Maria Thayer

Maria Thayer's film credits include Kimberly (1999), Storytelling (2001), Scratch (2001), Strangers with Candy (2005), Hitch (2005), Accepted (2006), Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008), State of Play (2009), Let Go (2011), Night of the Living Deb (2015), and Table 19 (2017).

Thayer began appearing on television in Strangers with Candy (1999–2000), playing Tamela “Tammi” Littlenut in 14 episodes. Her subsequent television credits include Big Apple (2001), The Education of Max Bickford (2001), Miss Match (2003), Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2003), Comedy Lab (2004), Romancing the Bride (2005), Will & Grace (2006), The Colbert Report (2006), Nip/Tuck (2006), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2006), and Lipstick Jungle (2008). In 2009, she appeared in 30 Rock and House.

Her additional television credits include Important Things with Demetri Martin (2010), Our Show (2010), Traffic Light (2011), Harry’s Law (2011), Annie Claus Is Coming to Town (2011), Louie (2012), New Girl (2012), Cougar Town (2013), Portlandia (2013), Family Tools (2013), Maron (2013), and Arrested Development (2013), in which she played Tracey Bluth. She appeared in Review (2014), American Dad! (2014), Dads (2014), Men at Work (2014), Comedy Bang! Bang! (2014–2016), Mulaney (2014), The League (2014), Man Seeking Woman (2015), Kroll Show (2015), Difficult People (2015), Gotham (2015), and Married (2015).

From 2011 to 2014, Thayer starred as Susie Wagner in the Adult Swim comedy series Eagleheart, appearing in 24 episodes. She played Abbey Logan in Those Who Can’t from 2016 to 2019, appearing across three seasons. Her other television credits include The Mindy Project (2016), The Catch (2017), Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2017), Robot Chicken (2018, 2020), A.P. Bio (2020), Superstore (2021), and St. Denis Medical (2026).

Thayer’s music video appearances include Hospitality’s “Friends of Friends” (2011) and Nick Lowe’s “Sensitive Man” (2012). Her stage credits include Necessary Targets (2002), Endpapers (2002), Unscreened (2012), and Love’s Labour’s Lost (2013).