Maria Thayer

Maria Thayer
Thayer at the San Diego Comic-Con International in July 2011.
Born	October 30, 1975 (1975-10-30) (age 36) Boring, Oregon, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1999–present

Maria Thayer (born October 30, 1975) is an American actress from Boring, Oregon, known for her roles as Wyoma in Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Rory in Accepted and Tammi Littlenut in Strangers with Candy. In Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Thayer plays a Mormon newlywed on her honeymoon with her 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 (at age 18), in the series finale of Will & Grace (2006). In 2009, Thayer appeared in the film State of Play as Sonia Baker, the researcher and mistress of a congressman, played by Ben Affleck. She attended Apple Valley High School in Minnesota, where she was a member of the award-winning forensics program and the National Forensic League, and studied acting at The Juilliard School in New York. She currently co-stars with Chris Elliott in the Adult Swim comedy series Eagleheart, which began airing on February 3, 2011 on Cartoon Network.^[1]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Kimberly	Louise
1999–2000	Strangers with Candy	Tammi Littlenut	14 episodes
2001	Big Apple	Rosemary	3 episodes
2001	Storytelling	Amy	Segment: "Fiction"
2001	Education of Max Bickford, TheThe Education of Max Bickford	Tina	Episode: "Herding Cats"
2003	Miss Match	Chelsea	Episode: "Pilot"
2003	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Claire Brody	Episode: "A Murderer Among Us"
2004	Comedy Lab	Jill	Episode: "12:21"
2005	Strangers with Candy	Tammi Littlenut
2005	Hitch	Lisa
2005	Scratch		Short film
2005	Romancing the Bride	Kimmy	TV movie
2006	Will & Grace	Lila	Episode: "The Finale"
2006	Accepted	Rory Thayer
2006	Colbert Report, TheThe 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	Forgetting Sarah Marshall	Wyoma
2008	Lipstick Jungle	Cassidy	Episode: "The Lyin', the Bitch and the Wardrobe" Episode: "Bye, Bye Baby"
2009	30 Rock	Jennifer Rogers	Episode: "St. Valentine's Day"
2009	State of Play	Sonia Baker
2009	House	Annie	Episode: "Both Sides Now"
2010	Important Things with Demetri Martin	Edith	Episode: "Strategy"
2011	Eagleheart	Susie Wagner	12 episodes
2011	Let Go	Beth	Post-production
2011	Traffic Light	Esme	Season 1 Episode 4 - Credit Balance

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Theatre
2002	Necessary Targets	Nuna	Variety Arts Theatre
2002	Endpapers	Sara Maynard	Variety Arts Theatre

References

1. ^ Eagleheart on Adult Swim

External links

• Maria Thayer at the Internet Movie Database

Persondata
Name	Thayer, Maria
Alternative names
Short description	American actor
Date of birth	October 30, 1975
Place of birth	Boring, Oregon, U.S.
Date of death
Place of death