\|Episode: "Halloween"
			\|-
			\|2013
			\|'']''
			\|Lisa Riggs
			\|3 episodes<ref name="EW03192013">{{cite magazine \|magazine=] \|date=March 9, 2013 \|author=Ssndra Gonzalez \|title=''Cougar Town'' sneak peek: Sparks fly for Bobby on the dodgeball court -- Exclusive Video \|url=http://newsle.com/article/0/67978533/ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211133756/http://newsle.com/article/0/67978533/ \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=December 11, 2013 \|access-date=June 12, 2013}}</ref>
			\|-
			\|2013
			\|'']''
			\|
			\|Episode: "Nina's Birthday"<ref name = "Paper2013"/>
			\|-
			\|2013
			\|'']''
			\|Wendy Doyle
			\|Episode: "Now You See Me, Now You Don't"<ref name="ABC2013">{{cite web \|url=http://www.abcmedianet.com/Web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=042213_10 \|publisher=] \|title=ABC Medianet \|date=April 22, 2013 \|access-date=June 12, 2013 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214083937/http://www.abcmedianet.com/Web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=042213_10 \|archive-date=December 14, 2013}}</ref>
			\|-
			\|2013
			\|'']''
			\|Megan
			\|Episode: "Dominatrix"<ref name = "ScreenInvasion">{{cite web \|url=http://screeninvasion.com/2013/05/maron-dominatrix-episode-recap/ \|title=MARON, "Dominatrix" episode recap \|publisher=Screen Invasion \|author=Nicholas DeLorenzo \|date=May 28, 2013 \|access-date=June 12, 2013}}</ref>
			\|-
			\|2013
			\|'']''
			\|Tracey Bluth
			\|Episode: "It Gets Better"
			\|-
			\|2014
			\|'']''
			\|Eliza
			\|Episode: "Marry; Run; Party"
			\|-
			\|2014
			\|'']''
			\|Nun (voice)
			\|Episode: "Cock of the Sleepwalk"
			\|-
			\|2014
			\|'']''
			\|Maria
			\|Episode: "Baby Face"
			\|-
			\|2014
			\|'']''
			\|Bridget
			\|Episode: "Molly"
			\|-
			\| 2014–2016
			\| '']''
			\| Monica Dubinsky / Marissa Price
			\| 4 episodes
			\|-
			\| 2014
			\| '']''
			\| The Doula
			\| Episode: "The Doula"
			\|-
			\| 2014
			\| '']''
			\| Cheryl
			\| 2 episodes
			\|-
			\| 2015
			\| '']''
			\| Maude
			\| Episode: "Dram"
			\|-
			\| 2015
			\| '']''
			\| Duchess Tina
			\| Episode: "The Time of My Life"
			\|-
			\| 2015
			\| '']''
			\| Nicole
			\| Episode: "The Courage of a Soldier"
			\|-
			\| 2015
			\| '']''
			\| Scottie Mullen
			\| 2 episodes
			\|-
			\| 2015
			\| '']''
			\| Kristi
			\| Episode: "Gymnastics"
			\|-
			\| 2016-2019
			\| '']''
			\| Abbey Logan
			\| 3 seasons
			\|-
			\| 2016
			\| '']''
			\| Courtney
			\| 3 episodes
			\|-
			\| 2017
			\| '']''
			\| Gretchen
			\| Episode: "The Knock-Off"
			\|-
			\| 2017
			\| '']''
			\| Jean Munhroe
			\| Episode: "]"
			\|-
			\| 2018
			\| '']''
			\| ], Helen, Woman (voice)
			\| Episode: "Why Is It Wet?"
			\|-
			\| 2020
			\| '']''
			\| ], Jeffrey's Mom, Bird (voice)
			\| Episode: "Sundancer Craig in: 30% of the Way to Crying"
			\|-
			\| 2020
			\| '']''
			\| Molly
			\| Episode: "Get Hoppy”
			\|-
			\| 2021
			\| '']''
			\| Hannah
			\| 4 episodes
	\|}		\|}

