Maria ThayerFilmography

Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: An actress best known for her ongoing series portrayal of Tammi Littlenut, best friend of Jerri Blank on the Comedy Central Afterschool Special send-up Strangers with Candy, actress Maria Thayer specialized in farce. She went on to distinguish herself in offbeat comedies including the...Read More

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State of Play

Actors: Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams, Helen Mirren, Robin Wright Penn, Jason Bateman, Jeff Daniels

Synopsis: The Last King of Scotland director Kevin McDonald teams with screenwriter Matthew Michael Carnahan for this American adaptation of the hit British miniseries concerning the suspicious circumstances that set a rising congressman and a dogged reporter on a dangerous collision course. U.S. Read More

4/17/09
Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Actors: Jason Segel, Kristen Bell, Mila Kunis, Russell Brand, Bill Hader

Synopsis: In desperate need of a vacation after being unceremoniously dumped by his TV-star girlfriend, a man travels to a lavish Hawaiian resort to nurse his wounds and forget his heartache, only to discover that his ex and her handsome new boyfriend are currently staying at the exact same island hot spot. Read More

4/18/08
Horsefingers 3: Starfucker

Actors: Maria Thayer, Adam Rothenberg

2008
Accepted

Actors: Justin Long, Jonah Hill, Adam Herschman, Columbus Short, Maria Thayer

Synopsis: When the weight of rejection begins to set in after being denied entry to every college he has applied to, a high school burnout attempts to placate his mom and dad and win the heart of his dream girl by scheming with his friends to create a fake university in a hilarious comedy of artificial Read More

8/18/06
Strangers With Candy

Actors: Amy Sedaris, Deborah Rush, Carlo Alban, Maria Thayer, Paul Dinello, Stephen Colbert

Synopsis: The cult-favorite television series which offered a fun-house version of '70s "after-school specials" returns in this big-screen prequel to the show Strangers With Candy. Middle-aged ex-prostitute, former drug addict and all-around lowlife Jerri Blank (Amy Sedaris) emerges from prison at the age Read More

6/28/06
Strangers With Candy: Jerri is Only Skin Deep

Actors: Amy Sedaris, Stephen Colbert, Paul Dinello, Greg Hollimon, Dolores Duffy, Jack Ferver, Orlando Pabotoy, Mitch Rouse, Deborah Rush, Maria Thayer, Sarah Thyre

Synopsis: Jerri's (Amy Sedaris) desperate bid to become homecoming queen yields predictably disastrous results in this episode of Comedy Central's Strangers With Candy. Encouraged by Orlando (Orlando Pabotoy) to nominate herself as homecoming queen, Jerri's hopes are quickly dashed when Mr. Noblot (Stephen Colbert Read More

1999
Strangers With Candy: The Trip Back

Actors: Amy Sedaris, Stephen Colbert, Paul Dinello, Greg Hollimon, Dolores Duffy, Jack Ferver, Orlando Pabotoy, Mitch Rouse, Deborah Rush, Maria Thayer, Sarah Thyre

Synopsis: The temptations of the past resurface to haunt Jerri (Amy Sedaris) in the season one closer of Comedy Central's Strangers With Candy. When comely stoner Trish (Stephanie Sanditz) offers to share a joint with Jerri in the bathroom after gym class, the lustful Jerri quickly caves to temptation and Read More

1999
Strangers With Candy: Season 01

Actors: Amy Sedaris, Stephen Colbert, Paul Dinello, Greg Hollimon, Dolores Duffy, Jack Ferver, Orlando Pabotoy, Mitch Rouse, Deborah Rush, Maria Thayer, Sarah Thyre

Synopsis: Jerri Blank's (Amy Sedaris) first semester back at Flatpoint High finds the 46-year-old ex-con, ex-prostitute, and ex-drug addict high school freshman attempting to pull her life together. From her initial bid for popularity to her total relapse into drug addition, the first season of Strangers With Candy Read More

1999
Strangers With Candy: To Be Young, Gifted and Blank

Actors: Amy Sedaris, Stephen Colbert, Paul Dinello, Greg Hollimon, Dolores Duffy, Jack Ferver, Orlando Pabotoy, Mitch Rouse, Deborah Rush, Maria Thayer, Sarah Thyre