			===Music videos===
			{\| class="wikitable sortable"
			\|-
			! Year
			! Artist
			! Title
			! Role
			\|-
			\| 2011
			\| ]
			\| "Friends of Friends"<ref name="Hospitality">{{cite web \|title=Hospitality - Friends of Friends \|url=http://vimeo.com/35343791 \|via=Vimeo \|author=Merge Records \|date=January 19, 2012 \|access-date=June 10, 2013}}</ref>
			\| Friend in Glasses
			\|-
			\| 2012
			\| ]
			\| "Sensitive Man"<ref name = "HuffPost03022012"/>
			\| Girlfriend
			\|}

			==Stage==
			{\| class="wikitable sortable"
			\|-
			! Year
			! Title
			! Role
			! class="unsortable" \| Notes
			\|-
			\|2002
			\|''Necessary Targets''
			\|Nuna
			\|Variety Arts Theatre
			\|-
			\|2002
			\|''Endpapers''
			\|Sara Maynard
			\|Variety Arts Theatre
			\|-
			\|2012
			\|''Unscreened''
			\|Stranger in the Park
			\|]<ref name="Playbill2012">{{cite web \|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/158788-American-Pie-Actor-Chris-Klein-Set-for-Unscreened-in-Los-Angeles \|title=''American Pie'' Actor Chris Klein Set for Unscreened in Los Angeles \|date=January 29, 2012 \|author=Hetrick, Adam \|website=Playbill \|access-date=June 2, 2013 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212044500/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/158788-American-Pie-Actor-Chris-Klein-Set-for-Unscreened-in-Los-Angeles \|archive-date=December 12, 2013}}</ref>
			\|-
			\|2013
			\|'']''
			\|Rosaline
			\|]<ref name="Playbill.com">{{cite web \|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/180085-Shakespeare-in-the-Park-Musical-Adaptation-of-Love39s-Labour39s-Lost-Premieres-July-23 \|title=Shakespeare in the Park Musical Adaptation of ''Love's Labour's Lost'' Premieres July 23 \|date=July 23, 2012 \|author=Hetrick, Adam \|website=Playbill \|access-date=August 10, 2013 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130804201916/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/180085-Shakespeare-in-the-Park-Musical-Adaptation-of-Love39s-Labour39s-Lost-Premieres-July-23 \|archive-date=August 4, 2013}}</ref>
			\|}

			==References==
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American actress (born 1975)

Maria Thayer
Maria Thayer at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con
Born	Maria Christina Thayer (1975-10-30) October 30, 1975 (age 49) Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Alma mater	Juilliard School
Occupation(s)	Actress, comedian
Years active	1999–present

Maria Christina Thayer (born October 30, 1975) is an American actress and comedian. She first earned public recognition for her portrayal of Tammi Littlenut on the cult series Strangers with Candy in 1999. Thayer has also had supporting roles in the comedy films Hitch (2005), Accepted (2006), and Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008).

She has appeared in numerous television series, including a lead role on the Adult Swim series Eagleheart (2011–2014), and a lead role as Abbey Logan on the comedy series Those Who Can't. She played the title role in the movie Night of the Living Deb.

Early life

Thayer was born in Portland, Oregon, and spent her early life in the small town of Boring, east of Portland, where her parents owned a bee farm. During her childhood, the family relocated to Apple Valley, Minnesota, where she attended Apple Valley High School and was a member of the award-winning forensics program and the National Forensic League, as well as 1993 Homecoming Queen. She studied acting at The Juilliard School in New York.

Career

In 2005, Thayer appeared in Hitch with Will Smith and Eva Mendes.

In Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Thayer plays a woman on holiday with a new husband, played by Jack McBrayer. Thayer and McBrayer reunited on an episode of 30 Rock in which she portrays Kenneth Parcell's blind, shallow love interest. She also played Grace and Leo's daughter, Lila, in the series finale of Will & Grace (2006). In 2009, she appeared in the film State of Play as Sonia Baker, the researcher and mistress of a congressman.

Thayer stars in the Adult Swim comedy series Eagleheart, which began airing on February 3, 2011, on Cartoon Network. She appeared as Tracey Bluth in the fourth season of Arrested Development in flashback scenes. In 2012, she was featured in the music video "Sensitive Man" by Nick Lowe.

In 2014, Thayer played the sudden wife of Forrest MacNeill (Andy Daly) on the Comedy Central show Review for the episode "Marry, Run, Party" of the first season.

Starting in 2015, she starred in the TruTV sitcom Those Who Can't as an incompetent teacher at a Denver high school, alongside Ben Roy, Adam Cayton-Holland and Andrew Orvedahl (The Grawlix).

Personal life

Thayer was previously engaged to actor David Harbour.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Kimberly	Louise
2001	Storytelling	Amy	Segment: "Fiction"
2001	Scratch		Short film
2005	Strangers with Candy	Tamela "Tammi" Littlenut
2005	Hitch	Lisa
2006	Accepted	Rory Thayer
2008	Forgetting Sarah Marshall	Wyoma
2009	State of Play	Sonia Baker
2011	Let Go	Beth
2015	Night of the Living Deb	Deborah Clarington
2017	Table 19	Infamous Kate Milner

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999–2000	Strangers with Candy	Tamela "Tammi" Littlenut	14 episodes
2001	Big Apple	Rosemary	3 episodes
2001	The Education of Max Bickford	Tina	Episode: "Herding Cats"
2003	Miss Match	Chelsea Greer	Episode: "Pilot"
2003	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Claire Brody	Episode: "A Murderer Among Us"
2004	Comedy Lab	Jill	Episode: "12:21"
2005	Romancing the Bride	Kimmy	Television film
2006	Will & Grace	Laila	Episode: "The Finale"
2006	The Colbert Report	Jenny (voice)	Episode: "Will Power"
2006	Nip/Tuck	Transplant Consultant	Episode: "Burt Landau"
2006	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Hope	Episode: "Infiltrated"
2008	Lipstick Jungle	Cassidy	3 episodes
2009	30 Rock	Jennifer Rogers	Episode: "St. Valentine's Day"
2009	House	Annie	Episode: "Both Sides Now"
2010	Important Things with Demetri Martin	Edith	Episode: "Strategy"
2010	Our Show		Television film
2011	Traffic Light	Esme	Episode: "Credit Balance"
2011	Harry's Law	Julie Cassidy	Episode: "Purple Hearts"
2011	Annie Claus is Coming to Town	Annie
2011–2014	Eagleheart	Susie Wagner	24 episodes
2012	Louie	Rental Car Lady	Episode: "Dad"
2012	New Girl	Amelia	Episode: "Halloween"
2013	Cougar Town	Lisa Riggs	3 episodes
2013	Portlandia		Episode: "Nina's Birthday"
2013	Family Tools	Wendy Doyle	Episode: "Now You See Me, Now You Don't"
2013	Maron	Megan	Episode: "Dominatrix"
2013	Arrested Development	Tracey Bluth	Episode: "It Gets Better"
2014	Review	Eliza	Episode: "Marry; Run; Party"
2014	American Dad!	Nun (voice)	Episode: "Cock of the Sleepwalk"
2014	Dads	Maria	Episode: "Baby Face"
2014	Men at Work	Bridget	Episode: "Molly"
2014–2016	Comedy Bang! Bang!	Monica Dubinsky / Marissa Price	4 episodes
2014	Mulaney	The Doula	Episode: "The Doula"
2014	The League	Cheryl	2 episodes
2015	Man Seeking Woman	Maude	Episode: "Dram"
2015	Kroll Show	Duchess Tina	Episode: "The Time of My Life"
2015	Difficult People	Nicole	Episode: "The Courage of a Soldier"
2015	Gotham	Scottie Mullen	2 episodes
2015	Married	Kristi	Episode: "Gymnastics"
2016-2019	Those Who Can't	Abbey Logan	3 seasons
2016	The Mindy Project	Courtney	3 episodes
2017	The Catch	Gretchen	Episode: "The Knock-Off"
2017	Brooklyn Nine-Nine	Jean Munhroe	Episode: "The Venue"
2018	Robot Chicken	Julia Child, Helen, Woman (voice)	Episode: "Why Is It Wet?"
2020	Robot Chicken	Rita Repulsa, Jeffrey's Mom, Bird (voice)	Episode: "Sundancer Craig in: 30% of the Way to Crying"
2020	A.P. Bio	Molly	Episode: "Get Hoppy”
2021	Superstore	Hannah	4 episodes