Synopsis: Jerri (Amy Sedaris) discovers she has a previously unknown talent in this episode of the off-color Comedy Central series. Kicked out of the Flatpoint High orchestra by Mr. Jellineck (Paul Dinello) for pounding on the timpani and refusing to follow directions, a distressed Jerri remains behind Read More

1999
Strangers With Candy: Dreams on the Rocks

Actors: Amy Sedaris, Stephen Colbert, Paul Dinello, Greg Hollimon, Dolores Duffy, Jack Ferver, Orlando Pabotoy, Mitch Rouse, Deborah Rush, Maria Thayer, Sarah Thyre

Synopsis: Jerri's (Amy Sedaris) role in the Flatpoint High Shool production of A Raisin in the Sun leads her stepmother into an alcoholic haze in this installment of the irreverent and outrageous Comedy Central series. Passing over Flatpoint's African-American students to give the lead roles to the three Read More

1999
Strangers With Candy: A Burden's Burden

Actors: Amy Sedaris, Stephen Colbert, Paul Dinello, Greg Hollimon, Dolores Duffy, Jack Ferver, Orlando Pabotoy, Mitch Rouse, Deborah Rush, Maria Thayer, Sarah Thyre

Synopsis: Jerri (Amy Sedaris) struggles with a lesson in motherhood on this "painfully special" episode of Comedy Central's demented ode to the after-school special. Clueless as to how to care for the baby that was assigned to her in Coach Wolf's (Sarah Thyre) health education class, Jerri takes Principal Read More

1999
Strangers With Candy: Old Habits/New Beginnings

Actors: Amy Sedaris, Stephen Colbert, Paul Dinello, Greg Hollimon, Dolores Duffy, Jack Ferver, Orlando Pabotoy, Mitch Rouse, Deborah Rush, Maria Thayer, Sarah Thyre

Synopsis: The premier episode of Comedy Central's warped take on the after-school special introduces viewers to series protagonist Jerri Blank (Amy Sedaris) as she attends a high school anti-drug rally. Recently released from jail and having lived the life of a teenage runaway for 32 years, 46-year-old Read More

1999
Strangers With Candy: Who Wants Cake?

Actors: Amy Sedaris, Stephen Colbert, Paul Dinello, Greg Hollimon, Dolores Duffy, Jack Ferver, Orlando Pabotoy, Mitch Rouse, Deborah Rush, Maria Thayer, Sarah Thyre

Synopsis: Jerri attempts to deal with her new braces while trying to determine if another student is retarded in this episode of Strangers With Candy, which borrows plot points from the series' unaired pilot, "Retardation: A Celebration." Mortified at the thought of getting braces, Jerri's fears are Read More

1999
Strangers With Candy: Feather in the Storm

Actors: Amy Sedaris, Stephen Colbert, Paul Dinello, Greg Hollimon, Dolores Duffy, Jack Ferver, Orlando Pabotoy, Mitch Rouse, Deborah Rush, Maria Thayer, Sarah Thyre

Synopsis: Jerri attempts to balance her desire to be on the debate team with her growing eating disorder in this installment of the irreverent Comedy Central series. Confessing her desire to join the debate team to Mr. Noblot (Stephen Colbert), the hungry teacher reveals that Jerri must lose some weight Read More

1999
Strangers With Candy: Let Freedom Ring

Actors: Amy Sedaris, Stephen Colbert, Paul Dinello, Greg Hollimon, Dolores Duffy, Jack Ferver, Orlando Pabotoy, Mitch Rouse, Deborah Rush, Maria Thayer, Sarah Thyre

Synopsis: When a racial epithet is spray-painted on the wall of Flatpoint High Scholl, Paul Cotton (Jared Ryan) is the only witness and everyone wants to know who did it. As Mr. Jellineck (Paul Dinello) attempts to recover from the trauma and Principal Blackman (Greg Hollimon) discusses the incident in the Read More

1999
Strangers With Candy: Bogie Nights

Actors: Amy Sedaris, Stephen Colbert, Paul Dinello, Greg Hollimon, Dolores Duffy, Jack Ferver, Orlando Pabotoy, Mitch Rouse, Deborah Rush, Maria Thayer, Sarah Thyre

Synopsis: Jerri (Amy Sedaris) and Orlando's (Orlando Pabotoy) friendship is put to the test when a new student arrives at Flatpoint High in this episode of the edgy Comedy Central series. Instantly attracted to new arrival Ricky despite the fact that everyone seems out to get him, Jerri quickly caves to Read More

1999