Music videos

Year	Artist	Title	Role
2011	Hospitality	"Friends of Friends"	Friend in Glasses
2012	Nick Lowe	"Sensitive Man"	Girlfriend

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Necessary Targets	Nuna	Variety Arts Theatre
2002	Endpapers	Sara Maynard	Variety Arts Theatre
2012	Unscreened	Stranger in the Park	Elephant Theatre Company
2013	Love's Labour's Lost	Rosaline	Delacorte Theater

References

^ "Maria Thayer pictures, bio, movies". PopTower. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
Turnquist, Kristi (February 11, 2016). "TV's Maria Thayer: From a bee farm in Boring to the new sitcom, 'Those Who Can't'". The Oregonian. Oregon Live. Retrieved December 1, 2016.
In a 2016 interview with The Oregonian, Thayer states that she was born "in the hospital"—there is no hospital in Boring, and the nearest hospitals are in Multnomah County, Portland. Additionally, in a 2014 interview while on the set of Night of the Living Deb, she states "I'm from Portland, Oregon."
"Alumni Spotlight - Maria Thayer". Apple Valley High School Forensics. Archived from the original on December 12, 2013. Retrieved June 12, 2013. Actress Maria Thayer (Accepted, Forgetting Sarah Marshall) was honored at a Nationals Award banquet recognizing her success both during and beyond her NFL career.
Jesse Thorn and Jordan Morris (December 12, 2011). "Jordan, Jesse, Go! Episode 203: Bone Manor with Maria Thayer" (Podcast). Maximum Fun. 45:45 minutes in. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
^ Abby Schreiber (January 3, 2013). "Our Guide To All the Celebrity Cameos on Portlandia's Third Season". Paper. Archived from the original on December 11, 2013. Retrieved June 10, 2013. Mike O'Brien and actress Maria Thayer (who plays Susie on Adult Swim's Walker, Texas Ranger spoof Eagleheart and Jack McBrayer's amorous wife in Forgetting Sarah Marshall) will play a young couple who are prepared to go into debt in order to attend an outlandish birthday party
"Eagleheart". Adult Swim.
Snierson, Dan (June 5, 2013). "Arrested Development: Mitchell Hurwitz on the movie -- and the Romney joke you never saw". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved June 10, 2013.
Yep Roc Records (March 2, 2012). "Nick Lowe - "Sensitive Man"". Archived from the original on December 17, 2021 – via YouTube.
^ Ross Luippold (March 2, 2012). "Nick Lowe's Sensitive Man Music Video Features Marc Maron, Tim Heidecker, Other Surprise Guests". HuffPost. Retrieved June 10, 2013.
Magazine, SOMA. "SOMA Magazine » Archive » Late on the Scene". somamagazine.com.
Patrick Ciccone (April 20, 2001). "Cannes on the Hudson". Archived from the original on December 17, 2013. Retrieved June 12, 2013. By contrast, the 16mm films on the opening Student Reel Awards night were varied and intriguing. Julia Solomonoff's Scratch, whose Maria Thayer won for lead actress, is stylistically somewhat muddled despite the story of a Kosovar immigrant in New York City that gradually emerges.
Troy Anderson (November 7, 2012). "Annie Claus is Coming to Town". Archived from the original on December 11, 2013. Retrieved June 10, 2013.
Ssndra Gonzalez (March 9, 2013). "Cougar Town sneak peek: Sparks fly for Bobby on the dodgeball court -- Exclusive Video". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on December 11, 2013. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
"ABC Medianet". ABC. April 22, 2013. Archived from the original on December 14, 2013. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
Nicholas DeLorenzo (May 28, 2013). "MARON, "Dominatrix" episode recap". Screen Invasion. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
Merge Records (January 19, 2012). "Hospitality - Friends of Friends". Retrieved June 10, 2013 – via Vimeo.
Hetrick, Adam (January 29, 2012). "American Pie Actor Chris Klein Set for Unscreened in Los Angeles". Playbill. Archived from the original on December 12, 2013. Retrieved June 2, 2013.
Hetrick, Adam (July 23, 2012). "Shakespeare in the Park Musical Adaptation of Love's Labour's Lost Premieres July 23". Playbill. Archived from the original on August 4, 2013. Retrieved August 10, 2013.

External links

Maria Thayer at IMDb

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